Bioinformatics Building earns silver LEED certification

11.7.2009

Charlotte Research Institute has earned an important environmental designation for its new Bioinformatics Building.
The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded the building LEED silver certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).
The building, which opened this fall, reflects UNC Charlotte’s new standard for energy efficiency, said Jennifer Evans, the university’s construction manager for capital projects in facilities management.
Recent legislation requires that state buildings must lower their energy use by 30 percent.
Designers and builders of the 75,000-square-foot Bioinformatics Building took several measures to save energy during construction, such as recycling about 80 percent of construction waste and using locally produced materials, where possible, to cut transportation distances.
The completed building houses the CRI’s center for development and commercialization of computer-assisted approaches to biological problems.
The building continues to save energy and protect the environment through the use of low-flow toilets and water-fountains, low-emission paints and carpets, and a mechanism that monitors the electrical, mechanical and plumbing systems.
The U.S. Green Building Council recognizes sets three levels of LEED certification to recognize these efforts. The silver level is the lowest, though still much higher than for traditional construction.
Another building designed to meet LEED silver certification will soon start to rise at CRI. Work should begin in a few months on the 200,000-square-foot Energy Production and Infrastructure Center.

About the Charlotte Research Institute
The Charlotte Research Institute is the portal for business-university partnerships at UNC Charlotte. CRI includes a number of multidisciplinary research centers and The Ben Craig Center, a business incubator. CRI supports new research ventures, partnerships with regional and national enterprises, and spin-off companies created from UNC Charlotte research results. The centers focus on Energy Production and Infrastructure, Precision Metrology, eBusiness Technology, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications, Nanoscale Science, Visualization, Infrastructure Design Environment and Sustainability, Motorsports and Automotive Research Engineering, Bioinformatics, Life Sciences and Biomedical Engineering Systems. Follow us on the Web at http://www.CharlotteResearchInstitute.com.


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