From: Subject: Pop City - $16M Point Park dance complex receives prestigious LEED-Gold certification Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 14:46:26 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="text/html"; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0000_01C9CCC7.1A3970A0" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C9CCC7.1A3970A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: http://www.popcitymedia.com/developmentnews/ppu1029.aspx?utm_campaign=An%20E-zine%20to%20Believe%20In&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_term=%2416M%20Point%20Park%20dance%20complex%20receives%20prestigious%20LEED-Gold%20certification =EF=BB=BF Pop City - $16M Point Park dance complex receives = prestigious LEED-Gold certification

Monday 4 May 2009

Art in Bloom at the Carnegie Museum of = Art.=20 Photograph Brian Cohen |

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Development News

October=20 29, 2008

$16M Point Park dance complex receives prestigious LEED-Gold=20 certification

Point Park University=E2=80=99s new = 44,000-square-foot dance complex=20 has just received one of the U.S.=20 Green Building Council=E2=80=99s highest=20 building performance ratings=E2=80=94a LEED-Gold certification for new=20 construction.

The first-of-its-kind LEED-NC Gold facility, the = $16=20 million Conservatory of Performing Arts houses five rehearsal studios = and=20 performance spaces, including a lower level tap studio, and was = constructed=20 according to a standards identified by the country=E2=80=99s leading = dance=20 centers.

In addition to providing top building performance, the = facility=20 is the only dance building in the country to house multiple 60-foot = studios=20 dedicated to rehearsal and performance.

Among the = complex=E2=80=99s many green=20 features are continuous air quality monitoring, water-efficient = fixtures,=20 lighting and temperature controls, and reflective interior walls. = Located in the=20 200 block of Blvd. of the Allies, the three-story building also features = an=20 Energy-Star rated roof, water-saving systems, sustainable wood floors = and=20 low-emitting paints and carpeting.

=E2=80=9CWe did extensive = benchmarking. I went=20 to Julliard and many other schools,=E2=80=9D says Bill Cameron, with = Point Park. =E2=80=9CWe've=20 hosted Green Building Alliance meetings and tours, and colleagues from = around=20 the country have asked to come see it.=E2=80=9D

It is estimated = that the complex=20 will result in a 24% energy cost savings.
During construction and = demolition,=20 85% of the waste was diverted from landfills. Part of Point = Park=E2=80=99s $210 million=20 Academic Village master space, the green complex was recently featured = in Dance, the profession=E2=80=99s = leading magazine.=20

Project architect is The Design Alliance; contractor is Turner = Construction=20 Company. The = project team=20 also included CJL Engineering, StoweNash Associates, evolveEA, John = Sergio=20 Fisher Architects, and Kachele Engineering.

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Writer:=20 Jennifer = Baron
Sources: Bill=20 Cameron, vice president, operations, and Colleen Derda, Point Park=20 University

Photography=20 by Tom Bell

Neighborhoods: Downt= own &=20 The Cultural District

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