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Buildings (and Sustainability)
In 2008, the university mandated that all new construction and major renovations on campus achieve a minimum LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver certification. LEED building standards set continuously improving benchmarks for the role that design, construction, and operations play in the sustainable future of our campus. Therefore, UMass Amherst developed the UMass Amherst Green Building Guidelines v2 and LEED v4, to clarify the framework for approaching new construction and major renovation projects by focusing the conversation on how the LEED standards support the campus goals and vision for sustainable development. They are intended to be the beginning of a dynamic conversation between designers, environmental consultants and constructors, university stakeholders, and users of new high-performance buildings. Visit the U.S. Green Building Council's Green Building Information Gateway to see LEED certification activity campuswide.
On the right column of this page (or below on a mobile phone) select the triangle pull-down menu to get a list of green building project web pages. Alternatively, you can scroll through the alphabetical list of buildings by using the Previous-Up-Next buttons below.