Trinity University’s Miller Residence Hall has been certified Gold by the U.S. Green Building Council, making it the first academic building in San Antonio to earn Gold Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design or LEED designation.
All first-year Trinity students are required to live in dormitories such as Miller Residence Hall. The university spent $4.1 million renovating and updating the dorm with energy-saving features, including low-flow toilets and showerheads. The school also replaced existing lighting fixtures with energy-saving compact fluorescent lamps. For the bigger ticket items, the university’s design-build team, Marmon Mok Architecture and Malitz Construction Inc., also upgraded the heating and air-conditioning system, added building insulation and replaced single pane windows with double glazed units.
The dorm was built in 1953 and many of the renovations were necessary anyway, say university officials.
Trinity has also registered the Center for the Sciences and Innovation and the Calvert and the Thomas-Lightner residence halls with the U.S. Green Building Council. Those buildings are awaiting LEED certification.
All first-year Trinity students are required to live in dormitories such as Miller Residence Hall. The university spent $4.1 million renovating and updating the dorm with energy-saving features, including low-flow toilets , custom ceramic tile work, and shower heads.
The school also replaced existing lighting fixtures with energy-saving compact fluorescent lamps. For the bigger ticket items, the university’s design-build team, Marmon Mok Architecture and Malitz Construction Inc., and J&R Tile, Inc. were involved. .
The dorm was built in 1953 and many of the renovations were necessary anyway, say university officials.
Trinity has also registered the Center for the Sciences and Innovation and the Calvert and the Thomas-Lightner residence halls with the U.S. Green Building Council. Those buildings are awaiting LEED certification.