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What is Sustainability?

Sustainability entails meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, by making social and economic challenges compatible with environmental responsibility. For more information on the office, click here.

LEED Buildings

	Neighborhood Housing Services Home Improvement and Energy Conservation Laboratory - PLATINUM: The Lab serves as a hands-on training facility for area residents to gain the skills required to maintain their homes and conserve energy. The building is a model of the green practices we teach inside the Lab and what we aspire in our affordable development work. We encourage others such as ... Click to read more.

	Rudolph Hall and Loria Center - GOLD Click to read more.
	Brady Memorial Laboratory - GOLD Click to read more.
	Greenberg Conference Center - GOLD Click to read more.
	Stoeckel Hall - GOLD Click to read more.
	45-55 Church St - SILVER: After purchase in 2008, the Rose Smart Growth Investment Fund I. LP and The Hurley Group decided to pursue LEED for Existing Buildings (EB) certification. The property has achieved LEED EB Silver status, and over time the building will reach LEED EB Gold status as additional improvements are implemented. ... Click to read more.

	Yale University Chemistry Research Building - SILVER: Completed in 2005, the 105,000 square foot state-of-the-art Class of 1954 Chemistry Research Building (CRB) was Yale's pilot LEED project and paved the way for later green building initiatives at the University. The CRB, which received a LEED-NC Silver rating from the US Green Building Council in 2006, ... Click to read more.

	C-4 Wing of Sterling Hall at the Yale School of Medicine - GOLD: To aid in maximizing the sustainable attributes of the building, Yale School of Medicine designed and built the project in alignment with the US Green Building Council's (USGBC) LEED for Commercial Interiors program at the Gold certification level. All aspects of the building's design contribute toward ... Click to read more.

	Skanska Office Relocation - SILVER Click to read more.
	SCSU Residence Hall - LEED Certified: The five-story, 120,276-gsf Southern Connectucut State University residence hall houses students and staff members in a variety of room configurations. Each "living suite" includes four single bedrooms, a common living room, two bathrooms, and storage closets. Additional program space includes resident ... Click to read more.

	Barnard Environmental Magnet School - GOLD: Barnard holds the distinction of being the first LEED-certified public school in Connecticut. The solar photovoltaic system at Barnard Environmental Magnet School was the first commercial solar PV system to be installed in Greater New Haven. It was installed in 2006 as part of a $43 million expansion ... Click to read more.

	Pfizer Clinical Research Unit - SILVER: As the result of enhanced teamwork over the course of completion, Pfizer's CRU surpassed initial expectations, with 20% more energy-efficiency than the reference EPA ENERGY STAR Target Finder building. That attracted the attention of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Green Building Initiative, ... Click to read more.

	Smilow Yale-New Haven Cancer Center - SILVER (pending): The 14-story Smilow Cancer Hospital, will house over 4,000 square feet of elevated green space, a healing garden, and energy-conservation measures such as a high-efficiency HVAC system and a sloped ceiling with special insulated glass panels with fixed louvers that reduce the need for artificial lighting ... Click to read more.

	Amistad Street Building - GOLD: The Amistad Street Building has recently been awarded a LEED-CI Gold certification. Completed in 2007, this new addition to the medical school is home to the Interdepartmental Program in Vascular Biology and Therapeutics, the Yale Stem Cell Center and the Human and Translational Immunology Program. ... Click to read more.

	Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies - PLATINUM: Developer: Yale UniversityArchitect: Hopkins ArchitectsKroon Hall is a new building at Yale that is committed to energy savings to promote a green environment. The hall, which is home of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, consumes 81 percent less water and 58 percent less energy ... Click to read more.

	55 Park St - GOLD: Developer: Fusco CorpArchitect: Svigals + Partners with Engineer: Stefan BenischThe site was carved from the site of the Air Rights Garage site. Once the Route 34 highway project was permanently shelved by the City and the State the land was sold to a developer to support the expansion of Yale ... Click to read more.

	C-3 Wing of Sterling Hall at the Yale School of Medicine - GOLD: Yale's Sterling Hall of Medicine (SHM) C3 Laboratory is a 16,300 square foot research space for the Department of Neurobiology. The renovation process took place in 2005 and created four new, large open-design laboratories to be shared among the six investigators on the floor. New offices and common ... Click to read more.

	Gateway Community College - GOLD (under construction): Developer: State of CTArchitect: Perkins EastmanEngineer: Evelyn GardThe new college was designed for sustainability and is pursuing LEED Gold certification. It includes a multi-level student gathering area that steps up from the ground floor to a roof-top garden. The green roof also supports ... Click to read more.

	Yale Sculpture Bldg & Gallery - PLATINUM: Architect: Kieran TimberlakeYale's new Sculpture Building is a 51,000 sq. ft. space that houses undergraduate and graduate Sculpture programs of the School of Art located on the west side of the main campus (on the block bound by Edgewood Ave. and Park, Chapel and Howe Streets). The Building provides ... Click to read more.

	Yale University Daniel L. Malone Engineering Research Center (ERB) - GOLD: Yale's Engineering Research Building (ERB), otherwise known as the Malone Center, is a 64,700 sq. foot laboratory building. Construction was completed in 2005 and achieved a LEED Gold rating in 2006. The Malone Center uses almost 10% less energy than allowed by the State Energy Code. Extensive computer ... Click to read more.

	360 State - PLATINUM: This 500 unit residential building is located across State Street from a commuter rail station. The site is known as the home of the former Shartenberg department store that once occupied the block. But for decades the land has been virtually vacant except for a partially paved parking lot. The project ... Click to read more.

	2 Howe St Intercontinental Mixed-Use Bldg - LEED Certified (pending) Click to read more.