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Chances are you’ve seen these buildings and spent a lot of time in them, but for readers of St. Louis Homes Magazine Knight Hall and Bauer Hall are on a list of cool places to visit. In its May issue, STL Homes cites our beautiful new buildings as a destination for those wanting to see the latest in green design. Knight and Bauer were granted LEED Gold status for green design and construction.




Knight Hall and Bauer Hall have been awarded the LEED Gold certification. The LEED rating system, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), is the foremost program for buildings, homes, and communities that are designed, constructed, maintained and operated for improved environmental and human health performance.

Take a tour of the green features of the new buildings with Harry Bolson, BSBA’14.

 Image:  Antonio Manfredonio, Gold Lego brick, Flickr, Creative Commons

It’s not easy being green. Especially when you’re constructing large buildings like Knight Hall and Bauer Hall. But the architects, designers, construction workers, and managers on Olin’s newest buildings have included environmentally friendly materials and practices at every stage of the construction project. One of the goals of all this green activity is to earn Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council by meeting standards set in the Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) System.

From reducing the amount of debris taken to landfills to using locally sourced wood and hardware made from recycled metals, the construction process was carefully planned to reduce the impact and maximize the efficiency of the new buildings. Lighting, heating, and cooling systems are also designed to meet high standards of sustainability.

Washington University currently has 15 LEED certified buildings: seven at the gold level, six at the silver level and two certified.

Harry Bolson, BSBA’14, has been a member of the Olin building committee since his freshman year and is a LEED Green Associate. He guides us through the six categories of sustainable features required to earn the USGBC Gold certification in this video.

Images: WUSTL’s Office of Sustainability website and U.S. Green Building Council website