Many CGA projects achieve LEED Certification: As of September 2025, 58 facility design projects using Colin Gordon Associates had achieved LEED Certification, including 18 projects awarded the coveted LEED Platinum status, and 27 LEED Gold. While LEED Certification is based on a variety of factors, requiring efforts by the entire team, there are a growing number of categories where an acoustical consultant can help create good acoustics for the point count. Read on for some of the projects in each category.
LEED Platinum: 17 – Includes the following quite notable projects (and their architects):
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- Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (SmithGroupJJR Architects; also named 2014 “Lab of the Year” by R&D Magazine)
- Building 2400 (Imaging and Nanofabrication Facility) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (HOK Architects)
- Science & Technology Building, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (SmithGroupJJR Architects)
- Lewis Integrative Science Building (LISB), University of Oregon, Eugene (HDR Architecture)
- The Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building, University of Colorado, Boulder (HDR Architecture)
- BioDesign Institute Bldg B, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (Gould Evans)
- Biodesign Institute C, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (ZGF Architects)
- Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (HOK)
- The Bechtel Residence, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (ZGF Architects)
- Center for Health Sciences South Tower Seismic Renovation Project, University of California, Los Angeles, CA (ZGF Architects)
- Science and Engineering Building 2, University of California, Merced, CA (SmithGroup)
- Multidisciplinary Research Building, University of California, Riverside, CA (SmithGroup)
- California Air Resources Board Southern California Headquarters – Mary D. Nichols Campus (CARB), California Environmental Protection Agency, Riverside, CA (ZGF Architects)
- Student Pavilion, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (Weddle Gilmore Architects)
- Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Human-Centered Computation Hall, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (HOK)
- AstraZeneca Cove at Oyster Point, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, CA (HOK)
- The LeBron James Innovation Center, Nike, Beaverton, OR (Olson Kundig)
- San Diego County Public Health Lab, CA (Steinberg Hart)
LEED Gold: 27
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS II), Brookhaven National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Upton, NY
- James L. Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
- Addition to JILA Building, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
- Li Ka-Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley
- Richard and Barbara Silverman Hall for Molecular Therapeutics & Diagnostics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
- Animal Health Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
- Stinson Remick Hall, University of Notre Dame, IN
- Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of Southern California Health Sciences Campus, Los Angeles, CA
- The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, University of Wisconsin – Madison
- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Berkeley, CA
- USTAR BioInnovations Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT
- Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN), University of North Carolina / North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC
- Instrument Development Facility, Goddard Space Science Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Greenbelt, MD
- Chu Hall – Solar Energy Research Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CA
- Biosciences Research Laboratories, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
- Engineering Innovation Building (College of Engineering), University of Illinois Chicago
- L.S. Skaggs Pharmacy Research Building, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
- William and Linda Frost Center for Research and Innovation, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
- Life Sciences Building and Residence Halls, Soka University of America, Aliso Viejo, CA
- Student Services Building, California State University, Los Angeles
- Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Neuroscience Research Building, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
- Chemical & Biomedical Engineering Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
- Biodesign Institute – Bldg A, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
- Health Sciences Research Building II – Emory University, Atlanta, GA
LEED Silver: 9
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- William Eckhardt Research Center (WERC), University of Chicago, IL
- Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Nevada–Reno
- Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Upton, NY
- Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM), Argonne National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Lemont, IL
- James L. Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
- Building 201, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD
- Biotechnology & Science Building, Solano Community College District, Vacaville, CA
- Animal, Veterinary, and Biomedical Sciences Building (AVBS) (Henning Building Replacement), Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
- Harold L. Martin, Sr., Engineering Research and Innovation Complex, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, Greensboro, NC
LEED Certified: 4
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT), Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM
- MESA MicroFab, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM
- Belknap Research Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
- University of Utah, The Primary Children’s & Families’ Cancer Research Center, Salt Lake City, UT