Energy Office Moves into New Building Featuring Energy Efficient Design
August 2002
The newly built, high-efficiency LaSalle Office Building in downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana houses the Louisiana Energy Office.
Credit: Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
This month, the Louisiana Energy Office will move into a new, 367,000 square foot, 12 story, art deco-style building. The Energy Office, which is part of the Department of Natural Resources, provided approximately $5 million dollars in Exxon funds included in their State Energy Program (SEP) grant to demonstrate the latest and most cost-effective commercially available, energy-efficient building technologies and design strategies. Among the energy-efficient technologies demonstrated are lighting, windows, HVAC and envelope materials. The LaSalle building, housing state government offices, will provide state employees, legislators, and the general public the opportunity to learn more about energy efficiency. The building is part of a major project to consolidate Louisiana State Government into the Capitol Park area of Baton Rouge. Two other new buildings in the park are also receiving design assistance from the Energy Office.
See more Louisiana project descriptions published in Conservation Update.
Read recent Louisiana news stories about state involvement in renewable energy and energy efficiency projects published on the EERE Web site.