Sustainable SITES Case Study: Fred D. Thompson Federal Building & United States Courthouse

Project Details

• The site for the Nashville Federal Courthouse is in
  downtown Nashville.
• Site Area: 3.4 acres
• Building Area: 274,000 square feet, including parking
  spaces and the basement level
• Former Land Use: parking garage and surface parking
• Budget: $40.1M
• The building is six floors plus a basement, Each floor is
  required to accommodate the federal courtrooms; the
  building’s penthouse floor is greater than 75 feet above
  the lowest level of fire department access. Based on this,
  the building is considered a high-rise facility

Applicable codes and reference standards:

• 2015 International Building Codes
• Meet GSA’s Sustainable Minimum Performance Criteria;
• Meet Executive Order 13693 requirements
• Meet Guiding Principles for Sustainable Federal Buildings
  and Associated Instructions (February, 2016)
• GSA current standards and criteria as appropriate;
• Achieve LEED Gold certification using v3 2009 standards
• Achieve Sustainable Sites Initiative (SSI) Silver certification
  level

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