Dave Burk © SOM
2020 Project
University of California, Merced
Merced, California
Client: SOM, WRNS Studio, HOK, Page Southerland, Page/Mahlum
Building Size: 1.2 million gsf
Certifications: LEED Platinum Certified
UC Merced nearly doubled their campus’ capacity. The expansion added 1.2 million gross square feet of teaching research, laboratories, student housing, dining and student-support facilities to the existing campus. Eleven buildings are LEED Platinum Certified making UC Merced the first public university in the U.S. to achieve this level of sustainability.
Some of the strategies employed are:
- Variable Air Volume Control Systems
- Cascading Air Flow Systems
- Heat Recovery Systems
- Lab Air Control Systems
- Daylighting Systems
- Low Flow Plumbing Systems
- Thermal Storage
Buildings:
- Mixed Lab 2-A, 163,700 sf
- Arts and Computational Sciences, 98,000 sf
- Mixed Lab 3-A, 265,700 sf
- Pavilion Dining Hall 1-D, 34,700 sf
- Student Housing 1-A/3B, 110,000 sf
- Student Housing 1-B, 164,000 sf
- Student Housing 3-C, 127,000 sf
- Student Housing 3-D, 131,000 sf
- Greenhouse 3-A2, 2,500 sf
- Early Childhood 3-F, 7,100 sf
- Conference Center 3-G, 24,700 sf
- ALO/Enrollment 3-H, 67,500 sf
- Wellness/Aquatics/Athletics 3-M, 28,900 sf