Completed in 2007, the Dudley H. Davis Center at the University of Vermont was the first student center in the United States to earn LEED Gold. This is not just a hub for campus life — it was the first student center in the United States to receive a U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification. The building you are facing is a four-story structure, an unmistakable presence on campus, with a floor area listed between 186,000 and 202,954 ft2.
Completed in 2007, this center took over as the university’s main student center, replacing the Billings Memorial Library in that role. As you stand here, consider the scale implied by those figures: four stories of activity and between 186,000 and 202,954 ft2 of space, designed and recognized for environmental leadership. The name Dudley H. Davis tells you its identity; the LEED Gold distinction tells you why it mattered beyond bricks and mortar.
You can imagine students and staff coming and going through these doors since 2007, under a roof that marked a first in sustainable student life spaces in the nation. This LEED Gold building you see replaced Billings Library as the university's main student center back in 2007.