Dive summary:

• The University of Maryland 709 new beds on campus and a bit of competition to offer residents of the new dormitory on the College Park campus. WDG Architecture and Clark Design-Build created and built the project.
• A LEED wall touch-screen in the lobby of Oakland Hall reports on water usage and the buildings environmental features, and administrators encourage each of the floors in the eight-story mto compete for lowest energy and water consumption.
• Other innovations include a white roof to reduce heating, cisterns to capture stormwater and recycling stations on each floor of the Z-shaped structure.

From the article:

A new student housing facility has opened at the University of Maryland’s College Park campus. The community, called Oakland Hall, is the first new residence hall on the campus since 1982. ...