WILLIAMSBURG, Va., April 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The home of the business school of one of the country's "public ivies," Alan B. Miller Hall, has received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. In building Miller Hall, the Mason School of Business: - Reduces potable water usage by 32.9 percent as compared to a typical similar sized building. - Uses 23.5 percent less energy as compared to a similar sized building. - Captures rainwater runoff in an underground cistern and uses that for irrigation. - Restored nearly 71 percent of the site with planted native or adaptive species. Previously, the site of Miller Hall was a parking lot.
