Green Construction and Buildings

The Frederick Albert Sutton Building achieved a LEED-Gold rating. A student practicum offered four green building features that were selected by the design team.

The University of Utah strives to provide a sustainable built environment for its students, employees and visitors.  All new buildings are required to achieve Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) -Silver and 40% better than code energy performance.  The State of Utah mandates energy efficiency in all state-owned buildings There are currently three LEED certified buildings on campus and another eleven awaiting certification from the United States Green Building Council. 

Aside from using resources efficiently, the University seeks to use buildings as an educational tool for the students in a continued effort to recognize the campus as a living laboratory for sustainability in action.

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Featured LEED Projects on Campus

LEED-Silver is a requirement on campus for all projects greater than $2.5 million.  As new buildings get constructed and older ones get renovated, green buildings are becoming the norm across campus.

Health Sciences Education Building - LEED-Certified. This building was the first LEED building for Utah's Division of Facilities Construction & Management, the first for higher education in Utah and the first for the University of Utah.

Eccles Health Sciences Education Building (pdf) - LEED-Gold. This building is the primary classroom building for the health sciences.

V. Randall Turpin University Services Building (pdf) - LEED-Gold in the LEED for Commercial Interiors category. This building houses much of our Facilities Management team who run our basic infrastructure on campus.

Frederick Albert Sutton Building (pdf) - LEED-Gold. This building houses the College of Mines & Earth Sciences.

LEED Registered Projects on Campus

Donna Garff Marriott Residential Scholars Community (MRSC)

L.S. Skaggs Pharmacy (SK H)

Spencer Fox Eccles Business Building (SFEBB)

Annette Poulson Cumming Nursing Building (NURS)

Williams Building (LEED-EB)

UU Neuropsychiatric Institute (UUNI)

James LeVoy Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building (SMBB)