Kleinfelder/S E A Consultants honored with AIA award

For Materials Management plan at Yale's Kroon Hall

02/22/2010 - AIA (American Institute of Architects) Connecticut presented the project team led by Centerbrook Designers & Planners, LLP with Kleinfelder/S E A providing Materials Management services a design award. The honor was in recognition of
Kleinfelder/S E A's work at Kroon Hall, Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, in New Haven, Conn. To date, Kroon Hall is Yale's most sustainable building designed with elements and technical strategies that promote a 50 percent decrease in energy use over a comparably-sized building.

The firm created a Materials Management plan for the site. The plan was aimed at creating a vast courtyard outside of Kroon Hall, where previously, an inefficient service environment cluttered with delivery vans, facility vehicles, and dumpsters existed, and as a result, was unsafe for pedestrians. Kleinfelder/S E A's Materials Management plan features a plinth upon which a courtyard was constructed. Beneath the courtyard--and hidden from view--are loading docks, mechanical spaces, and building services. The courtyard also features a stormwater filtration pond, and reduces the building's heat-island effect through the use of light-colored materials, grass, and water.

The project was also featured in the January issue of Architecture Week.

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