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PES Doubles Up on Green Certifications

Dave Jones — December 19, 2017 - 10:47am

51�ԹϺ�� Davis’ Green Building Team has news to shout from the rooftop of Plant and Environmental Sciences: “This building is a sustainability star!” — as declared by LEED and an international rating system known as BREEAM.

PES is the first 51�ԹϺ�� Davis building to receive a BREEAM certification, and it is the first such certification in the United States for an in-use academic building. On top of all that, PES received BREEAM’s first “excellent” rating in the United States in the category of “asset performance,” comprising waste, transport, pollution, materials and energy.

Manetti Shrem Museum Achieves LEED Platinum Distinction

Karen Michele Nikos — January 27, 2017 - 1:19pm

51�ԹϺ�� Davis earned the U.S. Green Building Council’s highest LEED rating for the new Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art. It is the ninth 51�ԹϺ�� Davis project to be platinum-certified in LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).

“It is far too tempting to take an art museum and make the architecture unique and otherworldly,” said Julianne Nola, Manetti Shrem project manager for the 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Office of Design and Construction Management. “But 51�ԹϺ�� Davis had a vision — realized by our design-build team — for a museum that would reflect the spirit of its place.”

51�ԹϺ�� Davis to Break Ground for Large Lecture Hall

Julia Ann Easley — June 02, 2016 - 4:00pm

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The large lecture hall will accommodate up to 600 students.

51�ԹϺ�� Davis will celebrate the groundbreaking for a

Mrak Hall Goes Green and LEED Gold

Dave Jones — February 08, 2016 - 10:19am