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'It's a great day' in new state offices

“So far, so good … I can sit down, and my computer is running,” Masters, a Department of Personnel recruiting specialist, said cheerfully on the third floor of the 1500 Jefferson Building. Beyond that: “I’ll let you know … It’s a beautiful building.’’

About 97 workers from the state Departments of Information Services and Personnel were in the first wave of employees to fill the $255 million office building and data-center complex. They had personal key cards to let them into secure sections of the building where they’ll work, and most still had to empty the orange plastic crates filled with office doo-dads they brought from their old locations.

Because their new home is a high-tech energy efficient building with automated climate control and no-glare window shades, they sat through a 40-minute orientation to learn “how to live in the building,” as Information Services spokeswoman Joanne Todd put it. That includes rules against having personal microwaves or coffee makers at desks.

The six-story, stone-clad structure has automated window blinds, as well as white-noise emitters that diminish the sound impact of conversations in worker cubicles. Low-energy lighting systems save energy and reduce the need for summer air conditioning.

“It’s a great day,” declared Cindy Edens, project manager for Seattle-based developer Wright Runstad, which oversaw the 22-month construction of the complex. The building is designed to qualify for the highest or platinum rating with the U.S. Green Building Code Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards.

Wright Runstad also is managing and maintaining the structure as part of a 30-year lease-to-own agreement between the state and a nonprofit, FYI Properties, that owns the structure.

Wright Runstad built the Department of Corrections building in Tumwater a few years ago, but the 1500 Jefferson Building is the first for Wright that might qualify for the platinum rating for sustainability. The firm’s calculations show it should make the cut by one point, Edens said.

Among the building’s features are low-flow toilets, high levels of natural lighting, including “solatube” sky lights in conference rooms, blinds to limit unwanted heat gain, energy efficient lighting, including motion-activated lights, recycled water for irrigating the landscaping, replanted trees surrounding the structure, and a program for recycling and composting waste materials. The building has eight exterior plug-ins for electric cars, and the project added a small triangular park nearby that links to a pedestrian and bicycle trail.

Windows With Built In Blinds

Windows With Built In Blinds

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