Southwest Regional Library

Southwest Regional Library opened May 24, 2010.

LEED Certification
Southwest 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)
• children’s program room
• two study rooms (seats 8)

Collection capacity:

• 100,700
• 34,700 children
• 6,500 young adult
• 59,500 adults

Services and Features:

• 30 public Internet access work stations, 20 adults, 10 children
• Young-Adult Area
• Audio-visual Collection
• Community board (must be approved by Facility Manager)
• Children’s programs and storytimes
• Adult programs
• Public access photocopiers
• Self-check out units
• Automated Check-In System for instant returns