An Integrated Design Process Enhances New Construction

MIT has established environmental goals for all new capital projects on campus. These include: an integrated design process at the outset of the planning process to incorporate the desires of architects, engineers and MIT to ensure an efficient building; following a LEED process to achieve a LEED Silver Certification level at least; and the commissioning of a building after occupancy to make certain that the building’s systems are operating effectively and as designed.

Ashdown House Ashdown House, Building NW35, opened in the fall of 2008 and received a LEED-Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council on November 13, 2009. Ashdown House is the first LEED-Certified Gold Building on campus.

Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex The Brain and Cognitive Sciences Complex received a LEED-Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council in 2008. The complex opened in the fall of 2005.

Koch Institute for Cancer Research The Koch Institute's 360,000 gsf building will include sustainable design elements throughout. It is scheduled to open in December 2010.

Sloan School of Management The Sloan School expansion project incorporates a high-performance envelope with numerous sustainable features. The 215,000 gsf building will have a 190,000 gsf garage below and is scheduled to open in June 2010.

The Ray and Maria Stata Center for Computer, Information and Intelligence Sciences When the Stata Center opened in 2004, it was praised as "a work of architecture that embodies serious thinking about how people live and work, and at the same time shouts the joy of invention."