In 1998, the UB Environmental Task Force proposed the development of a campus green building design policy to incorporate greater levels of energy efficiency and the principles of environmental stewardship into the design of new campus buildings and major renovation projects. In May 2000 UB President William Greiner approved the UB Sustainable Energy Policy which states that the University will "strengthen its commitment to the principles of environmentally sustainable green building design for all new construction and major renovations." This commitment was reinforced by New York Governor Pataki when he issued Executive Order No. 111 on June 10, 2001. The Executive Order specially requires State agencies to follow guidelines for the construction of green buildings including guidelines set forth in green building tax credit law and LEED rating system. Effective immediately, State agencies are required to achieve a 20% improvement over Energy Code for all new construction. For substantial renovations of existing buildings, 10% improvement. Energy Star building energy efficiency criteria shall be incorporated.
In 1998, a modest attempt was made to incorporate increased energy efficiency and green design in the Hadley Road student apartments on the UB North Campus. It was anticipated that a new UB Student Services building would be "green" but plans for that project were shelved when an alternative means of providing those services in existing buildings was developed which was a green solution. In 2001 the UB Administration announced that the community building for the Skinnersville Rd. student apartments project would be of green design. As a result of the Governor's Executive Order, UB must be fully committed to applying green design principles to all new construction and major renovation.
The UB Green Office is serving the Western New York community as green design advocate by organizing a series of highly successful green building design conferences:
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Building for the Future: Sustainable Building Design and Construction Workshop," April 26-28, 1999, Center for Tomorrow, UB North Campus (Steven Winter Associates, trainer). |
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Green Design 2000: Building a Sustainable Western New York," November 15, 2000, Buffalo Convention Center (Bill Reed, AIA, trainer). |
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Exploring Green Building Design: A Forum for WNY Projects," March 28, 2001, Advanced Training Center, Buffalo (Consultants, Hillary Brown, AIA, and Steven Campbell, AIA.) |
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Green Design 2001: Solar Energy in Buildings," November 8, 2001, Buffalo Convention Center (Don Aitken, Ph.D., Dennis A. Andrejko, AIA, Hillary Brown, AIA, and Steven Strong, keynote speakers) |
Additionally, the UB Green Office has a small environmental library which contains a number of books, guidelines and videos on green building design. This library is located at 220 Winspear Avenue (second floor), Buffalo. Please call 829-2515 to arrange a visit.
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