Miller Residence Hall, home to first-year students at Trinity University, is also the fifth Gold-certified structure in San Antonio.
The 1953-built three-storey Miller Hall was in dire need of renovations and the university embarked on the project as part of its ongoing maintenance. Trinity opted to seek ‘green’ enhancements that included installing low-flow toilets and showerheads to save water and replacing existing lighting fixtures with energy-saving compact fluorescent lamps, among a host of improvements.
Additional renovations included upgrades to the heating and air conditioning system, increased building insulation, and the replacement of single pane windows with double glazed units. The project has been designed and implemented by the San Antonio firms of Marmon Mok Architecture and Malitz Construction at a cost of $4.1 million.
Trinity University and Marmon Mok previously won an honourable mention in the Commercial Category of the 2010 City of San Antonio Green Building Awards for their work on Miller Residence Hall.
As signatories to the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, Trinity University is a sustainability leader among institutions of higher education.
Three other Trinity buildings have been registered with the United States Green Building Council’s (USGBC) LEED program and are awaiting certification. Those projects include two additional residence halls, Calvert and the Thomas-Lightner complex, and The Center for the Sciences and Innovation, which is under construction.
