Northeast Pennsylvania’s First School of Architecture to Focus on Green Building

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Joyce Benson   Add a Comment |
Tag(s): Going Green, Green Building

Marywood University announced this week that its Scranton-Dunmore campus will be adding a 300-student architecture program that will focus on green building. In fact, the university’s former Health & Physical Education building will be renovated to accommodate the School of Architecture and will feature a green roof and a grey water system that will be used to flush toilets.

Sister Anne Munley, IHM, Ph.D., President, explains, “Our goal is to produce a new generation of architects—environmental stewards—who will assume major responsibility for creating, building, and re-building sustainable structural environments for the region, the nation, and the world.”

Students will have the opportunity to enroll in the 4-year pre-professional Bachelor of Enviromental Design in Architecture degree program or the 5-year Bachelor of Architecture professional program and 6-year Master of Architecture program. The Bachelor of Architecture program includes courses that will prepare students for certification as LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Accredited Professionals. LEED is a rating system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council for buildings that are built to high performance green building standards.

Marywood will be welcoming architecture students for the 2009-10 academic year. Learn more about Marywood University here.

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