The front and reading room.

Budlong Woods Branch Library
5630 North Lincoln Avenue
Telephone: 312.742.9590
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The grand opening for this new 14,000 square-foot branch library was Saturday, February 8, 2003. The Budlong Woods Library branch is also the city’s first “green” library. The Department of Environment will be sending the needed documents to the US Green Building Council in order to get the library its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. ”Green” modifications include:

• Solar panels located on the roof that can provide up to 17 kilowatts of renewable, clean power.
• Energy star compliant, highly reflective roofing material to help keep the building cooler in the summer.
• Concrete pavement for the parking lot instead of black asphalt, also to keep the temperature on site cooler in the summer.
• Building materials, such as carpeting, ceiling tiles, acoustic tiles and gypsum board and steel, have a significant amount of recycled content.
• The building’s HVAC high performance integrated system was designed to perform 17-18% better than the Chicago Energy Code.

The Public Building Commission of Chicago is celebrating the notice that it has received  certification on its 20th project. Chicago leads the nation with a total of 27 municipally-owned buildings that have achieved this high level of recognition and Budlong Woods Library is one of them.

The volume of public buildings certified under the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards is a strong indication of the commitment to sustainable design embraced by the PBC and its client agencies, among them the City of Chicago, the Chicago Public Schools, the Chicago Public Library and the Chicago Park District.