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The Federal Building at Kendall has recently been certifed to the USGBC’s LEED Gold Level. This is fantastic for the school and for the whole of downtown Grand Rapids, particularly because of the adaptive reuse process applied to the historic Federal Building. The building served as a courthouse in it’s previous life, and will be the future home to the Wege Center of Sustainable Design at Kendall. Using an existing building conserves our architectural past, and is more sustainable than building an entirely new structure. The federal building has been renovated to include recycling and composting containers, efficient lighting systems, and low-emitting materials and adhesives.
I’m excited to be a part of a school that’s dedicated to a sustainable future of design, and I hope this will lead to a greater awareness of sustainable issues amongst design students.