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[ 6.9.2010 : Holabird Involved in Four LEED Platinum ]
Holabird & Root has now been a part of the design team for four LEED Platinum certified higher education facilities. The firm provided architecture and engineering for the LEED Platinum science facilities at St. Olaf and Beloit colleges. The firm also provided MEP engineering services for Iowa State University's College of Design Pavilion Addition and Central College's Education and Psychology Building. Holabird & Root continues to advance sustainability and is currently designing several projects that are expected to achieve LEED certification.
related projects: St. Olaf College, Beloit College
[ 3.18.2010 : Regents Hall Receives Masonry Award ]
St. Olaf College's Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences was recognized by the Minnesota Concrete and Masonry Contractors Association (MC&MCA) with a 2010 Honor Award for Excellence in Masonry Design and Construction. Through the awards program, the MC&MCA honors works of distinction and brings public attention to outstanding buildings and projects constructed of masonry and concrete materials.
related projects: St. Olaf College
[ 11.17.2009 : Regents Hall Receives Platinum ]
St. Olaf College's Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences achieved LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification. At nearly 200,000 square feet, Regents Hall is the largest and most complex academic facility to earn the U.S. Green Building Councils Platinum rating.
Holabird & Root's design of Regents Hall incorporates several key strategies including a green roof which helps reduce the building's heating and cooling load and minimizes its heat signature. The green roof absorbs stormwater that runs off Regents Hall, filters carbon dioxide out of the air, and filters pollutants out of rainwater.
Interior and exterior materials were selected for their sustainability and maintainability, as well as their reuse content and their proximity to the site. Abundant natural light reduces the need for artificial light in the public and perimeter spaces.
Regents Hall is also the first major science facility designed with an emphasis on green chemistry, which uses water-based and nontoxic chemicals and reduces the amount of fume hoods needed. Because of the innovative strategies employed throughout the facility, Regents Hall saves enough energy each year to power 250 homes annually.
related projects: St. Olaf College
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[ 1.14.2009 : St. Olaf receives energy award ]
St. Olaf College's Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences this week received Xcel Energy's Best-Integrated Design award from the company's Energy Design Assistance Program. The competition evaluated more than 100 projects completed between 2006 and 2008. The award was presented during a ceremony in Minneapolis on January 12, and it was accepted by representatives from Oscar J. Boldt Construction and Holabird & Root.
Regents Hall received the award for several reasons. Perhaps most importantly, the building team involved Xcel early in the design process, which helped create ideal orientation and envelope design and maximized the effects of "daylight harvesting." Xcel awarded the College $540,000 in cash incentives intended to fund the features that resulted in six gigawatt-hours of savings, along with significant natural gas savings.
The award also made note of the "great collaboration" of all participants on the St. Olaf project, including the College, the design team at Holabird & Root, the contractors, and Xcel Energy.
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related projects: St. Olaf College
Jim McConachie, Boldt Construction, Jenny Wagner, Xcel Energy, Brett Gorden, Holabird & Root
[ 12.3.2008 : LEED project featured online ]
REJournals.com features an article about St. Olaf College's Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, located in Northfield, Minnesota. The article discusses the sustainable features that elevated the building to a potential LEED Platinum certification. Regents Hall is the first science facility in the United States designed to add water-based reactions to decrease lab waste and the need for air conditioning.
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related projects: St. Olaf College
[ 10.1.2008 : St. Olaf College to dedicate new science building ]
St. Olaf College will dedicate its newest building, Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, during a ceremony on Saturday, October 4. Designed by Holabird & Root, the new facility will provide new classrooms, tiered lecture rooms, research and teaching laboratories, and offices while consolidating the disciplines of biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, and mathematics. The facility also includes a greenhouse, an accessible green roof, and a science library.
St. Olaf College and Holabird & Root have a goal of obtaining a Platinum Level certification for the new building, as quantified by the United States Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system. This facility is the first major science facility in the country designed with an emphasis on "green chemistry," a developing trend that seeks to minimize the need for hazardous chemicals in lab experiments. As a result, the building has significantly fewer fume hoods than the old science building, thus furthering the College's ongoing theme of environmental sustainability.
Click here for more information about the science center dedication.
related projects: St. Olaf College
[ 3.27.2008 : St. Olaf College science facility featured online ]
The Portland Cement Association's website features an article about St. Olaf College's New Science Complex. The article discusses the steps the project team took to achieve their goal of obtaining LEED Certification at the Platinum level.
Click here for a link to the Portland Cement Association's online article.
related projects: St. Olaf College
[ 3.30.2007 : St. Olaf College Science Complex web cam installed ]
St. Olaf College has installed a web cam to show the construction of their new Science Complex. Phase I will be completed in August 2008. Designed by Holabird & Root, the new complex will have classrooms, tiered lecture rooms, research and teaching laboratories as well as a greenhouse, an accessible green roof, and a science library.
related projects: St. Olaf College
