The 158,000-sq-ft manufacturing facility for Method Products pbc, a maker of premium plant-friendly and design-driven products for home, fabric and personal care, is a LEED Platinum plant primarily powered by a 600-kW wind turbine, with solar-thermal water heating and three solar-tracking trees in the parking lot. A 75,000-sq-ft greenhouse for urban agriculture crowns the structure’s roof.
The project team successfully transformed a 21-acre brownfield industrial site into a functional and energy efficient new headquarters for Method. The preconstruction work was extensive and complicated, as the project plans were completely revised multiple times.