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GROUND breakin gs Ball State University Muncie, Indiana Projected Opening: August 2010 • Cost: $35.6 million The new brick and limestone residence hall will house over 600 students in modified suite arrangements and in single-bedroom apartments. North Hall will include a convenience store, a large multipurpose room, technology center, seminar rooms, music practice/recording room, social lounges, study lounges, kitchenettes, crafts area, and a board room. The 206,000-squarefoot space will feature a center courtyard as a gathering space for students. Syracuse University Syracuse, New York Projected Opening: August 2009 • Cost: $50 million The 140,000-square-foot, nine-story structure will be the first new residence hall for the university in more than 40 years. The 250 students housed here will enjoy amenities such as a 500-seat dining facility, a 10,600-square-foot recreation facility, and 2,000 square feet of academic space. The recreation facility will be located on the second floor, and the housing portion — consisting of 60 split-double units and 120 single units — will be on the third through ninth floors. Washington State University Pullman, Washington Projected Opening: August 2009 • Cost: $26 million The six-story building will incorporate numerous green technologies such as storm water rain gardens, geothermal heating and cooling, sun-shading devices, natural day lighting, and environmentally friendly building products. The first floor will have a multipurpose room and a secured bike storage room. The building will house 229 students, and each floor will have a communal kitchen and study lounge. Southern Vermont College Bennington, Vermont Projected Opening: January 2009 • Cost: $6.5 million The 30,000-square-foot residence hall is the first new construction project for the college in 17 years. Hunter Hall will consist of three 3-story buildings that will converge at a center atrium and will house a total of 120 students. Hunter Hall will have four to five single rooms attached to each suite, which will have a common room and bathroom. It will also feature science and computer labs. Report Card Enables Knowledge Sharing The College Sustainability Report Card creates sustainability profiles of colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada. Published by the Sustainable Endowments Institute and based on independent research and surveys of school administrators, the report card assesses public and private colleges and universities with the largest endowments. The aim is to provide accessible information for institutions to learn from each other’s experiences and to establish more effective sustainability policies. The report card has the highest participation rate of any ranking or rating related to sustainability, with 97 percent of schools (290 out of 300) responding to at least one survey. The Report Card’s Web site, greenreportcard.org, is the first interactive Web site to provide in-depth sustainability profiles for hundreds of schools throughout the United States and Canada. The Sustainable Endowments Institute is a nonprofit organization focused on research and education to advance sustainability in campus operations and endowment practices. For more information, visit greenreportcard.org. November + December 2008

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