Green building initiatives on campus
One of the topics covered by the book "Getting Greener: Progressive environmental ideas for the American South" is better building. The book recommends that schools should be built according to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) green building standards. These buildings would require less energy and water.
Several universities in the South have already become leaders in green building initiatives. Florida State University has started building a new Materials Research Building, which will be their first LEED-certified building as discussed at FSU.com.
In addition, the FSU Sustainable Energy Science and Engineering Center has initiated the design of an off-grid zero emission house on FSU campus, which includes technologies such as high-efficiency lighting, hydrogen power, solar heating and electricity and rain water collection.
These initiatives show that universities can be leaders in green technology and that building green is possible on campuses in the U.S. South.
posted by Laura Petes @ 3:13 PM
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On the Center's recent trip through the South to unveil the Getting Greener book, we were fortunate to find a bunch of green building at universities and schools.
In Chapel Hill, NC, we unveiled the book at a school that uses daylighting and has a 90,000 cistern under the school that collects rainwater to use as "gray water" solutions to flush toilets and to irrigate grounds.
In Louisville, KY, we met with planners at the University of Louisville who are working on building a certified green biosafety lab on campus.
At the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, President Lu Hardin pledged to upgrade some buildings to make them greener.
And at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, we unveiled the book at the Social Sciences building, which was the city's first green-certified building.
Universities and schools are showing a lot of leadership. Private builders and government leaders should emulate them.
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