New Dorm is LEED Silver Rated

The new 104 bed dormitory recently completed at Fitchburg State College’s Mara Village is the greenest building on campus. The Village’s newest residence hall is a five-story 40,000sf building that features 43 student suites. Each suite is home to eight students and contains two bathrooms with a shared living space.
The new central residence hall also features all energy-efficient heating and cooling equipment and allows students to monitor their energy-use by room to determine how conservative they are.

Fitchburg, MA – The new 104 bed dormitory recently completed at  Fitchburg State College’s Mara Village is the greenest building on campus. The Village’s newest residence hall is a five-story 40,000sf building that features 43 student suites. Each suite is home to eight students and contains two bathrooms with a shared living space.
The new central residence hall also features all energy-efficient heating and cooling equipment and allows students to monitor their energy-use by room to determine how conservative they are.

In addition to low VOC materials, a combination of pre-consumer and post-consumer rated materials were used,. These included locally available products, poured-in-place concrete, structural steel, ornamental metals, and certified wood, carpet and impact rubber flooring materials.

The new residence hall at Mara Village is a LEED Certified Silver Rated building. It was designed to maximize energy savings and lessen overall water consumption on campus. At the same time, carbon dioxide emissions were reduced and indoor air quality was improved throughout. 

Colantonio, Inc. acted as construction manager  and Childs Bertram and Tseckares Architects, Inc. were the  architects.