Sierra College Receives LEED Certification
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Del.icio.usNot only are careers going green, so are college campuses. Many schools across the country are making a concerted effort to lower their emissions and use alternative fuel sources. These campuses also have large scale recycling programs and water conservation programs. But, one college in California is a stand out. They are being recognized as being the first California college to be LEED certified.
Sierra College is the first community college in California to receive LEED gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
Sierra College earned LEED gold for its first permanent building at its Tahoe-Truckee campus, the college announced Friday.
The 28,500-square-foot building, which can serve up to 1,000 students, was designed by architecture firm Lionakis and built by contractor Rudolph & Sletten.
The two-story structural steel building has asphalt composite roofing, with fiber cement siding and a natural stone exterior. It houses lecture classrooms, science and chemistry labs, art classrooms, a “mechatronics” laboratory, a library, a student eating and gathering area, and administrative offices.
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification system provides third-party verification that a building was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance across a range of areas including: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality and stewardship of resources.
College campuses are competing for how green they are, but this is the first school in California to be LEED certified. This is a great way for college campuses to lower the impact that they have on the environment around them. This is a great honor for this school.
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