The New Girls' Residence Hall
Estimated Completion Date: July 18, 2007

View the construction progress on the
Portsmouth Abbey Cam

Dormitory Features:
- Wood frame construction with stone and cedar shingle cladding
- 3 stories, 22,500 square feet
- 36 beds
- 14 double rooms, 8 single rooms
- 12 day student lockers in 160 square foot day student lounge
- 300 square foot computer / study room
- Dorm-wide wireless computer network access
- 2 story common room opens onto new terrace
- 3 new faculty residences
- 2, 3, and 4 bedroom units with porches, fireplaces, and hardwood floors

Green Construction Features:
- Certified wood and low VOC construction materials
- Solar panels to provide domestic hot water
- Icynene insulation system - high efficiency, low VOC
- Aluminum clad wood windows with insulating low E glass
- Flooring materials from renewable and recycled sources
- Energy star rated appliances
- High efficiency boilers
- Low flow toilets