Greensburg Business Incubator
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- Location Greensburg, Pennsylvania
- Size 9,300 SF
- Completion 2009
- Services Architecture
- Certification LEED Platinum
The City of Greensburg and USDA’s Rural Development team partnered to create the Business Incubator to provide start-up space for small businesses to grow for a limited period of time at attractive rental rates until they can relocate or build a larger facility. The facility, along Main Street, houses five retail shops on the first floor and nine professional service offices on the second floor, along with a storm shelter. BNIM worked with the design team to provide sustainability expertise and help deliver an optimally performing building that achieves 57 percent energy efficiency through building siting, building skin design and the use of renewable energy.
Features of the LEED Platinum certified Business Incubator include: natural daylighting, rainwater harvesting, ground source heat pumps, photovoltaic panels for electrical generation and ICF wall construction.
The design of the Incubator creates a retail-focused street edge that engages pedestrian interaction connecting to the history and culture of Greensburg. The Main Street facade optimizes the length of the block with a “community architecture” featuring ideal building massing and materials. These elements work to support the design and sustainability goals of the Main Street Streetscape and the Sustainable Comprehensive Master Plans.
