University of Cincinnati Glass House Earns AIA Award

CINCINNATI — The University of Cincinnati’s Glass House, Morgens Hall, recently earned a 2015 American Institute of Architects (AIA) of Ohio Award. The project team incorporated a number of sustainable and energy-efficient features and building techniques into the innovative renovation, which also earned the hall LEED Silver certification in 2015, according to the University of Cincinnati.

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Green Bonds Fund University of Cincinnati Renovation

CINCINNATI — The University Cincinnati (UC) has become the first public university in the country to issue Green Bonds for new construction. The school began issuing the Series 2014C bonds the first week of December to support the majority of costs related to the $35 million renovation of Scioto Hall, expected to be complete in fall 2016. The project will increase the university’s housing capacity and was spurred by its record fall enrollment of more than 43,600 students, the highest in its nearly 200-year history.

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