Sustainability Features

The building is pursuing Silver LEED accreditation (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
LEED has four levels of certification, Certified, Silver, Gold and Platinum
The building, in pursuing Silver LEED accreditation, has many environmental and energy saving features including:

• HVAC systems are designed to provide efficient operation and superior indoor environmental quality while accommodating the extreme variation in building use. 
• Occupancy for the building can vary from a hundred of fewer people to over 1200 for special events.  The building systems automatically adjust to the changing building needs to maintain proper ventilation, space temperature and space humidity. 
• The rooftop mounted HVAC units utilize total energy heat recovery wheels to recover waste heat from building exhaust air. 
• Systems serving the main gym have two different air delivery rates.  During periods of light usage, the systems operate at reduced air flow to save energy. 
• Ventilation air is modulated based on CO2 sensors to adjust the amount of ventilation provided based on actual building occupancy. 
• Hot gas reheat is used to prevent indoor humidity levels from exceeding comfortable limits. 
• All air delivered in the building is filtered through high efficiency MERV 13 filters. 
• The entire HVAC system is monitored and controlled by the campus wide energy management system.
• Large building overhangs to reduce solar loads.
• Low flow plumbing fixtures to limit hot water use and energy.
• High efficiency lighting systems with flexible controls to deliver the right amount of light based on use.
• Event scheduling and lighting controls to limit lighting energy use in unoccupied spaces.
• Adaptive vegetation that doesn’t require watering.
• Construction waste is sorted to minimize the amount sent to landfills and maximize recycling.
• Bicycle racks will be provided for public use.
• Exterior lighting is designed to minimize spill onto surrounding properties.
• Environmental refrigerants are used for the HVAC systems.
• A commissioning agent is on the team to insure that the systems when turned on function properly and the indoor environment is comfortable for the occupants.
• Building waste will be sorted and recycled as much as possible.
• The building materials contain 10% post consumer recycled material.
• 10% of the building materials are extracted, processed & manufactured regionally from within 500 miles of the site to reduce shipping costs and energy used for transportation. 
• To encourage environmentally responsible forest management at least 50% of the wood in the building is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council
• The building is nonsmoking.
• Low or no VOC paint and coatings are used.
• Carpeting meets the Carpet and Rug Institute’s Green Label Plus Program to reduce indoor air contaminants.
• To reduce the quantity of indoor air contaminants the composite wood and agrifiber products used in the building contain NoAdded Urea-Formaldehyde Content