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Umass Amherst Green Building Guidelines 2013, Ludmilla Pavlova-Gillham, Ted Mendoza, Ezra Small, Patricia O'Flaherty, Nariman Mostafavi, Mohamed Farzinmoghadam, Somayeh Tabatabaee Pozveh Oct 2015

Umass Amherst Green Building Guidelines 2013, Ludmilla Pavlova-Gillham, Ted Mendoza, Ezra Small, Patricia O'Flaherty, Nariman Mostafavi, Mohamed Farzinmoghadam, Somayeh Tabatabaee Pozveh

Ludmilla D Pavlova

Facilities & Campus Services, Sustainable UMass and Campus Planning support sustainability and energy conservation initiatives by providing in-house resources to campus staff as well as designers and contractors working with the University. The UMass Amherst Green Building Guidelines provide a framework for approaching new construction and major renovation projects at UMass Amherst that are undergoing LEED certification by focusing the conversation on green building aspects that are most important to the campus. They are intended to be the beginning of a dynamic conversation between designers, environmental consultants and constructors, university stakeholders, and users of new high performance buildings.

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Holdsworth Retrofit And Renovation, L Carl Fiocchi Jr, Katherine Mccusker, Benjamin S. Weil Dec 2011

Holdsworth Retrofit And Renovation, L Carl Fiocchi Jr, Katherine Mccusker, Benjamin S. Weil

L. Carl Fiocchi

The University of Massachusetts has a rapidly evolving commitment to reducing greenhouse gas 
emissions and improving the environmental sustainability of its operations. According to the most 
recent IPCC report, the buildings sector has more potential to contribute to climate change 
mitigation than any other sector. The energy efficient designs of the current spate of building 
projects are indicative of the University’s commitment to green building—reducing the energy 
intensity of the university relative to building area and activities. However, these efforts cannot 
reduce the total energy use or greenhouse gas emissions from current levels. Among the University’s 
assets with the greatest …

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