AIA Selects Conn.�s Kroon Hall and NY�s Omega Center as Part of Top Ten Green Projects
The American Institute of Architects and its Committee on the Environment have selected the top ten green projects that showcase excellence in sustainable design and reduced energy including Kroon Hall, part of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut and Omega Center for Sustainable Living in Rhinebeck, New York.
Designed by London-based Hopkins Architects and Centerbrook Architects Planners of Centerbrook, Connecticut, Kroon Hall, the 68,800-sq-ft new home for the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies replaced a brownfield site and was charged as a net zero energy building. By using a mix of active and passive design measures and visible, invisible and interactive building features, the building earned a LEED platinum certificate. It was completed in January 2009.