UGA's 200,000 square foot Zell B. Miller Learning Center has become the centerpiece of the campus learning environment. The facility houses interdisciplinary classrooms, a virtual library, computer carrels, study rooms, spaces for formal and informal gathering, and a coffee shop featuring fair-trade shade grown coffee produced in association with UGA's Institute of Ecology .
Sustainable Design Features:
100-year building construction on previous parking lot
Water harvesting and reuse for landscape irrigation
Indigenous and recycled building materials
Interior daylighting and occupancy sensors
Individual thermal comfort controls
Low-emitting finishes and materials
Waterless urinal pilot installation