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Austin Texas Sustainable Architecture
 
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi's Bay Hall Classroom
Achieves High Marks for Sustainable Design Practices
 
Sustainable design is an integral part of BGKA's overall philosophy of socially responsible design
practices
. Although a sustainable approach was not explicitly required for the design of Bay Hall,
Barnes Gromatzky Kosarek Architects incorporated sustainable features as a matter of course.
To measure the effectiveness of our efforts, we asked the Austin Energy Green Building Program
to evaluate the project, which was determined to have achieved 50% to 75% of their
Sustainable Design Checklist. This accomplishment suggests that all design projects
can achieve some measurable level of sustainability, whether required or not.