Loyola Marymount University
Loyola Marymount University (LMU)  has enlisted the technical assistance of Labs21 as it aims to achieve LEED certification for its newest facility on its campus in Los Angeles, California. Loyola is beginning the design of its new Science Center, which will house the departments of chemistry, biology and natural science , as well as classrooms, faculty offices, conference spaces and a 300-seat auditorium.
The project, which is currently in design development, includes 40,000 square feet of teaching, research, and support laboratory spaces, as well as an additional 20,000 square feet of office space. The design team anticipates moving into the construction documentation phase in early January 2010. Labs21 will offer specific technical assistance to enhance sustainability throughout this project, and hopes to challenge the design team to rethink some of the basic standards and other design guidelines.
LMU expects that this project will attain LEED® Silver certification, at a minimum, and is also working with a private consulting firm, Brightworks, to achieve those requirements. At this point a variety of sustainable design techniques are being considered for this facility, such as lowering air change rates, water conservation, and low-pressure drop HVAC systems. The design team has taken on a whole-building approach, incorporating several external features such as a green roof, adaptive vegetation, stormwater flow-through planters, and solar/thermal power in their design considerations. The expected completion date of the building is the first quarter of 2012.
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LMU is the largest Catholic university on the West Coast, with an enrollment that includes more than 5,500 undergraduates, and more than 3,000 graduate and law school students. The 150-acre campus in Los Angeles, California, was recently named in the "10 Most Beautiful Campuses" by the Princeton Review. The university receives 10 percent of its energy from renewable resources, uses reclaimed water for irrigation, and employs an automatic sensor system that restricts irrigation based on weather patterns. Furthermore, LMU was one of the first universities in the state to recycle 100 percent of green waste.
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