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First takes Street Dixon Rick Turns Vanderbilt Commons Green Opened in August 2008, new residence halls of The Commons at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, were designed by Street Dixon Rick Architecture, PLC. Previously, two of the residence halls received Silver LEED certification and then, in February 2009, three received Gold certification. According to a press release, these halls are among the first LEED-certified university projects in Tennessee. The university was also awarded the Tennessee Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Award in 2008 for this multi-year project. Some green features of the halls are reflective roofs to reduce the use of air-conditioning, dualstage lighting controls in student rooms, and bamboo flooring in study areas. “It is a rare opportunity to work on a project that will impact generations of students for many years,” says Baird Dixon, AIA, LEED-AP, principal of Street Dixon Rick Architecture. “This project really was about creating a whole new type of community – a community of scholars – for Vanderbilt. To do so in a historic collegiate setting made this effort even more meaningful.” grOUnD breakin gs Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina Projected Opening: April 2009 • Cost: $11.5 million Built by Yeargin Potter Shackelford Construction, every aspect of Rhodes Hall Annex is green, including the recycling of all excess building materials. The hall will provide space for research, teaching labs, and classrooms for Clemson’s bioengineering department. This will include provisions for acids, purified water systems, and other substances that will be used in labs. The three-story concrete building will meet the university policy of all new construction reaching LEED Silver certification. Eastern Mennonite University Lancaster, Pennsylvania Projected Opening: August 2009 • Cost: $6 million The new residence hall is replacing a 39-year-old all-male hall. Designed by The Troyer Group out of Mishawaka, Indiana, the 35,000-square-foot coed building will house 120 students. It will include wireless Internet, large flat-screen televisions, and a covered bike storage area. Green features will include high efficiency heating and cooling systems, low-water-usage appliances, and local and recycled materials. The university plans to recycle as much of the old building as possible, including bricks. Colorado State University – Pueblo Pueblo, Colorado Projected Opening: August 2009 • Cost: $15.7 million The 76,400-square-foot facility will house 253 students in 72 units. The units will be both single- and double-bedroom suites. The hall will also include a computer lab, a classroom space, a meeting space, study rooms, and significant amounts of social space. This is the first of three 250-bed residence halls to be built on the campus in the next three years. Both Christopher Carvell Architects of Colorado Springs and HGF Architects of Pueblo will be working on the project. kullman Selected for Solar Competition Kullman Building Corporation of Lebanon, New Jersey, was chosen by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg to build the steel frame for the solarpowered house they will enter in the 2009 Solar Decathlon competition at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. This international collegiate competition is hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy. Student teams will compete to design, build, and operate highly energy efficient and completely solar-powered houses. Purdue University The 800-square-foot frame was assembled in Kullman’s West Lafayette, Indiana facilities and then delivered to the campus. There, the Projected Opening: August 2009 • Cost: $52 million students will work on the house until it is ready to be put Each of the 365 residents will live in a single bedroom with a on public exhibit, October 8-18, 2009, in Washington, D.C. private bathroom. Resident rooms will be joined in clusters The team is composed of 80 students from the following that share a common gathering space, kitchenette, and fields of study: architecture, laundry area. Designed by Ratio Architects, industrial design, mechanical the multi-building complex will also feature a and electrical engineering, community center that includes a conference give up tHe Details computer science, landscape room, multipurpose room, recreation room, Is there a new product or service that is so fantastic architecture, and business. kitchenette, and student club rooms. you want to share it with other members? Send a brief description to talkingstick@acuho-i.org. March + april 2009 53

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