The 639,860 square feet facility has been designed by NBBJ with Sellen serving as the general contractor. It has incorporated various eco-friendly measures including a solar energy system on the roof which helps in heating over one third of its water. The campus also features a water storage system underneath its surface with a capacity to hold 750,000 gallons. The system chills stored water during the night and recycles it during daytime to cut down the energy required for cooling the building. Installation of these energy-efficient systems have reduced the total energy usage of the facility by almost 40%.
Presence of living roofs spread over the campus’ two-acre area and native plantings have added to the facility’s sustainability. The roofs help absorb rainwater runoff and the remaining roof and hardscape runoff is accumulated in the rainwater storage tank. The collected rainwater is purified of pollutants and later filtered back into the campus for reuse in reflecting pools, toilets as well as to meet irrigation needs. Use of these water-saving measures have completely phased out polluted rainwater runoff in the campus while slashing its potable water consumption by about 80%.
Other green features include utilising more than 20% of reused building materials procured through regional sources, reclaiming 97% of construction waste, and procuring materials from within 500 miles of the project site.
