Design > Overview
Location
195 Prospect Street between Sage Hall and Osborne Memorial Lab (replacing the decommissioned Pierson Sage Power Plant)
LEED Rating
Seeking Platinum Rating
Sustainable/Climate Neutral features
- Demolition and construction waste is being recycled
- Geothermal benefit from the underground placement of the north side of the lowest level
- Solar heat gain in winter and natural lighting year round along the long unobstructed south-facing wall
- Rooftop solar panels facing south
- Solar hot water heaters
- Geothermal energy system
- Natural light and ventilation
- Natural light will be augmented with artificial light to maintain a constant lighting level; the latter is also controlled by sensors that shut off automatically if no one is present
- Manually operable windows utilize natural air circulation
- Green construction materials including “thermally inactive” concrete and low-E glass and insulation, waterless urinals and low-impact paint
- Recycled, recyclable, sustainably harvested or manufactured nontoxic materials
- Sustainably harvested wood
- Exterior stone quarried within 500 miles of campus
- Rainwater harvesting system and cleansing pond
- Office space for more than 50 faculty and staff members
- Three Classrooms
- 175-seat Auditorium
- Environment Center
- Learning Center
- Library
Exterior Spaces
- Sachem’s Wood Plaza
- Plaza on Prospect Street
- Sage Courtyard, OML Courtyard
Design Team
Design Architect:
Hopkins Architects
www.hopkins.co.uk
Executive Architect:
Centerbrook Architects and Planners
www.centerbrook.com
Structural Engineers:
ARUP
www.arup.com
Sustainable Design:
Atelier Ten
www.atelierten.com
Landscape Architect:
Olin Partnership
www.olinptr.com