The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC) has recently completed a new 9,500 sq. ft. educational facility, which consists of three classrooms, a lecture room, laboratory space, administrative offices, and an observatory. This building is in the process of being certified to the standards set in the Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)TM , and will most likely achieve a rating of at least Silver in this system. To better understand the costs and benefits that will accrue from the decision to make this a green building, the NJMC has contracted the Rutgers Center for Green Building (RCGB) to conduct a Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCC) of the building using the building plans and specifications as inputs to the analysis.