Drosdick Hall (CEER) LEED Highlights

The VU CEER Project is an expansion of the current CEER building to consolidate the program requirements for the College of Engineering and Energy Research. It is a key element of the University’s Master Plan to provide additional space and infrastructure to the College of Engineering. With an aesthetically impressive and highly functional building, the expansion is designed and built to facilitate the College of Engineering’s innovative educational paradigms that emphasize hands-on, experiential and collaborative learning.

The project is an expansion to the existing Center for Engineering Education and Research (CEER) building, located at the west end of the University’s contiguous Main Campus. The building will be used for undergraduate and graduate research, senior design projects including vehicle design and fabrication, classrooms, offices, and events and it will a defined “home” for the College of Engineering. However, Villanova focused on the project being more than just a home for engineering, but also, and living laboratory.

The project is seeking LEED Silver certification under v4 of the LEED New Construction rating system. The project took sustainable design cues from existing certified buildings on campus, while also incorporating principles from other sustainable design certifications.

Great care was taken in designing and building CEER to sustainable standards, guided by the LEED rating system. This case study highlights these considerations.

John G. Drosdick ’65 has made a $20 million investment in the Villanova University College of Engineering (COE) building expansion project. In honor of his generous and ongoing commitment to the College, the soon-to-be-completed College of Engineering building—formerly known as the Center for Engineering Education and Research (CEER)—will be named  Drosdick Hall .