Georgia Southern Earns Green Building Awards

The Office of Facilities Planning, Design and Construction earned multiple Georgia Peach Green Building Awards at the 2021 Georgia Association of State Facilities Administrators (GASFA) Conference. The office earned the top state honors for the construction of several new buildings, including the Interdisciplinary Academic Building. The multipurpose, multistoried building with flexible space is equipped with state-of-the-art classroom technology and houses a variety of departments including fashion merchandising and apparel design as well as history and foreign languages.

The remodeling of the University Police Department facility also earned a Peach Award and the Engineering and Research building received the recognition as well. The sleek, 135,000-square-foot structure consists of 21 cutting-edge instructional research labs, 25 academic learning spaces, configurable labs and a renewable energy rooftop lab.

“The awards underscore the University’s commitment to sustainable practices in design and construction and speak to the hard work and dedication of the staff of the Division of Facilities Services, and in particular our staff within the Office of Facilities Planning, Design and Construction,” said Kathryn Twining, associate vice president for facilities.

The purpose of the Georgia Peach Program is to rate and recognize buildings owned or managed by the state that optimize energy performance, increase the demand for materials and furnishings produced in Georgia, improve the environmental quality in the state, conserve energy, protect the state’s natural resources and reduce the burden on the state’s water supply.