BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The Minor Myers, jr. Welcome Center, has been awarded silver certification as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Green Building – the first new construction building in Bloomington to be certified by the U.S. Green Building Council.
The building, named in honor of Illinois Wesleyan’s 17th president, was designed by CSO Architects, Inc., as part of Illinois Wesleyan’s continuing efforts to create a more ecologically friendly or “sustainable” campus. Sustainable features include a geothermal heating and cooling units, the use of special insulated glass for the windows that reflects heat, called low-emissivity, or low-e, glass; and the installation of a traction elevator versus the usual hydraulic elevator.