Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 75.90
Liaison Deborah Steinberg
Submission Date Dec. 6, 2021

STARS v2.2

Carnegie Mellon University
OP-3: Building Design and Construction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.30 / 3.00 Janice Held
CDFD Principal Project Manager
Campus Design and Facility Management
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Total floor area of newly constructed or renovated building space:
849,096 Square feet

Floor area of eligible building space designed and built in accordance with published green building codes, policies, and/or rating systems:
Floor area
Certified at the highest achievable level under a multi-attribute GBC rating system for design and construction (e.g., LEED BD+C Platinum or Certified Living Building) 0 Square feet
Certified at the 2nd highest level under a 4- or 5-tier, multi-attribute GBC rating system for design and construction (e.g., LEED BD+C Gold) 667,000 Square feet
Certified at mid-level under a 3- or 5-tier, multi-attribute GBC rating system for design and construction (e.g., BREEAM Very Good) 0 Square feet
Certified at a step above minimum level under ar 4- or 5-tier, multi-attribute GBC rating system for design and construction (e.g., LEED BD+C Silver) 76,886 Square feet
Certified at minimum level under a multi-attribute GBC rating system for design and construction (e.g., LEED BD+C Certified) 0 Square feet
Certified/verified at any level under a multi-attribute, non-GBC rating system for design and construction, a green building code, or a single-attribute rating system for design and construction 0 Square feet
Designed and built in accordance with a multi-attribute green building code, policy, guideline, or rating system, but not certified/verified 105,210 Square feet
Designed and built in accordance with a single-attribute green building code, policy, guideline, or rating system, but not certified/verified 0 Square feet
Total 849,096 Square feet

Percentage of newly constructed or renovated building space certified under a green building rating system for design and construction:
87.61

A list of new construction and major renovation projects that indicates the green building code, policy/guideline, or rating system that applies to each building:
--ANSYS Hall, 36,000 sqft, certified Gold in 2021 under LEED NC 3.0
--Mellon Institute Imaging Facility, 8,886 sqft, certified Silver in 2021 under LEED CI 4.0
--Mill 19, 59,100 sqft, certified Gold in 2021 under LEED CI 4.0
--Tata Consultancy Services Hall, 90,000 sqft, certified Gold in 2021 under LEED NC 3.0
--David A Tepper Quad Building, 315,000 sqft, certified Gold in 2019 under LEED NC 3.0
--4721 Fifth Avenue, 24,000 sqft, certified Gold in 2019 under LEED NC 3.0
--Hamerschlag Maker Wing, 32,500 sqft, certified Gold in 2019 under LEED CI 3.0
--Jared L Cohon Univercity Center Addition, 68,000 sqft, certified Silver in 2018 under LEED NC 3.0
--Sherman and Joyce Bowie Scott Hall, 107,000 sqft, certified Gold in 2017 under LEED NC 3.0
--Hamburg Auditorium, 3,400 sqft, certified Gold in 2017 under LEED NC 3.0
--Fifth Neville apartments, 63,210 sqft, were renovated in 2020 to LEED Silver standards, but not certified
--Warner Hall, 42,000 sqft, was renovated in 2019 to LEED Silver standards, but not certified

An inventory of new construction and major renovation projects that indicates the green building code, policy/guideline, or rating system that applies to each building:
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Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s green building design and construction program is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
All new projects over $5M at Carnegie Mellon University are required to achieve at least a LEED Silver rating.

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