Volume 34 Number 3
Campus First to Register 'Green Building' Project
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Interim President Scott McNall signs the large and official award recognizing CSU, Chico as the first LEED Certified Building in the CSU. He attended an awards ceremony with members of the State & Consumer Services Agency and the Integrated Waste Management Board on Sept. 23. |
CSU, Chico is the first CSU campus to officially register a new building project under national standards for environmentally conscious, sustainable buildings. The Student Services Center, projected for construction next year, will be built following standards established by Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), a program begun in 1999 by the U.S. Green Building Council.
LEED has a common standard of measurement and complete framework for assessing "green" buildings in areas such as energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality.
Responsible disposal of construction waste, water-efficient landscaping, and recyclable building materials are just three of the many focus areas for a LEED building.
Offices of admissions, financial aid, advising and career planning and placement are some of the planned occupants for the new building. The four-story, roughly 120,000-square-foot building will be located at Second and Ivy Streets.
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