Discover The Morris Arboretum

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The Morris Arboretum is a platinum LEED certified building located at the University of Pennsylvania.  It contains 92-acres of gardens. There are 13,000 labeled plants, trees, and flowers. The school offers 20,840-sq. ft. of it's facility, that has about 100 classes available at this school.

The green elements of the building help educate students on the importance of protecting our natural resources. These elements include geothermal wells, green roofs, solar panels, air quality and interior finishes, interior lighting, water cisterns, recycled and/or salvaged construction materials.

Geothermal Wells: Provide clean energy technology for heating and air conditioning.

Green Roofs: A "living roof," that reduces a building's absorption of ambient heat, making it more cooler in the interior and more energy efficient.

Solar Panels: Contains sensors that will automatically dim the electric lights during bright days

Air Quality & Interior Finishes: Uses an under-floor air distribution to provide individual control of temperature and ventilation. Interior finishes are created by using low-VOC products the help reduce landfill, groundwater and ozone depletion

Interior Lighting: Uses natural daylight with skylights and roof monitors. Electric light dimmers are used during bright days to reduce energy use.

Water Cisterns: Collects and stores rainwater to use for hose bibs, hand watering , and other maintenance operations.

Recycled and/or Salvaged Construction Materials: Use of recycled or reuse of materials from the original site.