The new academic and admissions building will be located in the heart of the Charles Town – Ranson “Commerce Corridor”, a former Brownfield of abandoned and under-utilized former industrial sites slated for new office and retail development. The 45,000-square foot facility represents a major economic investment in the downtown area, according to the university.
David R. Lloyd, Director of the US EPA Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization, said at the groundbreaking, “The EPA is proud to have provided some of the environmental assessment funding that allowed this impressive project to develop. The outcome from today's groundbreaking event will represent an important goal of the EPA Brownfields Program - to help assess and clean contaminated sites, and to help communities reuse land in a sustainable way that will benefit the environmental and economic health of the community."
The new four story building will be constructed for LEED-certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) as a “green” facility and built to standards set by US Green Building Council (USGBC). Some of the environmental features include highly efficient insulation and windows, lighting controls to manage energy use, a modern variable refrigerant HVAC system, and solar panels on the roof to provide a portion of the building’s energy requirements. When completed, the building will initially accommodate approximately 140 personnel and contain one of the world’s largest book collections on military history.
Since 2002, APUS has renovated several local buildings, including the former County Office Building, the former Jefferson County Hospital and Knott Nursing Home, the former Acme grocery building and ABC building, the former Avanti Restaurant, and the former home of Mayor Thomas Claiborne Green, one of John Brown’s defense attorneys. With the addition of the new academic center, the university owns or leases 14 properties in Charles Town, West Virginia.
For more information, visit www.apus.edu .
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