{"49015":{"#nid":"49015","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Old CE Building Renovation Earns LEED Gold","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe renovation of the Old Civil Engineering Building has become the first renovation\/historic preservation project to earn a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for Ivan Allen College, Georgia Tech, and the University System of Georgia. The project has earned one of the highest LEED certifications \u2014 Gold \u2014 garnering points in every LEED category and additional points for innovations.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDeveloped by the U.S. Green Building Council (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.usgbc.org\/\u0022\u003EUSGBC\u003C\/a\u003E), the LEED program is a Green Building Rating System that provides standards for environmentally sustainable construction. \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECompleted in November 2008, the renovation focused on LEED guidelines for energy savings and sustainability measures with a goal of achieving certification. Located near the center of campus at 221 Bobby Dodd Way, the renovated building now houses Ivan Allen College\u2019s schools of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.econ.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEconomics\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.hts.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EHistory, Technology, and Society\u003C\/a\u003E. \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKey strategies to achieve the Gold certification included improving the exterior site sustainability, the exterior shell insulation, the overall heating\/cooling\/ventilation, electrical, and lighting efficiencies, and significantly reducing water usage. A 45 percent reduction in water consumption through the use of low and ultra-low flow water fixtures was cited as exemplary. Demand for water was also reduced by installing an efficient landscape irrigation system using only water collected from rainfall and building condensation in a 6,500 gallon above ground cistern to achieve a 56 percent decrease in demand. \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECareful attention was paid to selecting finishes that were available locally, that have a high recycled content, or that don\u2019t negatively affect the indoor environmental quality with high volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Occupied spaces were configured to take advantage of existing windows and natural daylight.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe renovation was overseen by Georgia Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.space.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECapital Planning and Space Management\u003C\/a\u003E as well as Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.facilities.gatech.edu\/dc\/\u0022\u003EFacilities Design and Construction\u003C\/a\u003E Department. Design was completed by the architectural firm Surber Barber Choate \u0026amp; Hertlein. Juneau Construction was the general contractor.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The first historic preservation project in the University System of Georgia to be recognized"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The renovation of the Old Civil Engineering Building has become the first renovation\/historic preservation project to earn a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for Ivan Allen College, Georgia Tech, and the University System of Georgia.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The first historic preservation project in the University System of Georgia to be recognized"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2010-01-19 16:11:27","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:04:08","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-01-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-01-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"49016":{"id":"49016","type":"image","title":"Old CE Building","body":null,"created":"1449175408","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:43:28","changed":"1475894466","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:06","alt":"Old CE Building","file":{"fid":"190145","name":"09E5007-P10-009.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/09E5007-P10-009.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/09E5007-P10-009.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4406279,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/09E5007-P10-009.jpg?itok=-bxefRVW"}}},"media_ids":["49016"],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1269","name":"environmental"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"2067","name":"LEED"},{"id":"910","name":"Old CE"},{"id":"170933","name":"stewardship"},{"id":"166890","name":"sustainability"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ERebecca Keane\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIvan Allen College\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-1720\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}