The Journal of College and University Student Housing Sustainability Theme Issue Volume 36, No. 1 • April/May 2009 Association of College & University Housing Officers – International The Journal of College and University Student Housing Volume 36, No. 1 • April/May 2009 Copyright Information: Articles published in The Journal of College and University Student Housing are copyright The Association of College & University Housing Officers – International (ACUHO-I) unless noted otherwise. For educational purposes, information may be used without restriction. However, ACUHO-I does request that copies be distributed at or below cost and that proper identification of author(s) andThe Journal of College and University Student Housing be affixed to each copy. Abstracts and Indexes: Currently abstracted in Higher Education Abstracts. 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Cover photos: Front - East Hall, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts Back - Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon ACUHO-I Executive Board of Directors Norb Dunkel Ana Hernandez President Globalization Director University of Florida in Gainesville University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Michael Schultz President-elect Chuck Rhodes Southern Illinois University, Inclusion and Equity Director Edwardsville Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California Jill Eckardt Vice President Tony Cawthon Florida Atlantic University Knowledge Enhancement Director in Boca Raton Clemson University in South Carolina Peter Galloway Cathy Bickel Business Practices and Residence Education Director Enhancements Director Ball State University in Muncie, West Chester University Indiana of Pennsylvania Jacque Bollinger Steve Waller Regional Affiliation Director Facilities and Physical Environment University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh Director Louisiana State University Pam Schreiber in Baton Rouge Workforce Development Director Florida Gulf Coast University Patricia Martinez in Fort Myers Finance and Corporate Records Officer Lynne Deninger Miami University in Oxford, Ohio Sustainability Director Cannon Design 2008-2009 Editorial Board Members Phyllis McCluskey-Titus Von Stange Editor Associate Editor Illinois State University University of Iowa Ryan Davis Deb Taub Associate Editor Associate Editor University of Maryland—College Park The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Reviewers C. Ryan Akers (2010) Rosemary J. Perez (2011) Mississippi State University University of Michigan Greg Block (2009) José-Luis Riera (2010) New Mexico State University University of Maryland David Clark (2009) Mary Ann Ryan (2011) Wake Forest University University of St. Thomas Denise L. Davidson (2010) Cha Ron K. Sattler (2010) Bowling Green State University Rochester Institute of Technology Shay Davis Little (2011) Jim S. Settle (2009) University of Georgia Shawnee State University David Jones (2011) Steve St. Onge (2009) The University of Alabama Clinton Community College Gerry Kowalski (2009) Dale R. Tampke (2009) University of Georgia University of North Texas Dorian L. McCoy (2011) Darla Twale (2009) The University of Vermont The University of Dayton Josh McIntosh (2009) Jörg Vianden (2011) Harvard University University of Arkansas The Journal of College and University Student Housing Volume 36, No. 1 • April/May 2009 Letter From the Editor . 6 Phyllis McCluskey-Titus Green Residence Halls Are Here: . 10 Current Trends in Sustainable Campus Housing Maruja Torres-Antonini, Norbert W. Dunkel Sustainability and Residence Hall . 24 Construction Andrea J. Trinklein Creating a “Green Bubble” on Campus: . 38 A Model for Programming in a Green Living-Learning Community David Whiteman Integrated Design: A Sustainable Mindset . 48 for Residence Halls Lynne Deninger, John Swift Biodesign Institute Arizona State University Published by the Tempe, Arizona Association of College & University Housing Officers – International Letter From the Editor Hello ACUHO-I colleagues! When it was suggested that this year’s special issue of The Journal of College and University Student Housing should focus on sustain- ability, I had no idea how much I would learn in 12 months! While those of us working in campus housing have been talking about the ... this very concept of sustainable building and living, and some of us have em- barked on ambitious facility and programmatic development around special issue sustainable lifestyles and eco-friendly construction projects, very few of The Journal of us have actually conducted research appropriate for our Journal in this area. I offered opportunities to no fewer than 15 identified of College and experts in sustainability to write about and share their knowledge with our readers. Since this is a newer field of study, many of these University experts have been consulted and overextended and were unable to Student Housing write for us. So then I turned to practitioners who had been recom- mended as applied researchers and had been leaders in different will offer you a aspects of the housing sustainability movement. This special issue flavor of each of is available to you, thanks to their willingness to share what they have learned through research conducted on the job. the aspects of According to Merriam-Webster, sustainability can be defined as sustainability ... 1: capable of being sustained 2a: of, relating to, or being a method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged 2b: of or relating to a lifestyle involving the use of sustainable methods (http://www.merriam-webster.com). T he J ournal of C ollege and U niversit Y S tudent H ousing Keeping these definitions in mind, this very special issue ofThe Journal of College and University Student Housing will offer you a flavor of each of the aspects of sustainability as it is defined here and as it relates to our work in college and university campus housing programs. In a research study, Maruja Torres-Antonini, faculty member, Sustainability and Norb Dunkel, housing director (and ACUHO-I president), both from the University of Florida, provide the framework and an is related to introduction to better understanding how sustainability is being much more than practiced in campus housing programs. Their investigation reports information obtained from Web sites and current periodicals in buildings or order to determine which campuses are implementing green living- facilities alone; learning programs and developing facilities that make maximum use of nonrenewable resources. This article addresses the “capable it encompasses of being sustained” part of the definition. a way of life A housing director who has been a leader in sustainable campus construction, Andrea Trinklein of Emory University addresses the as well. second part of the sustainability definition, “relating to, or being a method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged.” Andrea has provided an introduction to constructing housing facilities with an attentive- ness to how to make the facility environmentally sustainable. Her article includes the LEED checklist from her campus that will show readers the standards required to obtain certification or, at the very least, ways to include some energy-saving elements into new or existing facilities. V olume 3 6 , NO. 1 • A pril /M A Y 2 0 0 9 Sustainability is related to much more than buildings or facili- ties alone; it encompasses a way of life as well. The third part of the definition states “of or relating to a lifestyle involving the use of sus- tainable methods.” David Whiteman, the faculty principal of the Green Quad at the University of South Carolina, offers information about the programming and educational events associated with the Green Quad, along with examples of innovative activities that can be implemented on other campuses. Our final article brings together elements of all three parts of our definition of sustainability. Lynne Deninger and John Swift, from our corporate partner Cannon Design, not only discuss facil- ity design and building considerations, but also include research information about programming and education around sustainable lifestyles. In addition, they offer our readers three case studies of sustainable campus housing projects they have been involved with (including photographs). This applied research will allow readers to see and learn about options now available to support eco-friendly building design and construction and what results are possible in terms of both environmental and financial savings.