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Just about every facet of architecture these days is done with sustainability in mind, from single family homes to corporate office buildings. College architecture has been no exception and many colleges around the world are building some of the greenest and most sustainable buildings out there, creating beautiful, eco-friendly places for students to call home while living on campus. While there are plenty of amazing green buildings on college campuses around the globe, we’ve highlighted some of the standouts here. These dormitories are some of the greenest in the world, and thanks to great design, look pretty great to boot.
The University of Bradford
The University of Bradford’s latest dorm, completed in September of 2011, is one of the greenest buildings in the world.
Called The Green, for obvious reasons, the $63 million project will house more than 1,000 students in dorms, town homes, and apartments. The building scored an impressive 95.05% on the BREEAM rating scale, the British equivalent of LEED, the highest score ever given. So what makes the building so impressive? It boasts energy usage monitors, solar-powered water heaters, extra insulation for heat retention, rainwater ponds, recycling facilities, sustainably-harvested timber, low-energy fittings, and low-flow plumbing fixtures, among other features. Even better, it’s designed to promote community among the students, offering great outdoor garden spaces around the building.
Pomona College
It’s hard to get LEED Platinum certification but that’s just what these two new residence halls at Pomona College were able to do, the first in California to get such a distinction. Built to house 150 students, the buildings are beautiful modern structures of glass, wood, and steel, but they have some pretty amazing eco-friendly features under their sleek surfaces.
Some of the highlights include solar hot water heaters, solar panels, high efficiency windows, lighting, and HVAC systems, low-flow fixtures, rainwater recycling, an underground parking lot, a green roof, native landscaping, and recycled and local construction materials. The residence halls are just two of several LEED-approved buildings at the school, making Pomona a very sustainable campus.
Western Oregon University
In order to get LEED Platinum certification, a building must earn at least 52 points. Ackerman Hall at Western Oregon University went beyond that, getting 53 points in a 2010 assessment of the new residence hall, one of the first in the country to receive Platinum designation. The building, opened in the fall of 2010, houses 330 students and provides both living and academic spaces within. The building is also a model of green and sustainable construction.
It has a rainwater harvesting system used for flushing toilets, solar panels on the roof, occupancy sensors throughout, low-flow water fixtures, reclaimed wood from the building site, and even a recycled glass patio that filters water runoff. In its first year of operation, the dorm saved 75% more water and 35% more energy than a non-sustainable building of comparable size.
Read about more green dorms here.
The University of Bradford
The University of Bradford’s latest dorm, completed in September of 2011, is one of the greenest buildings in the world.
Called The Green, for obvious reasons, the $63 million project will house more than 1,000 students in dorms, town homes, and apartments. The building scored an impressive 95.05% on the BREEAM rating scale, the British equivalent of LEED, the highest score ever given. So what makes the building so impressive? It boasts energy usage monitors, solar-powered water heaters, extra insulation for heat retention, rainwater ponds, recycling facilities, sustainably-harvested timber, low-energy fittings, and low-flow plumbing fixtures, among other features. Even better, it’s designed to promote community among the students, offering great outdoor garden spaces around the building.
Pomona College
It’s hard to get LEED Platinum certification but that’s just what these two new residence halls at Pomona College were able to do, the first in California to get such a distinction. Built to house 150 students, the buildings are beautiful modern structures of glass, wood, and steel, but they have some pretty amazing eco-friendly features under their sleek surfaces.
Some of the highlights include solar hot water heaters, solar panels, high efficiency windows, lighting, and HVAC systems, low-flow fixtures, rainwater recycling, an underground parking lot, a green roof, native landscaping, and recycled and local construction materials. The residence halls are just two of several LEED-approved buildings at the school, making Pomona a very sustainable campus.
Western Oregon University
In order to get LEED Platinum certification, a building must earn at least 52 points. Ackerman Hall at Western Oregon University went beyond that, getting 53 points in a 2010 assessment of the new residence hall, one of the first in the country to receive Platinum designation. The building, opened in the fall of 2010, houses 330 students and provides both living and academic spaces within. The building is also a model of green and sustainable construction. It has a rainwater harvesting system used for flushing toilets, solar panels on the roof, occupancy sensors throughout, low-flow water fixtures, reclaimed wood from the building site, and even a recycled glass patio that filters water runoff. In its first year of operation, the dorm saved 75% more water and 35% more energy than a non-sustainable building of comparable size.
Read about more green dorms here.
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