{"68433":{"#nid":"68433","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Zelnak Basketball Center Deemed LEED Gold","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Zelnak Center recently became the Institute\u2019s fourth\nbuilding to earn LEED gold certification. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe basketball practice facility, which opened in October\n2009, is named for alumnus and donor Steven Zelnak and is used by both the\nGeorgia Tech men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball teams. It includes a full-size court,\nsix baskets, weight room, the Robert A. Anclien Strength \u0026amp; Conditioning\nCenter and a theater. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022LEED certification is one more tool we use to design our buildings and how they fit into the campus master plan execution, along with the Yellow Book design standards and the landscape master plan,\u0022 said Marcia Kinstler in the Office of Environmental Stewardship. The Georgia Tech Yellow Book is a document unique to the Institute that guides\n architects and engineers in the process of designing new buildings, \nbuilding additions, renovations to existing buildings, and utility and \ntransportation infrastructure improvements. Since 2009, all new construction and renovations are built to LEED gold standards.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Zelnak Center joins the ranks of the Klaus Advanced\nComputing Building, the Women\u2019s Softball Complex and the Old Civil Engineering\nBuilding as on-campus LEED gold facilities. The College of Management is LEED\nsilver certified. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Zelnak Center recently became the Institute\u2019s fourth\nbuilding to earn LEED gold certification. \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Practice facility is Tech\u0027s fourth under green building certification system"}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2011-06-21 17:05:27","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:37","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-06-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-06-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"68434":{"id":"68434","type":"image","title":"Zelnak Basketball Facility","body":null,"created":"1449177176","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:12:56","changed":"1475894594","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:14","alt":"Zelnak Basketball Facility","file":{"fid":"192583","name":"10p1000-p47-333.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/10p1000-p47-333_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/10p1000-p47-333_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":821491,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/10p1000-p47-333_0.jpg?itok=1UYVGZ6L"}}},"media_ids":["68434"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/greenbuzz.gatech.edu\/","title":"Green Buzz"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.usgbc.org\/DisplayPage.aspx?CategoryID=19","title":"LEED"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.facilities.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Facilities"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1625","name":"athletics"},{"id":"3157","name":"Facilities"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"2067","name":"LEED"},{"id":"170765","name":"Stephen P. Zelnak Jr."},{"id":"13462","name":"zelnak center"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.shaw@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Shaw\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications and Marketing\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}