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April 2, 2009
For Immediate Release
For an Interview:
Michael Freeman
(801) 863-8751
The American Library Association’s magazine "American Libraries" is featuring the Digital Learning Center, UVU’s state-of-the-art library, in its April edition. The UVU Library will be part of the ALA’s Library Design Showcase, which will appear in the magazine, and also in the American Libraries Digital Supplement, which will be e-mailed to all ALA members nationwide this month.
"The UVU Library is designed to foster the intellectual, technical and cultural growth of students," said Michael Freeman, UVU’s library director. "That scholarship develops engaged and responsible students, who then translate their education into impacting their world and communities and turning them into better places to live and work."
The Digital Learning Center, completed less than a year ago, was the first building in the state to be constructed under Utah’s High Performance Building program, part of a goal set by Governor Jon Huntsman to improve the state’s energy efficiency by 20 percent by 2015. Gov. Huntsman said UVU’s library, as the first building completed under this rating system and the "greenest" state-funded building in Utah, sets a template for other buildings to follow and will save nearly $100,000 per year in utility costs.
The Digital Learning Center is highly energy efficient and utilizes the latest technology in solar control glazing, high efficiency lighting and cooling, solar harvesting devices on the south and west sides (to control heat penetration while taking advantage of natural light), air-side economizers and heat rejection to the campus heating loop for computer room air conditioning units, ultra high efficiency ballasts and lamps with daylight switching and occupancy sensors, and light-colored roofing to reduce building heat load and urban heat island. The building also takes advantage of the geothermal wells the campus has already been using by transferring heat in and out of the building through aquifers under the campus.
For more information on the UVU Digital Learning Center, visit the Library’s Web page at http://www.uvu.edu/library/new_library.html.
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University Marketing Contact:
Erin Spurgeon
(801) 863-6807