BALTIMORE—The US Green Building Council has awarded the $442-million Horseshoe Casino Baltimore its LEED Gold designation.
The casino, which opened in late August, is the first LEED Gold project for its owner Caesars Entertainment of Las Vegas, according to the Baltimore Business Journal.
Among the energy efficient elements of the South Baltimore-based casino include Horseshoe's design that enables it to collect and store storm water for use in all lavatories and for all landscaping irrigation; approximately 49% of construction materials in the project were extracted and manufactured locally and 97% of the casino's construction waste was diverted from landfills.
Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. built the two-story casino that features 140,000 square feet of gaming space. See story in the Baltimore Business Journal.
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