Sustainable building: Building green

✍ Scribed by Don C Smith

• Book ID: 104438787
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 165 KB
• Volume: 4
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1471-0846
• DOI: 10.1016/s1471-0846(04)00051-4

✦ Synopsis

What is remarkable about the University of Denver College of Law (DUCOL) building is that a concerted effort was made at every step of the planning and construction process to put the building on track to earn certification from the U.S. Green Building Council's "Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design" (LEED) program (see text box).

The decision to build the first green U.S. law school was particularly noteworthy given the fact that natural resources law has been taught at DUCOL for more than 100 years. Thus, at the outset three key objectives were identified: • Making the building safe