Project Update - Thompson Hall Sustainability - It's a ... - Facilities
Project Update - Thompson Hall Sustainability - It's a ... - Facilities
Project Update - Thompson Hall Sustainability - It's a ... - Facilities
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FACILITIES in focus<br />
<strong>Project</strong> <strong>Update</strong> - <strong>Thompson</strong> <strong>Hall</strong><br />
<strong>Thompson</strong> <strong>Hall</strong> gets a major makeover! To say <strong>Thompson</strong> <strong>Hall</strong> has served us well would be a huge understatement. The building<br />
was originally built in 1971 and was given its current name two years later after the retirement of Lorin <strong>Thompson</strong> as Mason’s first<br />
president and when first opened, it was Mason’s Arts and Sciences building.<br />
The 72,571-square-foot academic building was approved for renovation, which began in August 2010 and completed in December<br />
2011, and will now house the College of Education and Human Development. The <strong>Thompson</strong> <strong>Hall</strong> renovation was a full wall to<br />
floor renovation. Everything except the building envelope was renovated and anything that was unsafe was addressed so that we<br />
ended up with a very new, energy efficient, healthy building. Classrooms have been modernized by incorporating the new University<br />
standard for technology in the classrooms.<br />
Included in this renovation are five University Registrar classrooms, six high-tech computer classrooms, one early childhood and<br />
middle childhood teaching classroom that will help train the teachers of the future, one Virginia Initiative for Science Teaching and<br />
Achievement (VISTA) teaching laboratory, a number of high-tech conference rooms throughout the building incorporating the<br />
latest presentation technology and conferencing technologies, a number of large dividable multi-purpose rooms, and a great suite<br />
of offices that house the Dean and Administration for CEHD. <strong>Thompson</strong> <strong>Hall</strong> is now LEED certified and definitely ready to<br />
serve another 40 years! Stop by and see for yourself.<br />
Available Funds for Great Ideas<br />
Fall/Winter 2011 Issue<br />
<strong>Sustainability</strong> - It’s a GREEN thing!<br />
Do you have an idea to improve Mason and reduce its environmental impact? Then check out the Patriot Green Fund (PGF)!<br />
This is a $100,000 per year sustainability grant that is devoted to making Mason’s campuses more sustainable through facility upgrades<br />
or installations and student research projects. In 2011, we awarded 7 projects totaling $50,489. Not sure what kinds of<br />
ideas we are talking about? Here are some examples: encouraging people to take advantage of Mason’s existing biking or carpooling<br />
programs, reducing the amount and use of electronics and appliances in offices or residential halls, and installing renewable<br />
energy sources on campus. Submit your idea by April 1, 2012. Check out http://pgf.gmu.edu for more information and the<br />
application.<br />
<strong>Facilities</strong> <strong>Sustainability</strong> Innovation Award<br />
Help Keep <strong>Facilities</strong> Clean and Sustainable<br />
Based on feedback from the lunch and learn we hosted at the end of 2011, our office is launching the <strong>Sustainability</strong> Innovation<br />
Award. If you have an idea on how to make things more sustainable in the <strong>Facilities</strong> Department’s operations (e.g. saving energy<br />
or water, reducing waste, raising awareness for sustainability, etc) submit it to gogreen@gmu.edu for a chance to win a Sustainable<br />
Living Kit (worth approximately $50).<br />
FACILITIES in focus created strictly with the Mason <strong>Facilities</strong> Employees in Mind!<br />
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