HOUSTON, April 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Johnson Space Center has received the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for the expansion of one of its procurement offices, bringing the total number of recognized buildings at the center to three. Building 265 at JSC has 5,400 square feet of office space and was recently refreshed. It scored 41 points from the U.S.G.B.C. due to reduced air leakage, more efficient lighting systems, low-emitting materials and a large amount of recycled materials. A large portion of the new material that went into the building was created and sourced from within 500 miles of JSC, which also reduced the pollution and energy use of transporting it to the site.
