July
2004 • The monthly newsletter for UWT faculty and staff
| Contents |
| Phase
2B project earns LEED sustainability certification |
| Tacoma
developer buying Carlton building for future gift to UWT |
| Professional
Development Center offers new certificates in technology |
| Administrative
Snapshot |
| Faculty
and staff notes |
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| Upcoming
Events |
July
21
Term A ends
Staff
barbecue and fund-raiser, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
Gillenwater Plaza. Please join the UWT Staff Association
for hamburgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs, soda, bottled
water and chips. The cost for faculty, staff, and students
is $5.
July
22
Term B begins
July
28
Self-defense class,
noon, Dougan 280. Staff members are invited to a self-defense
course with Kim Wheeler and members of UWT Safety and Security.
Second in a series of "Staff Box Talks," lunchtime
working seminars featuring UWT staff members. This is an
opportunity for staff to share special expertise or recent
training with other staff members.
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Phase
2B project earns LEED sustainability certification
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UWT
student Christine Hall, right, and her mother, Carmen Merritt,
discuss a jazz class while surrounded by century-old brick
walls and ceiling timbers in Cherry Parkes. The architects
who designed the renovations of the Cherry Parkes and Mattress
Factory buildings created unique, sustainable spaces using
a combination of old and new materials.
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The
newest "recycled" buildings on the UW Tacoma campus
have received a landmark certification for sustainable design
from the U.S. Green Building Council.
The
University's Phase 2B project has been awarded the group's Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) silver certification,
a high ranking from the nation's most recognized non-profit sustainable
design organization. This is the first LEED certification granted
on any UW campus or anywhere in the city of Tacoma.
Phase
2B consists of five historic buildings that were renovated as
academic and office space. The project was completed early this
year.
The
Phase 2B project was recognized for several innovative design
features and construction methods, USGBC officials said. Among
these were:
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The re-use and restoration of 100-year-old masonry building facades
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An ivy wall against the Mattress Factory building that will lower
dependence on artificial air conditioning and reduce cooling costs
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Passive cooling strategies to offset cooling load, such as high
performance windows with solar control, shading devices and exposed
thermal mass
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Use of renewable or salvaged materials and environmentally responsible
finishes for floors, woodwork and walls
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Re-use of columns, beams and floors
• Reduction of water and power usage and optimized energy
performance in HVAC equipment
The
team of architects, engineers and contractors, headed by McGranahan
Architects and Lease Crutcher Lewis, set out to create a sustainable
renovation design using state-of-the-art technology, resource
re-use and management and strategic design methods. During construction,
the project team implemented an intensive recycling program with
a goal of diverting 78 percent of construction debris from landfills.
In addition, the team constantly monitored indoor air quality
during construction to ensure a good work environment.
Learn
more about sustainability at the UW
Visit
the U.S. Green Building Council Web site
Tacoma
developer buying Carlton building for future gift to UWT
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The
Carlton building
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The
Tacoma City Council agreed June 29 to sell the Carlton Center
office building to Fred Roberson, a local developer, who plans
to make a gift of the building to UW Tacoma as part of his estate.
Council
members voted to approve the sale once details of parking and
deferred maintenance are worked out between the City and Roberson.
Negotiations were still underway between Roberson and the city
at press time.
Public
interest in the transaction was high, in part because of earlier
controversy over allegations that Tacoma paid too much for the
Carlton, at 1551 Broadway, when it was acquired a few years ago.
Adding to the drama was a last-minute, financially competitive
bid on the building from a private-sector company.
The
city will recoup its investment through the deal, in part by maintaining
ownership of the adjacent parking garage, which the University
will not need because it is planning to build its own parking
garage nearby.
Council
members felt the plan to eventually integrate the Carlton into
the UW Tacoma campus had tremendous public benefit for the city.
With no new academic buildings due to open for several years,
the additional office space provided by the Carlton will help
ensure the campus can grow and diversify to serve priority educational
needs. The city also recognized UW Tacoma's stewardship of historic
buildings, which has fueled economic development in a part of
town that continues to grow and will attract many more visitors
once the convention center opens at South 15th Street and Broadway
this fall.
"This
is an example of the kind of three-way partnership between the
city, the University and the community that has helped the UWT
campus thrive," Interim Chancellor Steven Olswang said after
the Tacoma City Council approved the $2.94 million sale.
Under
the terms approved by the council, Roberson will pay $2 million
cash for the building. The balance of the sale will be in the
form of an interest-bearing note between Roberson and the City.
UWT will pay off the note when it assumes ownership of the building.
The
campus footprint will also need to be modified slightly to include
the Carlton once the University has ownership of the building.
Roberson's
holdings already include a significant building within the campus
footprint - the Harmon Building, which houses the Harmon Pub &
Brewery, Abella Pizzeria, office space and dozens of residential
lofts.
Roberson
and his wife, Anne, have been generous supporters of UWT. They
are members of Club Thirty, a group of donors who gave $50,000
each to endow the Next Step scholarship program for top community
college transfer students. The Robersons will be recognized during
the Chancellor's Club event August 25, an annual dinner for donors
who have given $1,000 or more to UW Tacoma over the last year
or more than $25,000 over time.
Professional
Development Center offers new certificates in technology
The
Key Bank Professional Development Center will offer five new technology
certificates this fall for professionals seeking to update their
skills to keep up with changing technology.
The new technology certificate programs will consist of five nine-month
workshops in data and Internet security, C++ programming, Java
2 programming, database management and embedded and real-time
systems programming. The programs are developed and approved by
the UW Computer Science and Engineering Department and the UWT
Insititue of Technology and taught by expert practitioners.
"Each
of these topical areas is critical to government and industry
at a time when the technology landscape is evolving faster than
ever," said Lawrence Peters, program manager of technology
programs in the Professional Development Center. "Computer
professionals who do not expand their skills on a continuous basis
will rapidly fall behind and find it difficult to get or keep
a job. These new programs provide the opportunity to remain current
in their field."
In
addition, the Center will also offer certificates in public relations,
marketing, human resources management, paralegal studies and fundraising
management this fall. For more information, contact Peters at
253.692.4672 or lpeters2@u.washington.edu.
Visit
the Key Bank Professional Development Center Web site
Administrative
Snapshot: A look at issues and projects at UWT
If
you are working on something you think should be included here,
please contact Inside Track at uwtnews@u.washington.edu.
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an issue/project:
Faculty
& Staff Notes
Fred
King
has been hired as temporary director of Real Estate and Facilities.
See Administrative
Snapshot for more information.
IAS
Professor David Secord has been appointed co-director
of the UW's Program
on the Environment for the 2004-05 academic year. The program,
established in 1997, has as its mission to foster, promote and
catalyze interdisciplinary environmental education and research
at the University of Washington in the context of service to the
wider community.
Safety
and Security Manager Kim Wheeler is running for
state Senate from the 27th Legislative District. He will run as
a Republican against state Sen. Debbie Regala (D-Tacoma).
