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Harlem Bus Depot
Showcases Green Design
Facility Analysis to Document Sustainable
Return on Investment
The Mother Clara Hale Bus Depot, a LEED® Gold

review of the building's performance; specifically its

facility that stores and maintains buses for New York

65,000-square-foot green roof, solar wall, rainwater

City Transit (NYCT) in the Harlem neighborhood

collection system, bus wash reclamation system, high-

of Manhattan, continues to set new standards for

efficiency boilers, and other sustainable measures.

environmental conservation and sustainability. After
becoming the first facility of its kind in the nation to

Protecting the Community

achieve LEED certification, the award-winning building

The Mother Clara Hale Bus Depot replaced a circa-1890

is now undergoing a detailed analysis that will score

trolley barn that had been converted into a bus depot.

the sustainable return on investment (SROI) of its green

The building was a considerable source of pollution in

design measures. The information will be used by NYCT

the community and had become obsolete for NYCT's

to help prioritize future investments in sustainability

requirements for a modern bus fleet. The new depot

features in other agency projects.

reflects design input from neighborhood residents, with

Triple Bottom Line Analysis

an emphasis on environmental mitigation, including the
reduction of greenhouse gases, emissions, stormwater

Dewberry is delivering the SROI assessment services using

runoff, and glare impacting nearby buildings. NYCT

Impact Infrastructure's Autocase software. The rating tool

has noted that the "results of this collaboration yielded

performs a triple bottom line assessment that examines

a new benchmark for the planning of sustainable

the social, environmental, and financial impacts of

transportation facilities, especially those located in

specific building features. The analysis will include a

densely populated urban areas."

Dewberry is assessing the SROI for several design
aspects of the LEED Gold Mother Clara Hale Bus
Depot, including its expansive green roof.

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