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Site Description: The University of Â鶹´«Ã½ C-MORE Hale is located on the Â鶹´«Ã½Mānoa campus. It is a two-story, 32,126-square-foot building, constructed in 2011 located on the upper campus, and is affixed to the Biomedical Sciences Building. C-More Hale is short for The Daniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education. The building houses research and class laboratories, offices, conference rooms, and support spaces for ocean microbe studies.

LEED features: The building earned the LEED Platinum rating for sustainable strategies including ultra low-flow toilets, automated faucets and water-less urinals to reduce use of potable water by 48%. The project also diverts 25,000 gallons of water from city storm drains through the implementation of an underground storm water chamber detention system. It features the establishment of a 2,400-square-foot green roof to help to reduce stormwater runoff, lower building temperature, remove carbon dioxide and provide an attractive eco-habitat for insects and birds, planting of drought-tolerant and native species to reduce landscape water demand, and uses smart controls on primary lighting to shut off lights when rooms are unoccupied and adjusts light levels according to the amount of daylight detected, and many more. C-MORE Hale became the first research laboratory building in Â鶹´«Ã½—and only the eighth construction project in the state—to receive the highest level of LEED certification.