The Cornell Law School’s three collegiate gothic buildings include its landmark library and Moot Court, as well as instructional, faculty and staff spaces. Ann Beha Architects completed the first phase of renovations and expansion, preserving the law school’s historic resources, re-purposing existing buildings, and accommodating growth without expanding the campus footprint. The Cornell Law School addition is the second LEED Platinum certification for the university and the 15th LEED certified project on campus.
Achieving LEED PROJECT: Cornell University Law School Academic Center LOCATION: Ithaca, N.Y. CLIENT/OWNER: Cornell University Law School ARCHITECT: Ann Beha Architects, Boston GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Welliver McGuire LEED AP: Jason Bowers AIA, LEED AP SIZE: 37,500 sq. ft. TOTAL COST: $15.275M DATE STARTED: July 2011 DATE COMPLETED: January 2014 PHOTOGRAPHY: © 2014 David Lamb Photograph
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partnership: The Nature Conservancy: Tug Hill Conservation Project Tug Hill is a region of unbroken northern hardwood forests and wetlands drained by a vast network of coldwater streams. One of the three largest intact forests in SSc5.2 Site DevelopmentNew York State, Tug Hill harbors seven Maximize Open Space rare plant species and four rare animal species. The Nature Conservancy works with conservation partners and private landowners, including Cornell University, to maintain the 150,000acre Tug Hill Central Forest as an intact forest, while assuring continuance of traditional uses such as hunting, fishing and timber management. 1
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paving: Finger Lakes Stone
Model: Bluestone This locally quarried and manufactured MRc5 Regional Materials product can be used to make landscape treads, custom curbing, benches, patterned or irregular flagstone, or any outdoor stone construction project.
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deck & joists: New Millennium Building Systems Model: Steel Deck and Joists High-recycled content and locally manufactured. A division of Steel Dynamics, one of the largest steel producers in the U.S.
MRc4 Recycled Content, MRc5 Regional Materials
2 facade: Granite Importers Model: Woodbury Granite
Locally quarried and manufactured product.
LEED NC v2009 Rating: Platinum Awarded: Nov. 2014
MRc5 Regional Materials
cornell university law school academic center
83 Points Achieved 21 Sustainable Sites (SS)
Ithaca, N.Y.
Possible Points 110 Possible Points 26
The law school addition lies below-grade. By tucking the building underground, the team preserved open space and the historic character of the existing Myron Taylor Hall. A vegetated green roof improves both stormwater management and energy efficiency. 8 Water Efficiency (WE)
Possible Points 10
All fixtures within the project are low-flow. The building is projected to be 41.6% more efficient than similar baseline buildings. 25 Energy
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Because it is built below-grade, the building envelope’s thermal performance is extraordinary. Coupled with modern HVAC and building automated control systems, energy performance is modeled at a 63.77% savings by cost. 6 Materials (ME)
Possible Points 14
Ann Beha Architects incorporated recycled content and regionally manufactured materials in the building and furnishings. 13 Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ)
Possible Points 15
All paints, adhesives, sealants, furnishings, flooring and wood products meet strict volatile organic compound limits. 6
Innovation and Design (ID)
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The project received exemplary performance credit for energy use reduction and open space created/preserved. 4
Regional Priority Credits
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About 20% of the building material is recycled content and about 21% of the material value is regionally manufactured and extracted.
historic gateway The Cornell Law School serves as an iconic gateway to Cornell’s Ithaca, New York campus. Following a master plan for the 200,000-sq.-ft. school, Ann Beha Architects (ABA) completed the first phase of renovations and expansion, preserving the Law School’s historic resources. By building the addition underground, ABA provided 25,000 sq. ft. of new program each while preserving open space on campus. Energy performance was optimized with HVAC and automated building control systems. CO2 sensors were installed
in teaching areas; when classrooms are occupied they receive fresh air, shutting down when rooms are unoccupied. “Energy savings are 64%, the highest-performing modeled building on campus,” said Matthew Kozlowski, Green Building Program Manager, Cornell’s Facilities Services. The center’s roof reinstates an existing Campus Green along the college’s main road, and the sub-grade location benefits from surrounding thermal mass because it is built below grade. “The thermal performance is extraordinary.”
