The Institute for Geophysics is located in the Research Office Complex (ROC), Building 196 at Pickle Research Center. UTIG shares the building with the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC). The ROC has been LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified as a 'green' building by the non-profit U.S. Green Building Council. The ROC achieved LEED certification by earning points for design and construct ion practices. These practices include low-emission materials, energy efficiency, recycling of waste, and the four electric recharge stations at the south end of the parking lot. The ROC is the first to be LEED certified at UT.
John Goff created a photo chronicle detailing the building of the ROC. The photos (provided by Flintco) below are from the LEED certification ceremony on October 30, 2007. Dave Dixon, OFPC Executive Director of Program Management, UT System, welcomes people to the Leed Certification Ceremony for UT Research Office Complex. |
 Dr. Patt Clubb, Vice President for Employee and Campus Services, and Robert Mercado, OFPC Project Manager, unveil the LEED plaque and certificate for the ROC building. |
 Dr. Patt Club applauds after unveiling of LEED plaque and certificate. |
 The LEED plaque and certificate. |
 Chuck Croslin, Vice President and Division Manager for PBS&J, the project architects, provides comments on the LEED certification. |
 John A. Martin, Vice President and Area Manager for Flintco, Inc., the General Contractor for the project, provides comments on the LEED certification. |
 Dr. John A. Goff, Senior Research Scientist at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, and member of the ROC building committee, provides comments on the LEED certification. |
 Close-up of the LEED certificate. |
 Janet McCord, Assistant Director of the Texas Advanced Computing Center, provides comments on the LEED certification. |
 Close-up of the LEED plaque. |
 Close-up of the LEED certificate. |
 The ceremony speakers with the LEED certificate and plaque. From l to r: Janet McCord, John Goff, Patt Clubb, John Martin, Chuck Croslin, and Dave Dixon. |
 Janet McCord and John Goff inspect the Leed certificate and plaque. |
 User group representatives of the ROC building team, posing with the LEED certificate and plaque. From l to r: Cliff Fohlich (UTIG), Janet McCord (TACC), John Goff (UTIG), and Dean Nobles (TACC). |
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