Michigan State University (MSU) is in the middle of a multi-year effort to make 112 campus buildings greener.
The Be Spartan Green program started in 2006 with a pilot project in the oncology wing of MSU’s Veterinary Medical Center. The Be Spartan Green Team evaluated and addressed 104 deficiencies in the building. The improvements made to the oncology wing of the vet med center resulted in about $15,000 in savings.
“We did a small test case in veterinarian oncology and made the case that we need to do this in all our buildings on campus, says Lynda Boomer, energy and environmental engineer at MSU.
Jason Vallance supervises the team that will evaluate the 112 buildings. The team wants to evaluate 71 Federal Fund buildings, 31 Housing and Food Services buildings, four athletic complexes and six auxiliary facilities over the next five years. The effort will consist of more than 20 million square feet of building systems analysis and was initiated last May.
“We’re in the process now and we’re just getting up to speed,” Vallance says.
The team just finished preliminary analysis of Erickson Hall, started the Plant and Soil Science building and the International Center, and is gathering documentation to start work on the Hannah Administration building, as the Radiology and Biochemistry facility.
Source: Terry Link, MSU
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