Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.19
Liaison V.S. (Raghu) Raghavan
Submission Date Sept. 6, 2012
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.1

Mount Holyoke College
OP-2: Building Design and Construction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.28 / 4.00 Nancy Apple
Director
Environmental Health & Safety
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New building space that meets "Eligible Buildings Criteria":
2,122,195 Square feet

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New building space that was designed and constructed in accordance with green building policies or guidelines but not LEED certified:
3,200 Square feet

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New building space that is LEED Certified :
186,345 Square feet

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New building space that is LEED Silver certified:
0 Square feet

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New building space that is LEED Gold certified :
72,000 Square feet

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New building space that is LEED Platinum certified:
0 Square feet

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The website URL where a copy of the institution's guidelines or policies for green building is available :
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An electronic copy of the guidelines or policies :
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The date(s) the policies or guidelines were adopted:
2005

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A brief description of how the institution ensures compliance with green building design and construction guidelines and policies:
Mount Holyoke College is committed to building, renovating and maintaining its campus buildings to maximize energy efficiency and minimize other environmental impacts of the construction, renovation and ongoing use of campus buildings. To support this goal, specific objectives include: designing all new construction to LEED silver or the equivalent with an emphasis on minimizing lifetime energy use, renovating buildings using Mount Holyoke's Environmentally Responsible Principles and Guidelines, utilizing an integrated design approach to identify green design options at the early stages of the design process, conducting energy modeling on all new construction, and commissioning new construction and establishing a schedule for the re-commission of those buildings.

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/envstewardship/envguidelines.html, http://www.mtholyoke.edu/envstewardship/envprinciples.html

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