Initiatives : Green Building

Sub-committee Chair: Barbara Donerly, Assistant Director, Facilities Planning and Construction

Urban Design

• Campus Master Plan emphasis on sustainable practices in land use, energy consumption, conservation, landscape, recycling, and transportation
• Active member of the Board of Governors Campus Master Plan Chapter 21 Workgroup, to revise Chapter 21 to include more criteria and required emphasis on sustainability for all SUS universities
• Increased density, infill sites
• Smaller footprints, taller buildings
• Preservation of open space
• East-west orientation of buildings for ambient use of natural light
• Reduction of impervious area and heat island effect with conversion of surface parking lots to building sites by structuring parking
• Development to reduce acreage devoted to parking lots (as heat islands)
• Provide shade for pedestrians & bicyclists
• Provide connections to disjointed areas and adjacent neighborhoods

Building

• 3 LEED buildings in progress
• 3 LEED Accredited Professionals on Facilities Planning and Construction staff
• Roof replacements with high insulation and reflectivity values
• Use of sunscreens on southern window exposures
• Use of high efficiency glass
• IT networked centralized remote building energy management/control
• Individual building metering of energy and water use and centralized data collection
• Life cycle analysis (Florida Commercial Building Energy Computational Program)
• Standards in building insulation values for walls, roofs, windows, motor and equipment efficiencies, mechanical systems insulation and controls for HVAC and lighting