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Kroon Hall, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University

Published Thursday, July 29, 2010
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Sustainable education
Opened: 2009
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Size: 58,000 square feet
Architectural Firms: Hopkins and Centerbrook
Head Design Architect: Sir Michael Hopkins (Hopkins)
Executive Architect: Mark Simon (Centerbrook)
Cost: $33.5 million

Project Goal: Built as a model of Yale’s commitment to sustainable ideals, this stone, concrete, steel and glass structure is LEED Certified and serves as the new home for the university’s School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.  Satisfying the university’s goal of sustainability, Kroon Hall consumes half the energy of an equivalent academic building and reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 62 percent.

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