LEED Gold

The Ann E. Pitzer Center earned a Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Gold rating from the U.S. Green Building Council. Among the reasons—

Sites / Transportation

• Access to quality transportation and using existing campus parking in lieu of adding new.
• The campus storm water management provides off-site stream channel protection.
• The Arboretum Waterway captures and treats at least 90% of average annual rainfall.

Water Efficiency

• Water closets are low-flow and faucets are flow restrictive to provide water conservation.
• Fixtures use less than 37% water than standard equipment.

Energy Efficiency

• Working with the existing campus high pressure steam loop and chilled water helps the building achieve 23.5% better energy efficiency than the baseline model.
• Enhanced commissioning activities and a measurement and verification plan will help the building systems function effectively long term.
• Emission reduction for the mechanical systems.

Materials & Resources

• Diverted over 80% of construction waste away from landfill.
• Recycled removed concrete and asphalt from site.
• Used project materials with 11% both recycled and regional content.
• Over 90% of new wood products were sourced using sustainable practices.

Innovation & Design

• Campus wide transportation services and community services contribute to a connected development.
• Green cleaning program used for custodial practices.
• Provision for campus-wide outreach and green building practices, and education through case studies, CEED website dashboard, and Interactive thermal comfort response tools – TherMOOstat app.