High-Performance Building

Some of our most impactful conversations came from discussions around operational emissions on campus – what can we do now to reduce our emissions? Highest priority items included a development of sustainable design guidelines to be distributed to all contractors and designers working on UTA projects, as well as lowering building water use intensity through high efficiency fixtures, which highlighted the interest in developing easily deployable solutions to improve building performance. Given longer development timelines, lowering overall building energy use intensity, or improving existing building performance through retrofitting will be considered an essential, but longer-term step in lowering emissions in campus operations. Solar and green roofs were another popular goal, citing the need for development of on-site green infrastructure and renewable energy. Targeting LEED certification and reducing embodied carbon were considered lowest priority, relative to the very popular goals around direct solutions.

 

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