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SVC’s Laura Angst Hall achieves LEED Platinum certification
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Skagit Valley College (SVC), together with the project architects, design team and contractors achieved LEED Platinum certification – the highest possible energy certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. The certification also is a first for a higher education building in the state of Washington.
The most visible expression of sustainable building practices in the $22 million project, are the sunscreens at all south-facing windows to control sunlight, as well as the large photovoltaic (PV) array on the roof to generate power from sunlight. Since September, the PV system has generated 28,534-kilowatt hours, thereby avoiding 10.5 metric tons of carbon dioxide, while providing up to 4 percent of building electrical use.
The Laura Angst Hall design team, led by Schreiber Starling & Lane Architects of Seattle, included Yost Grube Hall of Portland, associate architects. Consulting engineers included AHBL, structural engineers; K-Engineers, electrical engineers; Wood Harbinger, mechanical engineers; Leonard, Boudinot & Skodje, civil engineers; and Murase Associates, landscape architects. Green Building Services of Portland assisted in LEED strategies documentation and reporting. Tiger Construction of Everson served as general contractor.
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