SUNY Cortland’s Glass Tower Hall dormitory building recently received LEED certification from USGBC. The $12.6 million project was completed back in August of 2005 and is the school’s newest residence hall, housing upper-class and transfer students.The 194-bed dorm includes a bicycle room that’s large enough to store a bike for every student, as well as charging stations for hybrid automobiles. Standard LEED features include efficient HVAC systems, windows, and insulation. The design team, which included Ashley McGraw Architects and Burt Hill Kosar Rittlement Associates, also specified a number of sustainable features for the project’s landscaping, including narrow sidewalks, efficient lighting, and native shrubbery.
August 4th, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "DASNY"
Monday LEEDoff: SUNY-Binghamton’s Cascade & Windham Dormitories, Vestal, NY
Last week, the Cascade and Windham residential buildings at SUNY-Binghamton’s Mountainview College (top and bottom in the image, respectively) each officially received a LEED Certified rating from USGBC. The two four-story, 70,000-square-foot dorms cost $23 million to build and are the 19th and 20th in the USGBC’s Upstate New York Chapter area to earn LEED [...]
December 10th, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued