Plugging Into Transformation: A Decades-Old SUNY Oneonta Campus Building Energizes Modern Users

In Oneonta, New York, an aging State University of New York campus building—a brick and steel library built in the 1950s—is now a place that students of the SUNY Oneonta business and economics program call “really cool,” “energizing,” and “sophisticated.”

SUNY Oneonta’s Alumni Hall, a 47,600-gross-square-foot 70+ year old former library, also houses the school’s Division of University Advancement.

Alumni Hall was slated for renovation, and building operations needed to meet a requirement to reduce then-current energy use by 50%, per State University Construction Fund (SUCF) Directive IB-2. While ground source heat pump wells and efficient lighting and bathroom fixtures are a major step towards decarbonization goals, innovative designs throughout the building have transformed the user experience.

Watch this video about how Erdman Anthony’s designs at Alumni Hall are impacting students, faculty, and staff.

Read more about the project here.

The building earned LEED Platinum certification and the project received an ACEC NY, 2024 Platinum Engineering Excellence Award in Building/Technology Systems.