The Broward County/Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention Center of Florida is a 600,000 square foot facility situated on the waterfront of Port Everglades. Its recent investment into green power helped it gain an additional 4 points toward LEED certification, which it is pursuing at the Silver Level under the Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance rating system.

Key sustainable features of the project are:

• A lighting retrofit that replaces all bulbs with energy-efficient fluorescent and LED lighting;
• Upgrades of landscaping to introduce adaptive native plans and an efficient drip-irrigation system;
• Replacement of all air handling units with variable frequency drives and CO2 sensors;
• Installation of low-flow water-saving fixtures in all restrooms; and
• A 100% offset of all energy used over 2 years.

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