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acoustic treatment: Fellert Model: Acoustical Plaster 30% recycled content. All products in Even Better series are manufactured with the same technology used in bullet-proof vests. This guarantees a strong, extremely flexible system.
MRc4 Recycled Content
openings: Algoma Model: Stile and Rail Flush Wood Doors Urea formaldehyde free and FSC certified wood products.
paint: Benjamin Moore
IEQc4.4 Low-Emitting Materials-Composite Wood and Agrifber Products
IEQc4.2 Low-Emitting Materials-Paints and Coatings
Model: EcoSpec 272, 374, 373, 376
carpet: Tandus Centiva, A Tarkett Co. Model: Travertine and Accentuate carpets
IEQc4.3 Low-Emitting Materials-Flooring Systems
showers: Niagara Conservation Model: N2912 1.25 gpm Earth Showerhead
WEc3 Water Use Reduction
Significantly reduced water use when installed in existing shower areas.
restroom: Sloan Valve Co. Model: Optima Systems 111-1.28 ES-S TMO water closet Model: Optima Systems 186-0.25 ES-S high efficiency urinal
WEc3 Water Use Reduction
Low-flow fixtures
lighting control: Automated Logic Model: WebCtrl 5.5 Model: ZS Intelligent Zone Sensors ZSP-HC-ALC BAS control systems optimize energy performance.
EAc1 Optimize Energy Performance / EAc1 Optimize Energy Performance, IEQc7.1 Thermal Comfort-Design
green roof: W.R. Grace & Co. Model: Preprufe Membrane 300 R & 300 T The applied membrane system provides a waterproof seal for the green roof system covering this entire structure.
SSc5.2 Site Development—Maximize Open Space
insulation: Sika Sarnafil Model: Extruded Polystyrene Insulation Insulation component of green roof system.
restroom: American Standard V035 aerator Model: WEc3 Water Use Reduction
SSc5.2 Site Development—Maximize Open Space
IEQc4.3 Low-Emitting Materials—Flooring Systems
Low-flow fixture
partnership: The Nature
carpet: Tandus Centiva.
Conservancy. nature.org or Circle 473
tandus-centiva.com or Circle 466
pavers: Finger Lakes Stone fingerlakesstone.net or Circle 472
commons law The new Academic Center provides three tiered classrooms—which include a 170-seat classroom and two 70+seat classrooms—plus breakout space. A new accessible entry, featuring repurposed historic wood trim and limestone wall cladding, extends the composition of the historic buildings and creates an inviting new lobby. The new Law School Commons includes a servery and
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casual seating for 65. The flexible breakout space provides an area for students before and after class sessions and special events. Large bay windows deliver pleasant views and incorporate doors to Purcell Court. A former locker area is converted into the new Law School Commons, providing a café for students and faculty; the new lobby offers spaces for informal gathering; and a new stair leads to the Academic Center and new Law School Commons.
showers: Niagara Conservation. niagara conservation.com or Circle 465
decks & joists: New Millennium Building Systems. newmill.com or Circle 471
restroom: Sloan Valve Co.
acoustic plaster: Fellert. fellert.com or Circle 470
automatedlogic.com or Circle 463
facade: Granite Importers.
green roof: W.R. Grace & Co.
graniteimporters.com or Circle 469
grace.com or Circle 462
openings: Algoma. algomahardwoods.com or Circle 468
paint: Benjamin Moore.
sloanvalve.com or Circle 464
controls: Automated Logic.
insulation: Sika Sarnafil. usa. sarnafil.sika.com or Circle 461 restroom: American Standard. americanstandard-us. com or Circle 460
benjaminmoore.com or Circle 467
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