Pursuing LEED Certification
Pitt-Greensburg’s Life Sciences Building is located adjacent to Smith Hall and Ferguson Auditorium buildings at 150 Finoli Drive. The building serves the Greensburg campus’s undergraduate Nursing and Life Sciences curriculums. The Life Sciences Building includes a clinical lab, telemedicine space, simulation suites, a computer lab, chemistry and biology labs, and support spaces.
The 32,085 square foot building is pursuing LEED certification.
Green Building Highlights
- The building has a high efficiency (window) glazing system, an air barrier to reduce infiltration, and insulation systems for the roof and walls and foundations that help reduce energy waste and consumption.
- LED lighting fixtures throughout the building that last longer and are more energy efficient.
- A total energy wheel heat exchanger located in each of the rooftop units helps recover energy by reclaiming heat from general and restroom exhaust air.
- The building has a full airside economizer, which brings outside air into a building, helping to reduce the need for mechanical cooling (and thus energy consumption).
- In laboratories, a fume hood optimization strategy helps reduce energy consumption.
- The building has low-flow and low-flush fixtures to conserve water.
- Stormwater mitigation efforts were significant, including bioretention areas.
- There is no irrigation for landscaping.
- Raw materials and ingredients that are environmentally friendly were prioritized.
- Parking space reduction was utilized to help increase campus green space.
The building also features:
- Recycling throughout
- Water bottle filling station