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Kroon Hall, Yale Univ. Photo: www.centerbrook.com
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Kroon Hall, the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies building at Yale Univ., New Haven, Conn., has joined the handful of elite lab buildings to be certified LEED Platinum. The four-story, 70,000-ft2 building uses more than 80% less water and about 60% less power than a comparable, standard facility. It is designed to tenerate 25% of its electricity on-site from renewable sources. Kroon Hall earned 59 LEED points, including 12 of 14 possible points for Sustainable Sites; 5 of 5 possible points for Water Efficiency; 10 points for energy performance and three for on-site renewable energy. Unusual features for a lab include displacement ventilation, indirect evaporative cooling, and a heat recovery system supplemented with geothermal energy. The design team included Hopkins Architects, London, U.K. (design architect); Centerbrook Architects and Planners, Centerbrook, Conn. (executive architect); Arup (MEP engineer); and Atelier Ten (sustainable design consultant). For more: http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7247
