Tarrant Regional Water Districts - TRWD

April 13, 2013

After grabbing a quick lunch at a convenience store, we took a five minutes drive to Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD) to see Laura Blaylock.  She has graciously agreed to meet with us and gave us a tour of a first LEED Gold building in Tarrant County, TRWD Annex Buiding.

This building houses the second largest roof-mounted solar array in Texas, with over 19,000 square feet of solar panels.

The facility is constructed with all materials came from 500 miles or less.  When we first walked into the building, we can see an educational plaque gave us an overview of the building.

This LEED Gold facility is equipped with 236 kW solar systems, 70% of the annual power supply came from roof-mounted solar panels, automatic lighting systems that adjust the brightness based on sunlight.

We've never seen such a unique way of running electric lines throughout the building.  These engineers have great tastes & good practical sense.

There are also three 2,500 gallon rain water tanks used for irrigation of native Texas landscaping.

Walking through the kitchen area, we noticed that TRWD encourage cycling program and healthy working environment.  They removed all soda machines and replace with fresh fruits, and provide a gym with personal trainer to promote healthy lifestyle, which result in lower insurance premium.