Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 76.02
Liaison Megan Litke
Submission Date Sept. 17, 2024

STARS v3.0

American University
OP-1: Building Design and Construction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Megan Litke
Sustainability Manager
Office of Sustainability
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1.1 Percentage of new floor area designed and constructed to green building standards

Total floor area of newly constructed or renovated building space:
11,456.71 Square meters

Floor area of new building space third party certified to a comprehensive green building standard:
11,456.71 Square meters

Floor area of new building space third party certified to a less comprehensive green building standard:
0 Square meters

Floor area of new building space built to green building standards, but not third party certified:
0 Square meters

List and description of building and renovation projects completed within the previous five years:

The Hall of Science building was completed in 2020 and earned LEED New Construction Gold. It is the only project completed in the last five years.

Hall of Science is home to the departments of biology, environmental
science, chemistry, and neuroscience.

https://www.american.edu/about/sustainability/buildings/hall-of-science.cfm 


If reporting on the institution’s custom green building standards, at least one of the following two fields is also required:

Online location of the institution’s green building standards:
Copy of the institution’s green building standards:
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The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:

Points earned for indicator OP 1.1:
3

Optional documentation

Notes about the information provided for this credit:
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