{"id":81009,"date":"2021-08-19T10:43:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T14:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?p=81009"},"modified":"2024-06-25T14:46:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T18:46:39","slug":"joan-edgar-booth-theatre-and-cfa-production-center-earns-leed-silver-certification","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/articles\/2021\/joan-edgar-booth-theatre-and-cfa-production-center-earns-leed-silver-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Joan &#038; Edgar Booth Theatre and CFA Production Center Earns LEED Silver Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin is-style-emphasis-on-text has-media has-box has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/03\/Booth-Theatre-Exterior-Centered.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Booth Theatre\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/03\/Booth-Theatre-Exterior-Centered.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/03\/Booth-Theatre-Exterior-Centered-636x477.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/03\/Booth-Theatre-Exterior-Centered-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/03\/Booth-Theatre-Exterior-Centered-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/03\/Booth-Theatre-Exterior-Centered-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/03\/Booth-Theatre-Exterior-Centered-1333x1000.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Theatre<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJoan &amp; Edgar Booth Theatre and CFA Production Center Earns LEED Silver Certification\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">August 19, 2021<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<p><a href=\"\/cfa\/files\/2021\/08\/Booth-Theatre-Exterior-Centered.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2021\/08\/Booth-Theatre-Exterior-Centered.jpg\" alt=\"Boston University Booth Theatre Exterior Shot of Building\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2021\/08\/Booth-Theatre-Exterior-Centered.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2021\/08\/Booth-Theatre-Exterior-Centered-636x477.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2021\/08\/Booth-Theatre-Exterior-Centered-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2021\/08\/Booth-Theatre-Exterior-Centered-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2021\/08\/Booth-Theatre-Exterior-Centered-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2021\/08\/Booth-Theatre-Exterior-Centered-1333x1000.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2021\/08\/Booth-Theatre-Exterior-Centered-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news-events\/venues\/joan-edgar-booth-theatre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joan &amp; Edgar Booth Theatre<\/a><span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/academics\/college-of-fine-arts-production-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">College of Fine Arts Production Center<\/a><span> has been awarded the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver Certification for sustainability. The certification validates the facility&#8217;s green features, including operations and maintenance of a resource-efficient, healthy, and cost-effective space.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The award-winning dramatic arts complex, which has received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news-events\/venues\/joan-edgar-booth-theatre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">honor awards for design excellence by several organizations<\/a>, is setting the stage for the future of sustainable design. LED lighting fixtures and occupancy sensors reduce energy consumption and the energy recovery unit captures and reuses air to provide heating and cooling.<\/p>\n<p>The state-of-the-art facility is climate change ready, with mechanical equipment situated on the roof so that systems are above the projected flood level. Also, as part of Boston University&#8217;s Sustainable Cleaning Program, the BU custodial team uses 100% Green Seal or EcoLogo certified cleaning products and procedures.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about water efficiency and transportation at Booth Theatre, plus other campus buildings that are LEED-certified, on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sustainability\/projects\/leed-certified-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BU&#8217;s Sustainability website<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joan &#038; Edgar Booth Theatre and CFA Production Center earns LEED Silver Certification, setting the stage for the future of sustainable design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19544,"featured_media":81011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"tags":[],"bu-publication":[192],"magazine-article-category":[],"magazine-topic":[],"news-article-category":[329],"news-topic":[],"bu_edition":[],"media_type":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/81009"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19544"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81009"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/81009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110993,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/81009\/revisions\/110993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81009"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=81009"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazine-article-category?post=81009"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=81009"},{"taxonomy":"news-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-article-category?post=81009"},{"taxonomy":"news-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-topic?post=81009"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=81009"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=81009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}