WHAT:     Political brothers Senator Carl and Congressman Sander Levin will don hard hats along with Michigan Attorney General Michael Cox, A. Alfred Taubman and other dignitaries to help Lawrence Technological University break ground for the A. Alfred Taubman Student Services Center, www.ltu.edu/taubmancenter. The ceremony is open to the public.

The $9.6 million facility in the center of the 120-acre, private University’s campus in Southfield, is the University’s third new building in four years. With sustainable design features, this “green” building will be a living laboratory for architecture and engineering students.

Supported completely by philanthropy, including Taubman’s $4 million lead gift, the Taubman Student Services Center consolidates all student services into a one-stop center. MPC Computers, Edward and Inez Donley, DTE Energy Foundation, Steelcase, ARAMARK, HarleyEllis, Walbridge Aldinger, York International and The Kresge Foundation already have provided major support for the Taubman Student Services Center.

Key sustainable design and energy efficient features of this living lab include:

• a green, sedum-covered roof insulates and assists with rainwater runoff
• a bioswale helps manage rainwater runoff
• 300-foot-deep geothermal wells to pump earth-warmed/cooled water to aid the building’s heating and cooling system
• photovoltaic-powered systems

WHEN:    4:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 10, 2004

WHERE:  Lawrence Technological University Quadrangle

                  21000 W. Ten Mile Rd.

                  Southfield, MI  48075

WHO:      Charles M. Chambers, Lawrence Tech president

                 Lloyd Reuss, Lawrence Tech Board chairman

                 Senator Carl Levin

                 Congressman Sander Levin

                 Attorney General Mike Cox

                 Dennis King, president, HarleyEllis

                 John Rakolta Jr., chairman and CEO, Walbridge Aldinger

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