By implementing sustainable policies and measures with our administration, the CUA is achieving a performance-driven sustainable campus through actual third party LEED certification, starting with the .
Summer and Spring classes are focused on LEED O+M certification process for the existing LEED certified building - situated on The Catholic University of America premises.
CUA LEEDlab students accomplished several Credits for CUA Campus applying aggregate strategies. The accumulated data and policies created by students will be useful tool for future certification of individual existing buildings on the Campus.
LEED
Maintenance and Renovation Policy
LEED Lab Student Amber Summerour presents during Ecco Charrette with CUA Facility.
Lighting consultation
Students Brandon and Alexandra explain the current lighting conditions of Crough Center with professional lighting designers at Commercial Lighting. They develop a plan of action for reducing energy without high expenditure.
CUA LEEDlab Charrette
The course is a laboratory for students to experiment with various quantifiable synergies and policy revisions in order to reach the most optimal sustainable goals towards certifying existing campus facilities through direct collaboration between students, faculty and a third party green organization. LEED Lab implements the LEED Existing Buildings Operations and Maintenance (EB:O+M) rating system within existing campus buildings seeking LEED certification for the first time and LEED Certified buildings seeking recertification.
assess the performance of existing buildings on campus by learning how to meter and track various building systems such as electricity, energy, water, and transportation.
CUA LEED Lab sets the course for campus EB: O+M certification.
Take a look at our featured article on USGBC's web page!
College Planning + Management magazine
featured CUA LEED Lab in their May 2013 issue! (skip to page 98)
Catholic University highlights the professional
experience students gain through their CUA LEED Lab course.
The Edward M. Crough Center recieves LEED EB:O+M Certification.
the first building certified by its students through the efforts of CUA LEED Lab
CUA LEED Lab in Action: Catholic University's LEED Lab Legacy
We are featured in USGBC's LEED Lab Blog!
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ARPL 538 LEED Lab is a pilot interdisciplinary laboratory course launched at The Catholic University of America in collaboration with the U.S. Green Building Council Center for Green Schools.
Together with the campus facilities department and assisted by specialists-consultants, students are committing themselves to creation and improvement of sustainable campus operations and maintenance.
Students in the course
Crough Center for Architectural Studies
OPUS HALL
CUA LEEDlab V4 - 2015-2018
the next frontier
Innovation in Operations idea being presented by politics student Erin Sandlin to Chemistry faculty, grounds personnel and administration at the LEEDlab Charrette for Master Sites.
The Opus Hall Dormitory
Master Site
about CUA LEED Lab
CUA LEED Lab is featured at the 2014 ACSA Fall Conference.
in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
CUA LEEDlab Charrette
Karl Rodando, main Facilities Electrician and Alyssa Lapan
Opus Hall
Waste Audit by Students.
CUA LEEDlab Charrette
Erin presents Innovations in Operations
CUA LEEDlab
Eco-Charrette Video