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Ongoing Green Builiding Projects

This page contains information on ongoing green building projects at various higher education institutions. These projects are to inform other colleges and universities about the processes and requirements leading up to the completion of a green building project.

 

MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS

San Jose State University

  • SJSU Sustainability Practices
    San Jose State University, along with the San Jose city, plans for a reusable, sustainable campus at SJSU that includes the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, which is currently in the process of obtaining LEED® certification.

COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES

Bunker Hill Community College

  • Health and Wellness Center
    This 48,000-square-foot facility under construction at Bunker Hill Community College is a 2008 winner of the Green Design Concept Award from the Education Design Showcase. BHCC expects the project to be awarded LEED® Gold certification. You can read more about this project in BHCC's Climate Action Plan.

Lakeshore Technical College

  • Campus Alternative & Renewable Energy
    Lakeshore Technical College constructed a grid-tied small commercial wind turbine in 2004, which contributes about 3% to the total campus energy usage. Together with the plans for a photovoltaic (PV) solar project, these two systems are expected to provide about 70 KWh of renewable energy for the campus.

Northeast Texas Community College

  • Agriculture Learning Center
    NTCC is preparing for the ground-breaking for the Agriculture Learning Center to promote sustainable agriculture. This “green” facility will include classroom space, storage, a pavilion and many other state-of-the-art features and is aiming for LEED® Silver Certification.

Western Technical College

  • Lunda Center
    This LEED® certified, 26,000 square-foot community conference center building will feature a multi-use conference room with the capacity to accommodate 600 people.

OTHER SCHOOLS - PRIVATE

Syracuse University

  • Syracuse Center of Excellence
    This 52,000-square-foot research facility was built on a brownfield site to LEED® Platinum certification. The project features a total indoor environmental quality (TIEQ) laboratory, a green roof, a geothermal heating and cooling system, and other green features.
  • Ernie Davis Residence Hall
    This 134,000-square-foot building was built to LEED® Silver certification and features a 500-seat dining facility, a 10,600-square-foot recreation facility and 2,000 square feet of academic space.
  • Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center
    This 52,000-square-foot athletic facility will support the university’s basketball programs and was built to LEED® standards with 20 percent recycled materials, high-efficiency mechanical system filtration, and was designed to use almost 20 percent less energy than a typical new building.
  • IBM Green Data Center
    This building can operate off the grid using gas-fired microturbines that generate electricity, and the resulting heat can be used to fire absorption coolers to cool computers. Read more about this project here.

University of Pennsylvania

  • Annenberg Public Policy Center
    This building will not be formally LEED® rated but will boast sustainable features such as a double skin wall that acts as an insulating airlock and ventilation with outside air.
  • Music Building
    The 25,000-square-foot Music Building project integrates multiple sustainable elements and will be the first LEED® Silver building on Penn’s historic campus. Read the architect’s project profile here.
  • Weiss Pavilion
    This 52,000-square-foot fitness center aims to achieve LEED® Silver certification and makes adaptive reuse of the north arcade of Franklin Field stadium.
  • Morris Arboretum Horticultural Center
    This will be the university’s greenest building to date and is targeting LEED® Gold or Platinum certification.
  • Fisher Translational Research Building, School of Medicine
    This building to date is targeting LEED® Silver certification. Read the architect’s project profile here.

OTHER SCHOOLS - PUBLIC

Black Hills State University

  • David B. Miller Yellow Jacket Student Union
    This project is designed to include components that will help the building receive LEED® Silver certification, including a roof garden, a vertical wind turbine, solar panels, and other energy efficient building features.

Coastal Carolina University

  • Campus & Community Sustainability Initiative
    This resource provides a list of ongoing projects at CCU, including the institution’s recycling program, its high performance green building, the campus environmental audit and information on the high performance building workshops.

Kansas State University

  • College of Human Ecology
    The College of Human Ecology at Kansas State University is currently fundraising to construct a 16,000 sq. ft. addition to house student services, family financial planning and classroom space. KSU is interested in pursuing planning and construction to meet as many of the standards as possible.

Morgan State University

  • Center for the Built Environment and Infrastructure Studies
    The institution’s plan includes a minimum of LEED® Gold certification for this facility. This new facility will house the Institute of Architecture and Planning, the Department of Civil Engineering and the Institute of Transportation Studies.

University of California, Davis

  • UC Davis Student Housing LEED® Projects
    The University of California, Davis has a policy to design and build all buildings to a standard equivalent to a LEED® New Construction rating of Silver. UC Davis currently has three additional projects aiming for LEED® certification. Tercero South Phase II, Segundo Services Center, and Oxford Circle Dining Commons.
  • West Village
    This residence integrates sustainable design into the site plan and building designs to enable residents to reduce their reliance on the automobile, limit energy consumption, and enjoy the benefits of the local climate in a healthy environment.

University of California, Santa Barbara

  • UCSB to have 25 existing buildings LEED®-EB Silver certified by 2012
    Based on previous success of receiving LEED® for Existing Building (EB) certification, UCSB has forged a partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) resulting in the opportunity to pilot a new Portfolio Program under which several existing buildings can be certified at the same time based on campus-wide policies.

 

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