Facilities Planning

LEED & Sustainability

About LEED
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LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is an internationally recognized certification system that certifies environmentally sustainable construction projects.  The LEED rating system offers four certification levels for new construction that correspond to the number of credits accrued in five green design categories:

  • Sustainable Sites
  • Water Efficiency
  • Energy and Atmosphere
  • Materials and Resources
  • Indoor Environmental Quality. 

To learn more about the LEED rating system, click here.
 
LEED Certifications at GVSU
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The following GVSU endorsed buildings have either received LEED certification, or are being constructed according to LEED standards/specifications in order to qualify for certification upon completion.

LEED Certified

LEED Certified Silver

LEED Certified Gold

LEED Certified Platinum
LEED LEED silver LEED gold

LEED Platinum

Project Name

 Location Size

Completed
Construction

 LEED Certification

Project Classification

KEY:
1= Commercial Interiors
2= New Construction
3= Residential

Mackinac Hall
original building

 Allendale Campus 7,300 sq. ft. August 2009 LEED 1

MAREC
(Michigan Alternative & Renewable Energy Center)

 Muskegon Lakeshore Smartzone,
Muskegon Lake		 29,000 sq. ft. November 2003    LEED gold 2

Lake Ontario Hall

 Allendale Campus 53,000 sq. ft. August 2005 LEED silver 2
"Green House"  845 Watson Street SW Grand Rapids 2,648.00 sq. ft. August 2006 LEED silver 3

John C. Kennedy
Hall of Engineering

 Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus 27,000 sq. ft. August 2007 LEED 2

Mackinac Hall
addition #2

 Allendale Campus 83,000 sq. ft. August 2008 LEED silver 2

Laker Turf Building

 Allendale Campus 138,000 sq. ft. August 2008    LEED gold 2

Glenn A. Niemeyer Learning &
Living Center

 Allendale Campus 228,000 sq. ft. August 2008 LEED silver 2

Kirkhof Center
addition- 2008

 Allendale Campus 30,000 sq. ft. May 2008 LEED 2

Bicycle Factory

 201 Front Ave. SW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504		 26,000 sq. ft. March 2009 LEED silver 1

South Apartments
C, D, and E

 Allendale Campus 289,000 sq. ft. August 2010 LEED gold 2

The Connection
(South Commons)

 Allendale Campus 24,000 sq. ft. August 2010 LEED silver 2

Mary Idema Pew Library

 Allendale Campus Under Construction-
150,000 sq. ft.

Estimated Completion:
May 2013

 Seeking:
LEED Platinum		 2
L. William Seidman Center Pew Campus

Under Construction-
124,000.00 sq. ft.

 

Estimated Completion:
May 2013

Seeking:
LEED Silver

 2

AWRI- Field Station Lab Building

 Muskegon Campus

Under Construction-
14,500 sq. ft.

Estimated Completion
May 2013 

Seeking:
LEED Silver

  

 

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