THE INTERIOR OF THE MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER's NEWLY OPENED BUILDING 4220.

THE INTERIOR OF THE MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER’S NEWLY OPENED BUILDING 4220, PRIMARILY HOME TO THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM PROGRAM, REFLECTS A BLEND OF AESTHETICS, PRACTICALITY AND HIGH EFFICIENCY. THE COST-CONSCIOUS NEW FACILITY IS ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ON ALL FRONTS, FEATURING STATE-OF-THE-ART GREEN TECHNOLOGIES AND ENERGY-CONSERVATION SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE IS SPECIALLY INSULATED, WITH MUCH OF THE EXTERIOR COVERED IN LOW-EMISSIVITY GLASS THAT DEFLECTS HEAT TO REDUCE COOLING COSTS WITHIN. ROOFTOP SOLAR-POWER UNITS ABSORB ENERGY TO AUGMENT ELECTRICAL POWER, AND A 10,000-GALLON CISTERN COLLECTS STORMWATER TO IRRIGATE THE SURROUNDING GREENERY. EVEN THE FACILITY'S NEW PARKING LOT HAS A GREEN ELEMENT: RATHER THAN GUTTERS, IT INCLUDES A "BIOSWALE," A NATURAL, SOIL-AND-VEGETATION-BASED MEANS OF CAPTURING AND FILTERING STORMWATER RUNOFF, WHICH IS DIRECTED INTO A NEARBY COLLECTING POND. ONCE CERTIFICATION IS COMPLETE, BUILDING 4220 WILL BECOME THE SEVENTH LEED CERTIFIED MARSHALL STRUCTURE ON CAMPUS