CWU's First Green Building

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Story Published: Dec 4, 2008 at 6:53 PM PDT

By Sade Malloy

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It’s no longer a toxic building. Central Washington University re-opened Dean Hall after it was closed in the late 1990's. The building originally contained asbestos and contaminated metals.

With the toxic elements removed, much of Dean Hall was re-used to become the school's first green building. More than half of the total construction is recycled concrete, wood, and metal.

"We estimate we're going to save about 160,000 gallons of water a year, our energy use will be about 20 percent less than what it would have been if we wouldn't have done green," said Bill Vertrees of Central Washington University.

The building will house the Anthropology and Geography departments along with Museum Studies.

It'll be up and running when students come back to classes next month.

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