News Release News Media Contact: Cynthia Shepard, 317-808-6900, cynthia.shepard@dukerealty.com Duke Realty achieves green building milestone Indianapolis-based developer's Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center in Dallas has been LEED® Gold certified using the LEED for Core & Shell rating system

DALLAS, Nov. 23, 2011 - The $154 million, 459,717-square-foot Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center on the campus of Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas has achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design® (LEED) Gold for Core & Shell (CS) certification. Developed and operated by Duke Realty, it is one of the largest Texas buildings of any type to earn such a high level of "green" building recognition using the LEED-CS Rating System.
The LEED Green Building Rating System, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, is an internationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of high performance green buildings. LEED Gold certification recognizes that Duke Realty has developed a building that meets a high level of stringent, environmentally friendly and energy-efficient standards.
"Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center congratulates Duke Realty and the entire project team on receiving LEED Gold certification," says Wes Huff, Director of Real Estate for Baylor Health Care System. "We are proud that our healthcare campus is providing the highest quality healthcare to the community and receiving this type of recognition. Our future construction ventures can look to Baylor Sammons Cancer Center as the standard in protecting the environment and maximizing energy efficiency."
Duke Realty executives noted that through all stages of the project, from groundbreaking through construction and operation, they planned and incorporated LEED strategies that helped them surpass their initial goals.

"When we developed our project goals and budget, we were determined to achieve a minimum of LEED Silver certification," says Deeni Taylor, Executive Vice President, Duke Realty. "But by carefully planning early on and using an integrated design process with all design and construction team members, we were able to achieve LEED Gold certification and with no increase in the budget. We are very delighted to have earned this prestigious recognition for the high-performance, green Baylor Sammons Cancer Center."

The facility earned the distinction after the project team submitted a detailed application outlining a variety of energy efficiency, environmental quality and sustainable strategies required for certification and scoring 38 LEED rating points. Some of the strategy highlights were: