EXISTING BUILDINGS
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DEC 2009
DALLAS CONVENTION CENTER
Categories: LEED Certified
Location: Dallas, Texas
Project Area/Size: .2 million gross square feet
The Dallas Convention Center, located in the downtown Central Business District adjacent to the Dallas City Hall Municipal Plaza, has evolved since its inception through four phases of major construction into a large monolithic event complex with approximately 1 million square feet of exhibition space including a 203,000 square foot column-free exhibit hall and 724,726 square feet of additional contiguous exhibition space. The 2.2 million gross square feet building is positioned with easy access from main interstates I-30, I-35E, and I-45, inner city infrastructure, and mass transportation lines. A DART station with multiple light rail lines is part of the facility. 75 truck berths are provided for delivery of vendor, exhibit, or convention components into and from the facility.
See the Dallas Convention Center Case Study.
FAST FACT
Approximately 30% of the water used daily by a family of four in the U.S. is devoted to outdoor uses such as watering lawns and gardens, and landscape irrigation uses more than 7 billion gallons per day nationwide.
- U.S. EPA, 2007