Old Pasadena’s Historic Chamber of Commerce Building Renews LEED Gold Certification

The historic Chamber of Commerce building, an iconic building located in Old Pasadena, has renewed its LEED E-B Gold Certification from the Green Building Council.

The certification recognizes the landmark historic building uses current best practices to consume less energy, water and natural resources, to improve the indoor environment for its occupants, and to continue to uncover and reduce operating inefficiencies.

“We are extremely proud of renewing our Gold Certification,” noted Pete Kutzer, Managing Partner of Edgewood Realty Partners. “It is one of only a few LEED® Gold buildings in the area, and the only privately-owned, Class A historic landmark office building. Environmental sustainability is a core value of our partners and tenants, and our management and engineering team worked diligently to move us up to our Gold certification for the first time in 2020.”

The LEED Green Building Rating System (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) was developed by the USGBC and is the internationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high-performance green buildings.

The Chamber of Commerce Building is owned by a joint venture between Edgewood Realty Partners and CenterSquare Investment Management. It was designed by acclaimed architects Parkinson & Bergstrom in 1904 and was Pasadena’s first steel-frame “high rise.” It is one of the oldest buildings in the Los Angeles area to earn LEED certification.