Edina Public Works was an addition to and renovation of an existing facility:

136,000 square feet
Completed in fall 2010

The site was chosen for its ease of access to arterial thoroughfares and its overall location within the city.  Edina has limited real estate available for such large projects, but the previous inhabitants operations were of a large enough scale that the existing buildings and site layout were reasonably cohesive with the Public Works plans of the city to consider the re-use of the site.  It was decided that the least environmentally friendly option would be to “tear down a block building and replace it with another block building.”  The Edina Public Works project is one of the very first facilities of its kind in the state to follow LEED sustainability standards (although it should be stated, the facility is not LEED certified).  Numerous energy conservation strategies were studied and implemented into the building and site, including a geothermal field system.

In 2011, this project was a finalist in the Minnesota Environmental Initiative Award, Sustainable Communities Category for the adaptive re-use of the Con-Agra Foods Building.