New Green Dorm for LSU Students
Posted by admin on Aug. 19, 2015 / Electric Vehicles, Clean Fuels Events - Statewide, Clean Fuels Infrastructure / Subscribe 0
If you’ve noticed a sudden traffic increase in Baton Rouge this week, it’s because of LSU move-in week! Classes begin Aug. 24th, so thousands of students are making their way to campus dorms and apartments.
Some incoming students get to experience the newest in living arrangements on campus in Cypress Hall which is the 1st eco-friendly dormitory hall at LSU. It’s built from the ground-up with recycled materials and is designed to be energy efficient. The dormitory features solar panels and sensor lighting in each room. Cypress Hall will be the new home for more than 300 students this year. LSU officials say they plan to submit for LEED certification with the potential to reach silver status.
“What makes Cypress different from our other facilities on campus are the preparations that’s went into everything from taking this previous parking lot and building this beautiful facility, to the constructions products that were used, to recycling the construction products,” said Catherine David, Associate Director of Communications and Development of LSU Residential life.
The dorm features an indoor bike storage area and Bio swells to control storm water as well as to filter storm waste.
LCF is especially excited about the dorm’s electric vehicle charging stations!! We will be working with residential life to promote these stations and record their usage to track alternative fuel use in the state of Louisiana.
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