How We Choose to Live
Building Green Facilities
In
2003, the Willamette Board of Trustees endorsed green building practices
for all new construction and renovations. Presently, Willamette
University is working with Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership to design
the first of several new residential and academic buildings, the new
Kaneko Residential Commons, to LEED Gold standards. Recent building
renovations, additions, and repairs have provided opportunities for
major “green” improvements: The new Montag student center
and expansion of the Art building have incorporated some green building
techniques and performance standards. Throughout the campus, energy
reduction and management technologies have reduced total energy costs
per square foot from $1.98 in 2001, to $.78 in FY 2003-2004, despite
significant increases in per unit energy costs. Willamette’s
average energy consumption for buildings over 5000 square feet (sqft)
is now less than 11.8kwh/sqft/year-below the national “Energystar
efficiency standard of 12Kwh/sqft/year, and significantly below the
national average of 19.6Kwh/sqft./year.
Learn more about the new
Kaneko
Residential Commons