Project Overview
With its Grand Opening in Summer 2014, the Janet Ayers Academic Center has become a focal point of the Belmont campus on the corner of Wedgewood and 15th Avenues. The 186,140-square-foot center includes a 300-seat chapel, dining options, 30 classrooms, state-of-the-art science and research laboratories, faculty offices and conference space. A five-level below-grade parking garage provides 437 spaces, and a three-level footbridge corridor was constructed to connect to the existing Gordon E. Inman Center and McWhorter Hall.
Sustainable Features
- Underground parking garage to reduce the urban heat island effect and preserve green space
- Charging stations for electric vehicles
- Sustainable green roofs
- High-efficiency plumbing fixtures to optimize water savings
- Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to reduce energy usage
- An active chilled beam system that reduces heating and cooling energy and is one of the only HVAC systems of its kind in Nashville
- 75 percent of the waste generated during construction was recycled
- Stormwater collection system
