The University of Notre Dame鈥檚 has received LEED Gold Certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).
Stinson-Remick, which is being dedicated today (Sept. 3), is a 160,000-square-foot facility that houses a nano technology research center, an 9,000-square-foot semiconductor processing and device fabrication clean room, and an undergraduate interdisciplinary learning center.
The building includes many sustainable design and construction features.
- The facility is located within close proximity to 10 services (food, library, chapel, open spaces, etc.).
- Stinson-Remick is located near two bus stop lines, which allows building users to easily travel by bus to get to the building.
- A previously used building site (University Club) was reused so that 鈥済reen space鈥� was not consumed for the building; the former University Club was completely recycled.
- Water saving toilets and urinals equate to about 130,850 gallons of water saved per year
- An energy recovery system installed on the lab exhaust system is expected to save about $65,724 per year, which equates to payback of just over seven and a half years that offsets the cost of the system that was installed.
- 鈥淕reen housekeeping鈥� practices are used for the building which is better for both workers and building users.
- The University specified low VOC (volatile organic compound) materials for most interior materials, carpet, glues, sealants, paints, etc.
- A white roof membrane was installed to reduce the heating load on the building in the summer months.
- A native landscape and drip irrigation system was added to save 51 percent of normal water usage for irrigation.
- Stinson-Remick has showers so that people who choose to ride their bikes to work can shower before going to work.
- The building uses environmentally-friendly refrigerants in its cooling systems.
- There are more than 76 electrical metering points tracking the building鈥檚 electrical usage.
Stinson-Remick is the third Notre Dame building to be LEED certified. , the home of the University鈥檚 and , and also have received Gold certification.