RLC science building ground breaking/holiday lighting scheduled for Dec. 6
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Richland College will hold a special ground-breaking ceremony for its new science building at 5 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 6 in the Sabine/Crockett Breezeway. Following the ground breaking, Richland will host its annual campus Holiday Lighting Ceremony in the Alamito/Crockett Breezeway, where refreshments will be served.
Members of the news media are invited to attend.
Construction preparations for the $40 million, 114,000-square-foot science building are underway. College administrators, architects, and contractors are seeking platinum status under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System. LEED is a nationally recognized standard for the design and construction of high-performing green buildings.
The new science facility will house Richland’s science programs, Science Corner, bookstore, coffee bar, and conference rooms. Features will include special sustainable construction to include the ability to harvest sunlight, underground cisterns to collect and irrigate rain water to other parts of the campus, as well as interactive devices in restrooms that users control to save water. Some building and furnishing materials will be made of recycled materials, such as the carpet and furniture, and local vendors will be utilized as often as possible to minimize exhaust fumes and excess fuel consumption from lengthy transports. The décor will even be eco-friendly, including building integrated science learning art, a geology pit for a hands-on “field learning” for students, green terrace roof, and monitoring stations to showcase the energy efficient operation of the sustainable building systems.
For more information, contact Anitra Cotton at 972-238-6022 or Whitney Rosenbalm at 972-238-6023.
December 11th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Good morning,
Can you please provide me with the name of the architectural and interior design firms involved in the RLC project.
Thank you very much for your time.
Happy Holidays,
Suzann Thompson
Baltix Sustainable Furniture
763-210-0155
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