University of Pennsylvania
OP-4: Building Design and Construction

Main Campus Completed LEED Projects: Smilow Center for Translational Research Laboratory - 500,000 sf (Silver) Lerner Center for Music Building - 29,200 sf (Gold) Joe’s Café in Steinberg-Hall Dietrich Hall - 12,000 sf (Gold CI) Weiss Pavilion 22,500 sf (Gold) Golkin Hall for Penn Law School- 40,000 sf (Gold) Hutchinson Infill Building Gym Renovation- 59,500 sf (Silver) The ARCH - 29,000 sf (Silver) Steinberg Hall - Dietrich Hall West Addition and Classrooms -33,800 sf (Gold) Wharton School Dean's Suite 3,175 (Gold) Vance Hall 22,500 (Silver) New College House (198,000 sf) (Gold) GRW Basement 27,800 (Silver) 3901 Walnut Office Building - 30,000 sf (Gold) Levin Building – Neuro Behavioral Sciences 78,000 sf(Silver) Krishna Singh Center for Nanotechnology 72,000 sf (Gold) Perry World House - 17,900 sf (Silver) Other LEED Buildings in the University of Pennsylvania System, but not included on the main campus: Pennovation Center - 58,000 (Gold) The Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine - 360,000 sf (Silver) Morris Arboretum Horticultural Center - 28,400 sf (Platinum) Henry A. Jordan Medical Education Center - 371,000 Evo at Cira Center South - 454,000 (Gold) FMC Tower at Cira Center South - 830,000 (Gold) Century Bond Renovation Projects: Chemistry 1973 Wing Richards Building Meyerson Hall Ryan/Rosenthal Evans Building

The intent of the "Green Building guidelines" is to improve environmental practices for building renovation projects across campus that are below the designate thresholds for pursuing LEED certification, including the Morris Arboretum, the New Bolton Center, UPHS projects, and Penn Real Estate projects. The Guidelines are to be followed throughout all phases of applicable renovation projects, and apply to project design, specification, and construction. In addition to the green guidelines, the University has a robust set of "Engineering Guidelines" which are required on all projects at the University. The "Engineering Guidelines" familiarize Architects and Engineers with the University's design requirements and procedures, preferred system and materials, utility operating characteristics, expectations for life cycle costing, and energy available on campus. Architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and landscape standards can be found on the Penn Facilities and Real Estate Services website: https://www.facilities.upenn.edu/standards-policies/standards/design-standards.

To ensure compliance with the green building guidelines, Penn Project Managers include a review of the project’s sustainability goals as part of the kick-off meeting agenda, and ensure that the project team is aware of all requirements of Penn’s "Instructions to Design Professionals." Penn's "Instructions to Design Professionals" are incorporated by reference in Penn's Agreements with design professionals on all Penn projects. At the outset of the project, and no later than the project kick-off meeting, the Project Team identifies a “Green Guidelines Coordinator” (GGC) for the project to fulfill the duties described in this document: • For LEED projects, the A/E team shall designate the LEED coordinator, and an additional GGC is not needed; • For projects that require an outside design professional that are not seeking LEED certification, the A/E team shall designate the GGC; • For projects that do not have an outside design professional, the responsibilities of the GCC will be performed by a designated member of the School / Center staff; • For projects performed by the FRES O&M Small Projects Group, the GGC shall be designated by O&M management and the School / Center. In addition to the "Green Guidelines for Renovations", the Penn "Engineering Guidelines" include specifications on all engineering related aspects of design and construction, with required compliance on all Penn projects. For example, the Engineering Guidelines specify all HVAC designs must maintain energy efficiency as a key criteria in conformance with the University's Climate Action Plan. When working in existing facilities, the designer should investigate energy savings opportunities which may reach outside the bounds of their projects. The design guidelines address all aspects of mechanical and HVAC systems, as well as many other aspects such as: electrical, fire, plumbing, etc.

The University of Pennsylvania is a major research institution, with over 3,000 degrees granted annually from twelve professional and academic schools at the Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate levels. Penn is committed to reducing emissions and energy use, as stated in the 2014 "Climate Action Plan 2.0". This submission documents Penn's efforts during the FY17 year and compares them to the FY14 baseline year which corresponds with the University's "Climate Action Plan. 2.0". The submission relies on information related to the main, academic, West Philadelphia campus, but to more fully document efforts across the Penn system, information related to the Morris Arboretum and New Bolton has also been referenced and noted as outside the boundary in descriptions. The information is used to enrich examples of University efforts and is not intended to be the primary justification for credits. The responses for each of the questions and sub-questions are drawn from University materials, both internal and public documents. Each section notes the website where the information can be found.