BERKELEY, CA—The University of California, Berkeley, Maximino Martinez Commons has achieved LEED Gold 2009 NC certification. The 147,000-square-foot facility located on a former university parking lot was completed in 2012 at a construction cost of $53 million.
According to Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm that provided sustainability consulting services, the building contains a sophomore residence hall and apartments for upper-division students, which provide housing for 416 students in 98 double-occupancy units, five five-bedroom suites and 47 four-bedroom suites.
Thornton Tomasetti was retained by the university to manage the LEED certification process, which included providing sustainability strategy recommendations to the design team, tracking compliance with LEED during design and construction and reviewing and submitting documentation to the Green Building Certification Institute. The project team comprised architects EHDD and Behnisch Architects; mechanical engineer Acco Engineered Systems; plumbing engineer IBE Consulting; and contractor Vance Brown Inc.
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