SCUP 2013 North Atlantic Symposium:
LEEDing the Way to Change

October 4, 2013 | Gateway Community College | New Haven, CT

Theme

LEEDing the Way to Change

UPDATES:

Continuing Education Units:
Approved for 5.25 AIA/HSW credits.

In 2012, Gateway Community College (GCC) celebrated the official opening of its new downtown New Haven campus with an August 29 ribbon-cutting attended by hundreds of stakeholders, including politicians, donors, officials from higher education, faculty, staff, members of the community, and most importantly—GCC students. That day represented over a decade of persistence and leadership spearheaded by the college’s president, Dorsey L. Kendrick, to provide a high-quality educational experience for all students in the New Haven region. This state-of-the-art urban campus was realized through a culmination of effort, advocacy, planning, and rigorous negotiations. The result is a college campus that is not only conducive to learning, but exists as an integral thread of the downtown New Haven landscape.

The master planning began in 2001 with a vision to consolidate two existing campuses, 12 miles apart, onto a single site. The City of New Haven donated two prime city blocks adjacent to the Ninth Square and route 34 - a major thoroughfare for access to the campus. The state of Connecticut allocated $200 million for the project, which was vetted several times with the design community to accommodate the need for a 600 space campus parking garage, in addition to the required 350,000 gross square feet.

The Gateway project is symbolic of an effective and unprecedented collaboration among the Connecticut higher education administration, the New Haven legislators, city of New Haven officials, state elected officials, and Yale University.

The Gateway Community College campus recently received LEED Gold certification. The college was one of Connecticut's largest green projects, and the state's first public college campus to pursue LEED Gold-certification. The project planners set a goal to use a minimum of 10% of local building resources, limiting the source of construction materials to a distance no greater than 500 miles. Campus features include an emphasis on alternative transportation, heat island effect- roof and non roof, enhanced commissioning, green power recycled content, low-emitting materials, and controllability of systems.

Approved for: 5.25 AIA/HSW credits.

Learning Outcomes:

Identify the key stakeholders that must be engaged, the options that must be considered, and the issues that must be anticipated and addressed when planning an urban campus.
Analyze how to create a beautiful, highly utilitarian, and welcoming urban campus while surmounting challenges of transportation, parking, utilities/energy, and security.
Discuss with students how they interact with learning spaces and an urban campus, and how LEED certification and being "green" impacts student culture.
Outline how your institution can partner with regional business and industry to create workforce training centers that benefit both the college and the community.

Symposium Speakers

	Tony Bialecki Deputy Economic Development Director (Retired) City of New Haven Connecticut
	Victoria L. Bozzuto Dean of Workforce Development & Continuing Education Gateway Community College (Connecticut)
	Joseph Carbone President Chief Executive Officer The WorkPlace
	Louis S. D'Antonio Dean, Administration Gateway Community College (Connecticut)
	John DeStefano, Jr. Mayor City of New Haven Connecticut
	Tulani Dial President of the Student Honor Society Gateway Community College (Connecticut)
	Adon Duncanson Student Gateway Community College (Connecticut)
	Robert Goodwin Design Director, Principal Perkins+Will
	Toni N. Harp State Senator Connecticut General Assembly
	Robert J. Joy Managing Principal JMZ Architects and Planners, PC
	Dorsey Kendrick President Gateway Community College (Connecticut)
	Lenell Kittlitz President The Zephyr Group LLC
	Mark Kosinski Dean of Academic Affairs Gateway Community College (Connecticut)
	Matthew Long Director of Student Services Gateway Community College (Connecticut)

	Martin M. Looney Majority Leader Connecticut General Assembly
	Michael J. Morand Deputy Chief Communications Officer Yale University
	Kelly Murphy Economic Development Administrator City of New Haven Connecticut
	Genesis Pabon Student Gateway Community College (Connecticut)
	Doug Peckham Project Executive Dimeo Construction Company
	Jorge Perez Board Alderman, Ward 5-D City of New Haven Connecticut
	Anthony Rescigno President Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce
	Persis C. Rickes President and Principal Rickes Associates, Inc
	Ashley Rivera Student Gateway Community College (Connecticut)
	Alexandria Roe Associate Vice President, Capital Planning & Budget University of Wisconsin-System Administration
	Katelyn Sullivan Student Gateway Community College (Connecticut)
	Bill Villano Executive Director Workforce Alliance
	Toni Walker State Representative Connecticut House Democrats