UNCW building adheres to LEED certification standards

It has come to the knowledge that the University of North Carolina Wilmington, on this summer, is going to finalize campus’ first construction project and the project, it has been found, adheres to U.S. Green Building Council for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification standards.

Let’s focus on the mode of the construction project. The construction project is called as Seahawk Crossing and is a four-building apartment complex, a parking structure and a retail store. What will be the basic utility of the building? On the word of a statement from UNC Wilmington, the project will enable the university meet student on-campus housing demand and make certain its commitment to sustainability.

What will be the possible ways of meeting LEED standards? In this regard, UNC Wilmington will, by means of the precise application of innovation design, meet LEED standards in part by storing storm water runoff underground as opposed to aboveground retention ponds. How was the green space on campus preserved? It was done by way of making use of two underground systems already reserved for the construction project.

As indicated by insiders, Seahawk Crossing besides creative water storage displays in an ostentatious manner low-flow plumbing, energy efficient lighting and heating units, ceiling fans in living rooms and operable windows in common areas and bedrooms for the reduction of the amount of water and energy used in the buildings.

As per the same statement from UNC Wilmington, in excess of 85 percent of the waste generated by the construction was recycled and even the carpet used within the buildings is made in part from recycled materials. There was the introduction of another unique concept to diminish the amount of land cleared for parking. There was the creation of a four-story parking deck in place of a paved parking lot and this gave rise to green space of the campus. In the very parking area there will be spaces for alternative fuel vehicles and covered bicycle storage to encourage alternative form of transportation.