Green Speed/UNM’s Rapid Transformation into a Sustainable Campus

摘要

Last month, the University of New Mexico received LEED gold for Castetter Hall Phase I on the Albuquerque campus. As the 110-year-old school's first LEED-certified project, it was a satisfying moment for campus officials. Though other campuses have reached similar milestones, UNM has dramatically accelerated its green building program, with 220 million dollars in active projects. The school has 31 projects over 500,000 dollars and 62 smaller projects, most in the construction phase, says William Turner, director of UNM's office of capital projects. The initial catalyst for greening the 600-acre campus was a pair of executive orders from Governor Bill Richardson stipulating that all new state buildings over 15,000 sq ft need to meet LEED silver at minimum and that all buildings must reduce energy consumption by 20 percent by 2020.