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New LEED certified buildings at Harvard
Four buildings recently achieved LEED certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC): Aldrich Hall, Wyss Hall, and Hamilton Hall at the Harvard Business School, and 5 Cowperthwaite Street in Cambridge.
Wyss Hall and Hamilton Hall achieved a LEED Gold rating, and Aldrich Hall, a LEED Silver rating. All three buildings, which completed their renovations in the summer of 2006, feature various sustainable technologies such as state-of-the-art water saving fixtures, ventilation systems based on demand, and low VOC paints and materials.
Five Cowperthwaite, a graduate residence hall near the riverside, achieved a LEED Gold rating in January. Among its green accomplishments is a 28% reduction in energy use from code, a storm water collection system for irrigation, and an impressive 32% of all materials used in the project contain recycled content.
For more information on these and other LEED certified buildings at Harvard, see the case studies page on the Green Building Resource.
posted: 02.13.08 [permalink]