On Friday, May 9, Gerry Galgon, the Senior Project Manager of the ISE Lab and Jason Carroll, ISE Lab Technical Team Leader for Maintenance & Operations, gave the Green Liaisons a guided tour of the ISE Lab highlighting the building’s sustainability features.
The ISE Lab achieved the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Silver certification. There are four levels of certification, defined by the number of points a building or project earns. The different levels range from Certified (40-49 points) to Platinum (more than 80 points); the ISE Lab received between 50 to 59 points.
One of the green elements that contribute to this certification is “daylight harvesting” – a lighting control system that maximizes use of daylight, by raising and lowering blinds and dimming lights in response to changes in sunlight. Also, each air handler in the ISE Lab is equipped with a heat recovery system, which increases the energy efficiency on campus. There are three green roofs on the ISE Lab, the largest on the second floor of the west wing of the building that mitigates water runoff by trapping and filtering rainwater, reduce the urban heat island effect, and capture CO2. The beautifully landscaped courtyard utilizes native plants and an onsite drainage system, also eliminating stormwater runoff.
The Green Liaisons were also able to learn about the interdisciplinary, environmental research that is taking place within the building’s many labs. One cool technology the university is researching is a type of fiber that charges an electronic when you bend it- imagine having the fiber on the bottom of your shoe and the simple act of walking to class allows you to charge your cell phone! The ISE Lab is certainly a great addition to UD’s campus.
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