{"id":209749,"date":"2025-01-26T08:30:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T18:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=209749"},"modified":"2025-01-24T14:39:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T00:39:31","slug":"walter-dods-jr-rise-center-leed-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/01\/26\/walter-dods-jr-rise-center-leed-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Walter Dods, <abbr>Jr<\/abbr>. <abbr>RISE<\/abbr> Center achieves <abbr>LEED<\/abbr> Gold certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_197291\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-197291\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/manoa-shidler-rise-redevelopment-award.jpg\" alt=\"large pink and blue building\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-197291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/manoa-shidler-rise-redevelopment-award.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/manoa-shidler-rise-redevelopment-award-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/manoa-shidler-rise-redevelopment-award-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-197291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walter Dods, <abbr>Jr<\/abbr>. <abbr>RISE<\/abbr> Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.risemanoa.com\/\">Walter Dods, <abbr title=\"Junior\">Jr<\/abbr>. <abbr title=\"Residences for Innovative Student Entrepreneurs\">RISE<\/abbr> Center<\/a> was awarded <abbr title=\"Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design\">LEED<\/abbr> Gold from the U.S. Green Building Council (<abbr>USGBC<\/abbr>).<\/p>\n<p><abbr>LEED<\/abbr> (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the most widely used green-building rating system in the world and an international symbol of excellence. Through design, construction and operations practices that improve environmental and human health, <abbr>LEED<\/abbr>-certified buildings, including the Walter Dods, <abbr>Jr<\/abbr>. <abbr>RISE<\/abbr> Center, are helping to make the world more sustainable.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Achievement of <abbr>LEED<\/abbr> Gold marks a significant milestone for <abbr>RISE<\/abbr> Center,&rdquo; said project lead Mike Lam, senior vice president of Hunt Companies <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. &ldquo;Creation of a sustainable facility reflects the vision of the public-private partnership team, who were committed to developing a 21st century facility with a reduced carbon footprint that offers a healthy indoor environment for the students, educators and community members who use it every day.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>By designing to a <abbr>LEED<\/abbr> Gold standard, the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Foundation<\/a> and Hunt Companies <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> developed a cutting-edge project that features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More than 30&#37; reduction in energy consumption through the installation of <abbr>LED<\/abbr> lighting, efficient <abbr>HVAC<\/abbr> (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) systems and equipment, a 104-kilowatt photovoltaic system and a solar water-heating system that measures 60 square meters;<\/li>\n<li>More than 30&#37; reduction in indoor water use due to low-flow fixtures and other water-efficient technologies;<\/li>\n<li>More than 75&#37; of construction waste diverted from landfills through aggressive recycling and reuse; and<\/li>\n<li>Low-emission and\/or non-toxic materials used throughout the design and construction process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <abbr>LEED<\/abbr> Gold certification process required a comprehensive third-party review of the project, evaluating it on nine elements including indoor environmental quality, water efficiency, sustainability of the site, transportation, energy and atmosphere, and materials and resources.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<abbr>RISE<\/abbr>\u2019s <abbr>LEED<\/abbr> Gold certification demonstrates tremendous green building leadership,&rdquo; said Peter Templeton, president and <abbr>CEO<\/abbr>, <abbr>USGBC<\/abbr>. &ldquo;<abbr>LEED<\/abbr> was created to make the world a better place and revolutionize our buildings and communities by providing everyone with access to healthy, green and high performing buildings. <abbr>RISE<\/abbr> is a prime example of how the innovative work of project teams can create local solutions that contribute to making a global difference.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Housing, entrepreneurship, innovation<\/h2>\n<p>The $70 million live-learn-work <abbr>RISE<\/abbr> Center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/22\/rise-opens-to-students\/\">opened to its first <abbr>UH<\/abbr> student-residents in August 2023<\/a>. It was the first new <abbr>UH<\/abbr> student housing in 15 years, successfully repurposing the landmark 1930s Charles Atherton House building into a state-of-the-art modern institutional facility flanked by two new six-story student residential wings. This first-of-its-kind entrepreneurship-and-innovation center for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> is located on the corner of Metcalf Street and University Avenue at the flagship <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa campus.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This <abbr>LEED<\/abbr> Gold certification underscores our commitment to environmental sustainability,&rdquo; said John Han, vice president for administration and chief financial officer at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Foundation. &ldquo;<abbr>RISE<\/abbr> was designed with the intent to have a smaller environmental footprint by reducing carbon emissions, enhancing energy efficiency, and safeguarding the health and environment of the project&#8217;s surroundings.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Walter Dods, <abbr>Jr<\/abbr>. <abbr>RISE<\/abbr> Center has garnered local and national accolades since first opening, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/09\/rise-redevelopment-of-the-year-award\/\">CoStar Group\u2019s Redevelopment of the Year in its 2024 Impact Awards <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> program<\/a>, the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> section of the American Society of Civil Engineers\u2019 Grand Overall Winner and Best Large Project at its 2024 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Awards and <abbr>NAIOP<\/abbr> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s 27th Annual Kukulu Hale Public\/Government Project Award.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Hunt Companies <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> and the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Foundation entered into a public-private partnership (P3) to design, build and finance <abbr>RISE<\/abbr>&#8212;the first P3 for the university. It is fully funded with private, non-taxpayer money.<\/p>\n<p>Following <abbr>RISE<\/abbr> and set to open in fall 2025 is the Hale Haukani graduate students and faculty housing facility on Dole Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>LEED<\/abbr> is the most widely used green-building rating system in the world and an international symbol of excellence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[735,734,1505,1466,1314,1593,146,73,319,9],"class_list":["post-209749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-campus-recognition","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-innovation","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-manoa-sustainability","tag-rise","tag-shidler-college-of-business","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-foundation","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209749"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209753,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209749\/revisions\/209753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}