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Built to Succeed: Sustainable Learning Environment at UC
Merced Library
Haipeng LiUniversity of California, Merced
June 2016
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Merced, California• Located in Central valley, CA• Merced - town with a population of about
90,000• 110 miles southeast
of San Franciscoand 310 miles northwest of Los Angeles
• 70 miles west of Yosemite National Park
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Yosemite National Park
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University of California, Merced
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University of California System
• 10 campuses• 5 medical centers• 3 national laboratories• 150 academic disciplines• 600 graduate degree programs• 238,700 students• 198,300 employees• 1.7 million living alumni• 61 Nobel laureates• 20,000 UC extension courses
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About UC Merced• Hallmarks:
– Interdisciplinary innovation– Diversity– Sustainability– Personal interaction
• Milestones: – 1988 Authorized by California Legislature– 2004 Open for graduate students– 2005 Opened for undergraduate students
• Three Schools– Engineering– Natural Sciences– Social Sciences, Humanities, Art
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About UC Merced-continued• Planned Schools
– School of Management– School of Medicine
• Research Institutes• Health Sciences Research Institute• Sierra Nevada Research Institute• University of California Advanced Solar Technologies
Institute• Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Safety• Center for the Humanities• SpARC – Spatial Analysis & Research Center
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Student Enrollment 2015
• 2015 Total: 6,685– Undergraduates: 6,237– Graduates: 448
• 2020 plan total: 10,000– Undergraduates: 9,000– Graduates: 1,000
• Majority from California
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UC Merced in Design
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Planning
http://www.aiatopten.org/node/88
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UC Merced Opens in 2005
http://www.sfgate.com/education/article/Finally-UC-opens-Merced-campus-1-000-students-2611081.php#photo-2097394
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UC Merced Campus Policy/Philosophy
• Connecting to nature• All new construction for LEED Certification• Triple Zero Commitment:
– Zero net energy– Zero net waste– Zero net emissions
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New Beginnings
www.highlandernews.org
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Sustainability – a core value at UC Merced
http://link.ucop.edu/2014/09/08/uc-to-make-large-purchase-of-solar-energy-partner-with-frontier-renewables/
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Solar Panels on Academic Building
www.mercedsunstar.com
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UC Merced Library
• Name – Leo & Dottie Kolligian Library
• Architect– Executive Architect: SOM (Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill),
San Francisco, California– Design Architect: Fernau and Hartman of Berkeley,
California– Contractor: Swinerton Builders of San Francisco, California
• Sustainability– Save water by up to 30%– Solar energy and natural light
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Sustainable features include:• Installation of water conserving fixtures to save potable water by up to 30%
beyond the required Energy Efficiency Standards in California (Title 24).• An HVAC (heating, cooling, fans & pumps) system free of CFC-based
refrigerants or HCFCs to reduce ozone depletion.• Automatic regulation of interior lighting and HVAC systems to reduce energy
costs by up to 47% beyond the required Energy Efficiency Standards in California (Title 24).
• Use of buildings materials containing recycled content e.g. structural steel, insulation and carpet (up to 13.61%) and recycling of construction waste (87%).
• Use of materials that minimize indoor air contaminants to be fully compliant with Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) limits as required by the South Coast Air Quality Management District and Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
• Daylit areas maximized for comfortable work and study conditions and to further reduce energy costs.
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UC Merced Library
• Built to meet LEED Silver standards• Honorable mention for 2008 UC Berkeley Best
Practices Award (Overall sustainable design)• Winning LEED Gold 2007 in EBOM (Existing
Buildings: Operations & Maintenance)• Built to support sustainable learning
environment
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UC Merced Library
www.savingsbydesign.com
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Sustainable strategies –long overhangs to provide shade
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Lantern Café – social gathering
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Natural lighting
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Open Space
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Collaborative Workroom
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MacFadden-Willis Reading Room – quiet space
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Design Philosophy
• Aim – provide a welcoming learning space• Open space, flexible furniture and novel policy• Encourage students to personalize spaces• Breaking traditions; focusing on innovation• Vigorous demarcation between interior &
exterior environments• Policy to welcome food, drink and mobile phones
throughout the building• Open atmosphere and use of solar energy
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Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design(LEED)
• Recognized green building rating system• 4 certification levels
– Certified– Silver– Gold– Platinum
• 9 areas to rate– Integrative process; location & transportation;
sustainable sites; water efficiency; energy & atmosphere; materials & resources; indoor environmental quality; innovation; regional priority
U.S. Green Building Council http://leed.usgbc.org/leed.html
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Impact/Benefits
• LEED– Voluntary– Positive image– Energy & cost savings– Better health environment – air quality, daylight…– Benefits:
• Better work/study environments• Students with higher test scores & lower absenteeism
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“A Customer Story”• “First LEED-certified Campus Naturally Puts Users
First”– Sustainability – key design principles– Built-in Flexibility– Everyone is an Owner– “Sit down, talk, eat, learn.”– Two rules:
• “If you spill something, let us know”• “Don’t use pizza for a bookmark!”
“A Customer Story.” Steelcase Newsletter, 12/2014. http://www.steelcase.com/content/uploads/2014/12/UniversityofCaliMerced.pdf
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First Lady Michelle Obama delivers first graduation address at UC Merced in 2009
http://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/source/ucmerced.june2009.html
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Continues to grow…
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/local/education/uc-merced/article3291639.html
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Thank you!