United States
                     Environmental
                     Protection Agency
                     Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105)
EPA-560-F-04-243
June 2004
www.epa.gov/brownfields/
   &EPA   Green  Buildings  on
                    Brownfields Pilot
                                                          Mt. Shasta, CA
 Office of Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment
                 Quick Reference Fact Sheet
Volcanic Legacy Discovery Center
The City ofMt. Shasta, Californiais working with theU.S. Forest Service, the ShastaEnergy Group, and
other local stakeholders to develop a Volcanic Legacy Discovery Center on ten acres at a former lumber
mill. This building will be the centerpiece of a scenic byway stretching from Crater Lake in Oregon to Lassen
Peak in California, and i s expected to receive thousands of vi si tors each year. The Center i s expected to
include a 20,000-square-footbuilding with a 200-plus seat auditorium, exhibit spaces with interactive and
educational displays (including a secti on to demonstrate green buildingmaterials),agift shop, other auxiliary
spaces, and parking. In addition, sustainablelandscapedesignfeaturesmaybeincorporatedintothereuse
plan with a chaparral restoration area, vegetative filter area, wildlife pond, and a storm waterretentionbasin.

Mt. ShastauseditsGreenBuil ding onBrownfields pilot supportto retain the servicesof an architecture firm
specializing in green design. The firm facilitated a charrette attended by deci sion makers to establish the green
goals for the Volcanic Legacy Discovery Center (VLDC). Usingthose goals, the firm then developed a
design process guide for the procurement of final design services that will meetthe green goals for the building.
The document will allowthe City
and Forest Service to avoid a
common pitfall that can lead to
unnecessary costs for green
building design. If architecture
and engineering firms doing final
design  do not have a  clear
understanding of the green design
goals at the outset, they may
chargeunnecessaryfeesforusing
technologies with which they are
less familiar. The design process
guide developed under the EPA
GreenBuildings onBrownfields
pilot will allowthe City to move
forward with final design in the
most cost-effective manner.
                            Site of the future Volcanic Legacy Discovery Center.

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