04/04/2025 02:22:35 PMBack in 2013, Cougar Woods Dining Hall was the first campus building to be certified as LEED Silver by the U.S. Green Building Council. The building’s use of natural lighting, 20% water use reduction, and 30% energy reduction, all illustrate just how impactful even a silver certification can be for campus sustainability metrics. Today, however, this level of certification is now campus standard. Gabriel Durhamgbdurham@uh.edu713-743-6985