Skidmore College
OP-1: Building Design and Construction
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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Reporter |
Tarah
Rowse Director of Sustainability Sustainability Office |
1.1 Percentage of new floor area designed and constructed to green building standards
Floor area of new building space third party certified to a comprehensive green building standard:
Floor area of new building space third party certified to a less comprehensive green building standard:
Floor area of new building space built to green building standards, but not third party certified:
List and description of building and renovation projects completed within the previous five years:
Skidmore completed five major construction and renovation projects in the previous five years:
- Annex (2020) - 3,019 SqM - No green buidling standard
- Bille Tisch Center for Integrated Sciences North Wing (2020) - 5,296 SqM - LEED BD&C (pending)
- Bille Tisch Center for Integrated Sciences East Wing (2022) - 7,711 SqM - LEED BD&C (pending)
- Bille Tisch Center for Integrated Sciences Old Dana Renovation (2024) - 6,875 SqM - LEED BD&C (pending)
- McCafferey-Wagman Tennis and Wellness Center (2024) - 7,107 SqM - LEED BD&C (pending)
One de minimis project, the Greenberg Child Care Center (2022, 392 SqM), was excluded given that it was under the 500 SqM threshold.
Skidmore has a Sustainable Construction and Renovation Policy, first developed in 2021 and revised in 2024, which requires all new construction and major renovations over $2 million to be built to LEED Silver standards. New construction projects over $5 million must be LEED certified. Within the policy are additional requirements and discretionary strategies for all construction projects.
If reporting on the institution’s custom green building standards, at least one of the following two fields is also required:
Copy of the institution’s green building standards:
The Reporting Tool will automatically calculate the following figure:
Optional documentation
Additional documentation for this credit:
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