The University of Nevada, Reno hosted a grand-opening ceremony on August 13th for its first LEED Gold certified building, Peavine Hall. On August 20th, the hall will open for the fall semester.
Peavine Hall stands at five stories tall and promotes clean, renewable energy and healthy living. There will be 600 students living in the hall and they’ll have the opportunity to participate in wellness-themed educational opportunities.
“For several years, we’ve stressed the ‘total’ well-being of our students in our equation for their ultimate success,” University President Marc Johnson said in remarks during the event. “Excellent academics and experiential learning are at the heart of what we do. Intertwined with this equation for success is health and wellness.
“Peavine Hall is a physical manifestation of this approach; the students who live here have pledged to be part of a ‘Wellness Challenge’ that will take them on new paths of understanding why a healthy life with wellness at its center can lead to a longer and more productive life.”
“This building not only makes ‘green’ sense; it has a very clear benefit to our local economy, and is yet another example of how our University continues to keep the economy moving through our many major capital construction improvement projects,” Johnson said. “As you can see, the economic benefit to our region reaches far beyond the more than $500 million in capital construction projects we’ve completed over the past decade on our campus.”
