The major components of the new EYP-designed Integrated Science Complex at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, have earned LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), a national organization that certifies buildings that are green and sustainable, and protect the environment. It is the first LEED Gold certified project on campus.

The most ambitious construction project in the College’s history, the $64 million complex consists of the Park B. and Linda Smith Laboratories, a new four-story building that links to the existing science and social science buildings on campus (Beaven, O’Neil, and Swords halls), and a top-to-bottom renovation of Haberlin Hall. With such integrated and visible connections among the sciences, the complex offers many more opportunities for interdisciplinary teaching and learning. The Smith Labs construction and Haberlin renovation were conceived with the highest standards of energy efficiency and innovative environmentally-friendly elements, including an energy recovery wheel that captures and reuses heat and humidity from air. The Integrated Science Complex includes numerous features that produce an energy savings of more than 52% in cooling and 39% in heating, lowering total energy consumption by more than 31% over industry standard baseline. Other energy efficient and sustainability features include:

• An active display monitor in the atrium lobby, allowing students and visitors to view the complex’s energy consumption readings and understand how the buildings’ technologies correlate to carbon savings
• A low-flow fume hood system, integrating variable air volume exhaust valves into research laboratories
• A high-performance lighting system, incorporating high-efficiency fixtures for additional energy savings