Case Studies
The Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES), a public-private partnership of Boise State University, Idaho State University, and the University of Idaho, located in Idaho Falls, Idaho, is tasked with delivery of "innovative, cost-effective, credible energy research leading to sustainable technology-based economic environment". This case study tells the story of how the three universities, along with other state agencies, collaborated to develop Idaho’s first public-agency-owned LEED building, to house the Laboratory in a building that would effectively represent its mission.
The Endeavor Elementary School high performance demonstration classrooms are the latest effort by the innovative Nampa School District and their partners; the Boise Integrated Design Lab; the designers; Idaho Power and the Idaho Office of Energy Resources. These classrooms sit next to conventional classrooms and are providing reliable energy data that will be used to better inform the District's future design decisions. These classrooms, as well as certain aspects of the rest of the school, are an innovative model for energy efficiency in Idaho and the rest of the US.
Students at The Dalles Middle School can be proud that their new school “went for the gold.” The 97,000-square-foot building, is about to earn the U.S. Green Building Council’s Gold Certification for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design—the first Oregon school to achieve LEED™ status.
Ash Creek Intermediate School presents a new model for state-of-the-art, sustainable school design. Opened in fall 2002, the new 58,000-square-foot building is an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly school within the district's limited budget. The project team also followed LEED guidelines but did not seek certification due to budget constraints
In January 2002, students at Maplewood K-8 Co-op and Maplewood Center returned to school after the winter break and found a lot to be excited about. The new 51,000 square foot, two-story K-8 school serving 450 co-op students and parents was integrated with an existing, modernized 26,000 square foot Center that serves 50 special needs children.
The 255-acre campus of Bainbridge Island High School provides visitors with discovery-based learning and outdoor field experiences. The buildings are a model of energy conservation and community living, and preserved ponds, wetlands, marshes, bogs, and forests encourage learning adventures for 4,000 school children each year.
Mount Angel Abbey’s new Annunciation Center for Theological Studies completes the Benedictine teaching, retreat and worship center on the hill above Mount Angel, Oregon. With its expansive views of the Willamette Valley, and soaring, arched windows and ceilings, the building nurtures the contemplative study of God.
The Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building (Y2E2) set the bar for Stanford University's new Science and Engineering Quad 2. The building developers set ambitious goals of using 50 percent less energy than the federal code and cutting building water use by 30 percent. Within the first year of occupancy, the building is set to meet its energy savings goal and is on pace to cut water usage by 90 percent. Y2E2 is the first of the four buildings planned to total 500,000 square feet and a new space for the university's environmental scholars.
The project, designed by Portland’s SRG Partnership, consists of a new, four-story complex that will add 145,000 square feet of space to the business school and replace the 40,000-square-foot Gilbert Bridge Building that was demolished. The new construction will act as a connector between the remaining three buildings, bringing the business school’s total square footage to 196,500.
