The Hurt Building becomes the first commercial facility in downtown Atlanta to receive the prestigious rating, proving its excellence in environmental sustainability ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SERVIDYNE, INC. (NASDAQ: SERV), a building performance efficiency and real estate company, announced today that its consulting engineers have successfully guided the historic Hurt Building in its achievement of a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance (LEED(C)-EB: O&M) Gold Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. The Hurt Building, an 18-story office building located in downtown Atlanta, is owned and managed by an affiliate of Harbor Group International (HGI). It is the first commercial building in downtown Atlanta to achieve the prestigious LEED-EB Gold Certification, a rare distinction that denotes a high-level of commitment to sustainable operations and maintenance of an existing facility. Servidyne was selected in 2008 to manage the building's certification process and ensure that the operations and maintenance practices would meet the stringent LEED-EB: O&M Gold Certification standards. In this role, Servidyne developed sustainability policies for the facility, including standards for exterior building management, green cleaning, waste management and sustainable purchasing practices.
