The new UA Recreation Center annex incorporates a host of sustainable and environmentally conscious features, including rainwater harvesting, use of natural light and linkage to a power grid that partially uses solar energy.
The University of Arizona shot for silver but was awarded platinum - the highest rating - for the "green" design and construction of its Student Recreation Center addition on East Sixth Street
University planners were assigned last year by UA President Robert Shelton to attain LEED silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for all campus projects. The Rec Center, the first campus building finished since that mandate, earned platinum certification, the highest category of LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.
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