Sustainability
TCF Bank Stadium
University of Minnesota
home to the Minnesota Golden Gophers, opening in 2009
The University of Minnesota's new on-campus, 50,000-seat football stadium will be the most sustainable collegiate football stadium in the country. It will meet LEED Certification guidelines – it will be the first of its kind in terms of LEED status. The project will include such sustainable elements as:
- 2 bioswales for storm water retention
- Redevelopment of a brownfield site
- Use of native vegetation
- Reducing environmental impact through materials and construction/installation methods (ie low VOC paint, low emissivity glues, locally produced materials)
Burton Family Football Complex/
The Mark R. Shenkman Training Center
University of Connecticut
home to the Huskies, opened in 2006
The training facility has set the stage for sustainable design at UConn. As the first building on campus to achieve LEED Certification, the training facility serves as a model to all future new construction projects on campus. The project includes such sustainable elements as:
- Energy efficiency
- Use of infrared heating
- Daylighting
- Recycled, local materials
- Drought-tolerant landscaping
- Incorporation of rain gardens and bioretention swales