WORCESTER, MASS.
College of the Holy Cross attained LEED Gold sustainable design certification for the $64 million Integrated Science Complex in December of 2010. Located in Worcester, Mass., the four-story facility consists of the Park B. and Linda Smith Laboratories, a new four-story building, and the renovated Haberlin Hall. The project includes numerous features that produce an energy savings of more than 52% in cooling and 39% in heating, lowering total energy consumption by more than 31% over industry standard baseline. Other energy efficient and sustainability features include:
- an active display monitor in the atrium lobby, allowing students and visitors to view the complex's energy consumption readings and understand how the buildings's technologies correlate to carbon savings;
- a low-flow fume hood system, integrating variable air volume exhaust valves into research laboratories;
- a high-performance lighting system, incorporating high-efficiency fixtures for additional energy savings;
- nearly 40% of the total building materials manufactured using recycled materials;
- and 56% of the total building materials extracted, processed, and manufactured within 500 miles of the project site.
The complex was designed by EYP Architecture & Engineering with Bond Brothers as construction manager. The facility was completed in March of 2010.
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