Project Description

Carrington Hall was the first LEED certified project in the 16-campus University of North Carolina system.

Working within a campus setting offers a complex set of parameters and challenges. After a series of studies a site on Chapel Hill's campus was selected. While not the easiest or least expensive site for construction, the site supports the implementation of the master plan and becomes an axial focus of the future science complex. Due to pedestrian pathways and an extreme topographical change from one side of the site to the other, the building acts as a portal between the Health Affairs portion of the campus and the new science quad. This allows pedestrians to transverse through the building.

Programmatically, the 69,350 s.f. building is extremely diverse. The seven-story structure offers mixed uses throughout the building including a 175 seat auditorium, laboratory spaces, distance learning facilities, teaching classrooms and office spaces.

Sustainability Features

• A stormwater management plan that will result in at least a 25% decrease in the rate and quantity of stormwater runoff
• The garden area is an approximately 4,475 foot garden that will infiltrate about 698 cubic feet of stormwater
• A site-specific sediment and erosion control plan
• 100% of the roof area covered by either "green" vegetation or high albedo roofing
• Roofing materials complying with the Energy Star label requirements
• Landscaping was designed with drought resistant plants and trees that will reduce potable water consumption by 50% and will not require a permanent irrigation system
• Building water use that is at least 30% less than Baseline Fixture performance requirements of the Energy Policy Act of 1992
• HVAC&R systems that are free of HCFCs and Halons