Delivering Sustainable, Healthy, High Performance Buildings
Project Detail
Recreation Activity Center Expansion/Renovation
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, Ga.
Size: 120,000 SF addition (201,870 at completion)
Date of completion: 2006
CxGBS Services:
Sustainable Design Consulting, LEED® Certification, Green Housekeeping & Site Management Program
Project Overview:
The expansion of the University’s Recreation Activity center will include additional space for indoor courts, weight/fitness room, indoor pools, and other specialized spaces. The project will also include expansion and upgrade of outdoor fields.
Sustainable Design Features:
- Storm water capture and treatment for landscape irrigation and removal of 80 percent total suspended solids and 40 percent phosphates
- Thirty percent more energy efficient than minimum requirements
- Measurement and verification procedures and software that identify when systems are operating outside allowable tolerances and provide a tool for ensuring the building is operating at peak performance
- Local and regionally manufactured and harvested construction materials
- Improved indoor air quality through the use of low and no volatile organic compound-containing materials in construction and finishes