News Release

Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center receives LEED Gold certification

Wright Brothers National Memorial's LEED Gold certificate.

News Release Date: July 22, 2019

Contact: Mike Barber, 252-475-9032

Wright Brothers National Memorial is pleased to announce that its visitor center recently received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification. LEED is an internationally recognized green building certification system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council.

The renovated National Historic Landmark visitor center, which reopened to the public last October, now features new “green” energy saving aspects, including optimized energy performance, reduced CO₂ emissions, and increased water efficiency.
 

The visitor center at Wright Brothers National Memorial received National Historic Landmark designation in 1975. (NPS Photo/Eden Saunders)

“The LEED certification process is rigorous and takes a lot of people working in a lot of different directions to achieve certification,” stated David Hallac, Superintendent, National Parks of Eastern North Carolina. “Receiving LEED Gold certification as a result of the renovations that were made at the Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center is a significant achievement.”

To learn more about LEED, visit http://leed.usgbc.org/leed.html.
 

Wright Brothers National Memorial’s LEED Gold certificate.