Colorado College's Cornerstone Arts Center - LEED Buildings on Waymarking.com

Students at the College pushed hard to get LEED certification considered for this new structure, and succeeded. It is Gold Certified, designed by award-winning architect Antoine Predock.

Specific areas where the Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center earned LEED points include the following:
* Erosion and sedimentation control
* Site selection
* Urban redevelopment
* Alternative transportation: public transportation access; bicycle storage and changing rooms; parking sites for low-emission and fuel efficient vehicles; parking capacity
* Reduced site disturbance, protected or restored open space
* Storm water management and treatment
* Landscape and exterior design to reduce non-roof heat islands
* Water-efficient landscaping
* Water-use reduction
* Optimize energy performance
* Ozone depletion measures (heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems do not contain HCFCs or halons)
* Green power (half of the building’s regulated electricity use is supplied by renewable power)
* Construction waste management (67.9 percent of construction waste was diverted from landfill disposal)
* Recycled content (combined recycled content value is 37.4 percent of the total materials by cost)
* Local/regional materials (43.1percent of the total project's materials by cost were manufactured within 500 miles of the project site, and 23.87 percent of the total project's materials by cost were manufactured using raw materials harvested within 500 miles of the project site)
* Carbon dioxide monitoring
* Internal air quality management plans were used before, during construction and before occupancy
* Low emitting materials used (green adhesives, sealants, paints and carpets)
* Lighting controllability
* Thermal comfort and monitoring systems
* Daylight and views for 90.4 percent of spaces
* Innovation in design: educational outreach; exemplary performance for at least 40 percent water use reduction; and exemplary performance for at least 30 percent recycled content; and green housecleaning program.

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