Moe Tabrizi, Assistant Director of Engineering & Campus Energy Conservation Officer at the University of Colorado at Boulder led a tour of the ATLAS building, Colorado's first LEED Gold-certified public building.
Completed in August 2006, ATLAS (Alliance for Technology, Learning & Society) was more than 60% funded by a self-imposed student tax. One of the conditions of the student funding was that the building be "as green and sustainable as possible." Tabrizi committed to at least Silver certification—the project far surpassed that goal.
The building features CO2 sensors; hi-efficiency, double-pane windows; and water-free urinals. Sandstone mined from within 500 miles (Kansas) brought LEED points, and the red clay roof, consistent with campus architecture design, was mixed with 20% ash to meet gain additional LEED points.
Air-tight doors with airlocks, occupancy sensors to monitor lighting, super T8 and T5 lights, low VOC paint and carpets, and "certified wood" all create an environment not only "green," but healthy, pleasant to be in and aesthically innovative.
View the ATLAS website at www.colorado.edu/atlas. Visit greenmagonline.com for upcoming information regarding this and other LEED certified projects in the Rocky Mountain region.
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