SUSTAINABLE

ARCHITECTURE
LEED – SILVER
Natalie L. Haslam Music
Center
 Firm - BARBERMcMURRY architects

Type - Cultural › Hall/Theater › Educational ›

ABOUT
University

Status - Built

Year - 2013

Size - 100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft

Budget - $10M - 50M

Location - Knoxville, TN, United States

Natalie L. Haslam Music
Center
  The School of Music moved into its new home - the newly-
constructed Natalie L. Haslam Music Center – in July 2013.
 The Music Center was dedicated September 12-13, 2013 with a concert and
dedication ceremony. The Natalie L. Haslam Music Center is located at 1741
Volunteer Boulevard at the intersection of Pat Head Summit Street.
 The UT School of Music's new state-of-the-art facility includes:
1. 400-Seat Sandra Powell Recital Hall
2. Music Library
3. Band Room & Office Suite
4. Orchestra Rehearsal Room
5. Choral Rehearsal Room
6. Chamber Music Rehearsal Rooms
7. 45 Practice Rooms
8. 8 Technology-enhanced Academic Classrooms
9. 3 Computer Labs
10. Recording/Mixing Lab
11. 40 Performance Studios/Offices
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12. Academic Faculty Offices
13. Administrative Office Suite
  The building is also designed to meet LEED sustainability
standards, and is certified LEED: Silver.
 BarberMcMurry maximized the green spaces around the building
with drought-tolerant planting.
 The cistern system collects rainwater for irrigation.
BarberMcMurry used energy and solar path light modeling to
reduce energy use throughout the facility.
 The building’s program takes advantage of glass, natural light, and
views — while the glass was selected to provide appropriate shade
levels.
 These elements demonstrate that environmentally responsible
design can be beautiful, functional, and affordable.
 According to Music Center faculty and administrators, the design
of the building has led to improved recruitment rates, and the
Info recital hall is considered among the top university recital halls in
the world in terms of acoustics.
  Points Required - Silver. 50-59 points earned.
 Sustainable Sites - The prerequisite for the Sustainable Sites
category aims to curtail pollution and soil erosion that often result
from construction. This category also offers points for strategies
toward cultivating overall sustainability. For instance, a project
wins points for choosing an urban or brownfield site rather than a
previously undeveloped area. This category also pertains to the
building’s direct environmental impact on the immediate area.
This can be connected to not only air pollution, but the way a
building design moves rainwater or minimizes light or heat
pollution that may affect wildlife in the area through the use of
tinted windows and effective insulation.
Requirements of
LEED Silver
  Water Efficiency - The prerequisite here is for the building to use
20 percent less water than the USGBC baseline for buildings of
similar size and occupation. A project garners further points for
going substantially beyond this 20 percent reduction in water use,
as well as implementing further water conservation measures that
pertain to landscaping and wastewater technologies. This can be
accomplished through the use of water metering, bathroom and
plumbing designs meant to reduce water use, and the addition of
water cooling towers. Of particular use to building designs that
wish to earn points in this category are drainage gardens and
systems that make irrigation systems redundant.

Requirements of
LEED Silver
  Energy and Atmosphere - This category focuses mainly on
building commissioning and the energy performance of main
systems such as HVAC and Lighting. It entails three prerequisites:
the building must be fundamentally commissioned
(commissioning a building is the testing and balancing of the main
systems to assure optimum performance), use at least 10 percent
less energy than the USGBC baseline, and contain systems that do
not use any chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) based refrigerants. Extra
points go for progressing further than prerequisite dictates in
these areas as well as for the use of renewable energy sources for
building operation.

Requirements of
LEED Silver
  Materials and Resources - This category deals with reuse and
recycling of materials, both in the construction and the ongoing
operation of the building. Buildings designed to minimize material
use, or which use biodegradable or locally harvested renewable
resources in their construction process will earn points in this
category -- as will buildings designed to operate in ways that
minimize landfill waste and promote recycling.
 Indoor Environmental Quality - This category deals mainly with
indoor air quality issues including ventilation, off-gassing of
materials and thermal comfort. It also deals with the need for
lighting systems to be energy efficient as well as adequate for all
necessary tasks.
Requirements of
LEED Silver
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