Jul 15th, 2010 By admin Category: Campus News, July 15
The Big Red Green Team in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources is getting greener.
The renovation of Keim Hall is on track to receive LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. UNL’s Department of Agronomy and Horticulture and colleagues in grassland studies, Nebraska Forest Service and the USDA will move into the renovated hall this month.
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council to provide a framework for identifying and implementing practical, measurable “green buildings.”
The Keim Hall renovation is expected to earn a silver or gold LEED rating. The LEED rating system offers three levels of green building – silver, gold and platinum.
The LEED designation means the building is designed and built “to improve energy savings, water efficiency, sustainability, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts,” said Barry Shull, IANR facilities director.
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