Location | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
Client | University of Colorado Colorado Springs |
Size | 155,566 SF |
Cost | $61,374,265 |
Architect | NAC Architecture
Denver, Colorado |
- LEED Gold
- Addition to engineering building
- 5-story brick building
- New research and engineering space
- Additional classrooms, offices, public spaces, and exhibition space
- Occupied campus
- Lobby accented by a 250-pound pendulum
- Project included numerous energy and environment-saving features, including thin-film solar panels, a heating system that recovers exhaust from laboratories, an ice storage system that saves air conditioning costs, high-efficiency windows, energy-efficient lighting with occupancy sensors, water saving fixtures, and extensive use of low-chemical paints, adhesives, sealant, carpet and wood products
- Green Building of America Award, Real Estate & Construction Review’s Success Stories Southwest Green Edition; 2009 Renewable Energy and Sustainable Design Award, Colorado Renewable Energy Society