Sustainable Practices - Departments
January 2013 Featured Deparment: Facilities Management and Planning
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Planning
Bond and Facilities Planners ensure that sustainability is included in new construction, remodels, and infrastructure upgrades. Lane's "Sustainability: Design and Construction" policy requires projects to meet the U.S. Green Building Council LEED certified equivalent, but FMP planners have done better than that. All new construction that has occurred since the policy has been in place has been certified LEED gold or better and remodels target LEED silver equivalent.
Building 30 stairs use
reclaimed lumber
LEED Certified new construction includes:
- Building 30 - LEED Gold
- Building 61a (Downtown Campus Academic) - LEED Platinum
- Building 61b (Titan Court) - LEED Gold
Click here for more information on these LEED projects.
Major remodels have used LEED as a guide for incorporating sustainable features. Examples include:
Building 2 remodel (2010): The Building 2 project included an energy saving heat exchanger that takes waste heat generated from the servers in the data center and uses it to heat the rest of the building. The project also includes locally harvested and produced wooden doors, 100% post-consumer recycled content accoustical wall panels, and reused metal studs.
Building 5 remodel (2010): The Building 5 remodel included natural ventilation, a bioswale that removes pollutants from stormwater, and bike racks for 18 bikes.
Building 10 remodel (2011): This project conserved resources by using fewer materials. Rather than installing carpet or linoleum over the existing concrete, Lane simply polished the concrete flooring surface. Ceiling tiles were omitted to save additional resources and to allow for skylights to be used for daylighting.