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CSU Fullerton honors Student Rec Center's Gold LEED rating
University will hold Positively Green celebration this afternoon.
By Kristen SchottPublished: April 22, 2009 10:22 AM
Cal State Fullerton's Student Recreation Center is the first campus building to be awarded a Gold Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – or LEED – certification. The university is celebrating the honor with a Positively Green event today at 1 p.m. at the center, which is located on the west side of the campus.
Today's festivities will include remarks by Jordan Segraves, chairman of the O.C. Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, as well as Jason Lorcher of Green Dinosaur, a Los Angeles-based firm specializing in assisting organizations with the LEED rating process.
Titan Recreation Director Andrea Willer
pauses in the center.
“We are extremely proud of this important achievement and recognition,” says Titan Recreation Director Andrea Willer. “Our goal is to continue our efforts through the USGBC LEED for Existing Buildings program and to be an example of a cutting-edge building and operation on a university campus.”
The gold certification awarded by the USGBC is verification that a building or building project meets the highest in green building and performance measures. LEED rates five core elements: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.
The $41 million, two-story, 95,000-square-foot center was completed last spring and received the rating in March of this year. The building offers a number of items that bring water and power savings. Among them: Effective water use is estimated to save more than 415,000 gallons per year; and the center exceeds Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations for Energy Efficiency Standards by 30 percent. Other features include: interior low-emitting materials (paints, sealants and carpets); installation of additional bike racks; the use of green housekeeping practices in the building’s maintenance; an emphasis on the benefits of daytime lighting; and the use of sustainable and recycled materials in the building’s construction.
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Cal State Fullerton's Student Recreation Center is the first campus building to be awarded a Gold Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – or LEED – certification. The university is celebrating the honor with a Positively Green event today at 1 p.m. at the center, which is located on the west side of the campus. Today's festivities will include remarks by Jordan Segraves, chairman of the O.C. Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, as well as Jason Lorcher of Green Dinosaur, a Los Angeles-based firm specializing in assisting organizations with the LEED rating process. Titan Recreation Director Andrea Willer pauses in the center. “We are extremely proud of this important achievement and recognition,” says Titan Recreation Director Andrea Willer. “Our goal is to continue our efforts through the USGBC LEED for Existing Buildings program and to be an example of a cutting-edge building and operation on a university campus.” The gold certification awarded by the USGBC is verification that a building or building project meets the highest in green building and performance measures. LEED rates five core elements: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality. The $41 million, two-story, 95,000-square-foot center was completed last spring and received the rating in March of this year. The building offers a number of items that bring water and power savings. Among them: Effective water use is estimated to save more than 415,000 gallons per year; and the center exceeds Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations for Energy Efficiency Standards by 30 percent. Other features include: interior low-emitting materials (paints, sealants and carpets); installation of additional bike racks; the use of green housekeeping practices in the building’s maintenance; an emphasis on the benefits of daytime lighting; and the use of sustainable and recycled materials in the building’s construction. NEXT PAGE >> Related headlines Women's Environmental Council holds Costa Mesa mixer Newport Beach's Jazz Semiconductor greens operations UC Irvine, Plug Power test fuel cell technology Orange County celebrates Earth Day |
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