LAWRENCE — For the third consecutive year, Studio 804, the internationally acclaimed design-build studio at the University of Kansas, has received LEED Platinum status on a building project.

Prescott Passive House is the studio’s second LEED Platinum home in the Kansas City metropolitan area. It is located at 32 S. 16th St. in Kansas City, Kan. Studio 804 completed the first LEED Platinum structure in the state of Kansas in 2008 with its 5.4.7 Arts Center in Greensburg.

LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) employs a point-based system that rates a building’s green building criteria by examining its carbon dioxide emissions reduction, energy savings, improved environmental quality, sustainable resources and water efficiency. The number of points possible is 100. A building must have at least 40 points to meet the lowest rating and 80 to qualify for Platinum.

Prescott Passive House was created as a single-family dwelling with a goal of using affordable materials and energy efficiency strategies that would surpass the LEED Platinum rating.

The students in Studio 804 now hope that Prescott Passive House will become the first certified Passive House in Kansas. The goal for the certification is a 90 percent reduction of cooling and heating energy demands, less impact on the environment, minimized heating and cooling costs and superior indoor air quality.

Studio 804 is a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit design-build program at KU’s School of Architecture, Design and Planning that focuses on the creation of community-based architecture. The Studio 804 experience encompasses all aspects of the building process, from initial design through finished construction. Studio 804 is directed by Dan Rockhill, the JL Constant Distinguished Professor of Architecture.