CLASS OF 1966 ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER AT WILLIAMS COLLEGE
Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States of America | Living Certified
The construction of the Class of 1966 Environmental Center at Williams College, which houses the Williams College Center for Environmental Studies and the Zilkha Center for Environmental Initiatives, includes the relocation of an historic structure originally built on the college campus in the 1790s. By reusing this existing structure, the project team was able to not only save materials and significantly reduce the project’s embodied carbon footprint, but also to preserve a building of important historical significance for generations of students to come. This project also demonstrates that through careful design, project teams can achieve the aggressive energy and materials requirements of the Living Building Challenge within the adaptive reuse of an historic structure.
