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Austin’s Mueller Earns LEED Gold, Looks To The Future For Neighborhood LEED Certifications

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In 2007, the US Green Building Council talked to Catellus Development about participating in a pilot program for certifying entire neighborhoods under USGBC’s LEED program. 

Sustainability was already a cornerstone of the redevelopment of Austin's Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, now simply called Mueller. The 700-acre neighborhood recently became the largest neighborhood in the world to earn Stage 3 LEED certification, and the first in Texas to earn LEED Gold for Neighborhood Development.

LEED Platinum buildings include Dell Children’s Medical Center (above), Ronald McDonald House and H-E-B grocery store. The 84k SF H-E-B on East 51st Street (below) was designed by Lake|Flato Architects, Selser Schaefer Architects and H-E-B Design + Construction on a former brownfield sight.

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