North Regional Library

North Regional Library opened on January 30, 2007.

LEED Certification
North Regional Library has earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification through the U.S. Green Building Council’s Green Building Rating SystemTM. LEED is an internationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings. LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality. To earn LEED certification, a building project must earn “credits” by meeting prerequisites and performance benchmarks in each of the key areas. Projects are awarded Certified, Silver, Gold, or Platinum certification depending on the number of credits they achieve.

Facility:

• 25,000 square feet
• Public meeting room (seats 100), with after-hours access
• Children’s program room (seats 30)
• Two tutoring rooms (seat 8)
• Electric Vehicle Charging Station

Collection capacity:

• 128,200 total capacity
• 59,500 children
• 5,000 young adult
• 63,700 adults

Services and Features:

• 30 public Internet access work stations, 20 adults, 10 children
• Young Adult Area
• Audio-visual Collection
• Wireless environment
• Community board (must be approved by Branch Manager)
• Children’s programs and storytimes
• Adult programs
• Public access photocopiers
• Two self-check out units