| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 69.32 |
| Liaison | Ian Johnson |
| Submission Date | June 3, 2019 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Colorado College
OP-4: Building Design and Construction
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.25 / 3.00 |
George
Eckhardt Campus Planner Facilities Services |
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Total floor area of newly constructed or renovated building space (include projects completed within the previous five years) :
198,858
Square feet
Certified Projects
0
Square feet
Floor area of newly constructed or renovated building space certified at each level under a rating system for design and construction used by an Established Green Building Council (GBC) :
| Certified Floor Area | |
| LEED BD+C Platinum or at the highest achievable level under another rating system | 0 Square feet |
| LEED BD+C Gold or at the 2nd highest level under another 4- or 5-tier GBC rating system | 0 Square feet |
| Certified at mid-level under a 3- or 5-tier GBC rating system for design and construction (e.g. BREEAM, CASBEE, DGNB, Green Star) | 0 Square feet |
| LEED BD+C Silver or at a step above minimum level under another 4- or 5-tier GBC rating system | 0 Square feet |
| LEED BD+C Certified or certified at minimum level under another GBC rating system | 0 Square feet |
Floor area of newly constructed or renovated building space certified under a non-GBC rating system for design and construction (e.g. Green Globes NC, Certified Passive House):
0
Square feet
Percentage of newly constructed or renovated building space certified under a green building rating system for design and construction:
0
If reporting certified projects, provide:
Colorado College has used the LEED rating system in the past, which gives credit to buildings based on five primary categories: sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy & atmosphere, materials & resources, and indoor environmental quality. The College has two buildings that meet LEED certification requirements: The Russell T. Tutt Science Center (certified in 2003) and the Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center (gold-level certified in 2008). Both of these buildings are past the eligibility date required by STARS.
If reporting uncertified projects, provide:
Uncertified Projects
198,858
Square feet
If reporting published green building guidelines or policies, provide the following:
The green building guidelines or policies:
New buildings, additions to existing buildings, or existing building renovations should minimize building life-cycle costs, direct and indirect, relating to energy use, maintenance, waste disposal and occupant health & productivity. Life-cycle costs should be based on a “whole-building perspective”, rather than from the perspective of individual building systems or components.
Do the green building guidelines or policies cover the following?:
| Yes or No | |
| Impacts on the surrounding site (e.g. guidelines to reuse previously developed land, protect environmentally sensitive areas, and otherwise minimize site impacts) | Yes |
| Energy consumption (e.g. policies requiring a minimum level of energy efficiency for buildings and their systems) | Yes |
| Building-level energy metering | Yes |
| Use of environmentally preferable materials (e.g. guidelines to minimize the life cycle impacts associated with building materials) | Yes |
| Indoor environmental quality (i.e. guidelines to protect the health and comfort of building occupants) | Yes |
| Water consumption (e.g. requiring minimum standards of efficiency for indoor and outdoor water use) | Yes |
| Building-level water metering | Yes |
A brief description of the green building guidelines or policies and/or a list or sample of buildings covered:
The college sustainability design guidelines manual “Facility Life-Cycle Design Guidelines for Sustainability, Rev. December 21, 2016”. These sustainability design guidelines have been incorporated as a chapter into the “Colorado College Facility Design Guidelines Manual, October 2014; revised June 2016”. The purpose of the Facility Life-Cycle Design Guidelines for Sustainability is to provide design teams with clear and concise guidance related to sustainable design expectations. Opportunities for achieving energy and water use reductions should be identified by design and engineering professionals in every construction or renovation project and considered for implementation based on life-cycle cost savings, impact on reaching carbon neutrality, and the importance of demonstrating social responsibility by supporting the college core values and taking a leadership role in nurturing the ethic of environmental sustainability. College buildings which were constructed or renovated in the last 5 years covered under these adopted green guidelines include; Spencer Center, 2014, (46,890 SF), East Campus Housing, 2017, (5 Buildings – 57,651 SF), and Tutt Library, 2017, (94,317 SF).
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A brief description of how the institution ensures compliance with green building design and construction guidelines and policies:
The college ensures compliance with these green building design and construction guidelines by requiring project consultants and contractors to use and apply the guidelines, beginning at the earliest phases of project design and construction documentation. The consultants for the listed projects above were given these green design and construction guidelines and the ultimate goal to design for net-zero energy operations of the buildings through integration of high performance energy efficiencies and the use of renewable energy sources.
These additional factors encourage green building design: the institution’s core values include commitment to sustainability; the Strategic Plan addresses sustainability goals; the Design Review Board and Campus Sustainability Council review Design and Construction projects to encourage consideration of sustainable opportunities and goals to achieve the institution’s goal of carbon neutrality be 2020.
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Colorado College Facility Design Guidelines Manual 2014, Rev. March 2017:
https://www.coloradocollege.edu/offices/facilities/plan-design-ops-maint/Facility%20Design%20Guidelines%20Manual,%20Rev.%203-16-17....pdf
Facility Life-Cycle Design Guidelines for Sustainability, Rev 3-16-17
https://www.coloradocollege.edu/offices/facilities/energy-management/FACILITY%20LIFE-CYCLE%20DESIGN%20GUIDELINES%20FOR%20SUSTAINABILITY,%20Rev.%203-16-17.pdf
Colorado College Tutt Library Renovation & Addition:
The carbon neutral, net-zero energy library also reflects Colorado College’s commitment to sustainability.
A geothermal energy field adjacent to the library has 80 wells arranged in a grid. The wells, each 400 feet deep and five-and-a-half inches wide, function as a heat exchanger for the reversible geothermal heat pump that provides both heating and cooling in the library. Additionally, a 115-kilowatt rooftop solar array, 400-kilowatt offsite solar array, and 130-kilowatt combined heat and power system are all part of the project. There are terraces on each level and a live green roof consisting of approximately 5,000 sedums.
Tutt Library News link: https://www.coloradocollege.edu/newsevents/newsroom/built-for-the-block-plan-and-the-planet#.WrF7mUlvRPY
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