Saunders Construction notches LEED Platinum certification for CU rec center

BOULDER — Centennial-based Saunders Construction announced recently that it has achieved LEED Platinum certification for the University of Colorado’s $63 million recreation center renovation and expansion project completed by the company in 2014.

LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a certification program run by the United States Green Building Council, with Platinum being the highest achievable level.

CU’s rec center is projected to consume 70 percent less energy on a per-square-foot basis compared with before the renovation and expansion, and provide cost savings of about $300,000 annually.

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The project entailed a renovation of the existing 215,000-square-foot rec center and an addition of 93,000 square feet. It included an innovative heat recovery loop that allows excess heat generated by the ice arena’s cooling system to be used to warm the water in the indoor and outdoor swimming pools and in heating the tap water and shower water in the building.