Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 76.41
Liaison Krista Bailey
Submission Date Dec. 12, 2023

STARS v2.2

Pennsylvania State University
OP-3: Building Design and Construction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.88 / 3.00 Shelley McKeague
Environmental Compliance Specialist
Engineering Services
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Total floor area of newly constructed or renovated building space:
2,011,407 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) 786,476 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) 184,924 Square feet
Certified at minimum level under a multi-attribute GBC rating system for design and construction (e.g., LEED BD+C Certified) 81,467 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 537,057 Square feet
Designed and built in accordance with a multi-attribute green building code, policy, guideline, or rating system, but not certified/verified 421,483 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 2,011,407 Square feet

Percentage of newly constructed or renovated building space certified under a green building rating system for design and construction:
79.05

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:
LEED BD+C New Construction (2019-2023)
East Halls Phase 1B (Pennypacker, McKean, Stuart, Martin) = Gold
Agriculatural & Biological Engineering = Silver
East Halls Phase 1C (Brumbaugh, Pinchot, Tener) = Gold
East Halls Phase 2A (Sproul, Geary) = Gold
North Halls - New Residence Hall (Robinson) = Silver
Shavers Creek Envi. Center = Certified
Biomedical Chemical Engineering = Gold
Steam Services = Certified
Ostermayer Lab Renovation = Gold
Recital Hall = Certified
PAW Center = Certified


ParkSmart Certified 2019
West Parking Deck = Bronze

There are eight projects still underway or not yet certified:
College of Engineering Space 1 & 2
Willard Bldg
Henning Bldg
Museum at Arboretum
Penn State Physics
Susan Welch Liberal Arts
EIB Innovation Hall

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:

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s green building design and construction program is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
All Penn State projects over $10M are to be LEED certified.
A listing of all LEED buildings can be found at https://sustainability.psu.edu/campus-efforts/operations/green-buildings/

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