Sustainable Community EDSGN 100, Section 011 TEAM 5 Kenny Fuhrman, Austin Zelko, Zach Santos, & Steven Griffel Submitted to Developers of Community

Table of Contents Overview Overall Layout Housing Water Management Energy Cost Analysis Questions

Design Task Problem Statement - Build a sustainable community for college students Customer Needs - An affordable, enjoyable, and accessible living area Design Specifications - Houses at least 300 people and is self sustaining Fig. 1. PSU students

Overall Layout Fig. 2. community layout

Housing Layout Fig. 3 Apartment layout

Housing Materials Steel Framing Corrugated Steel Siding Straw Bale Walls Copper Roofing Linoleum Flooring Low VOC Paint Fig. 4. Straw Walls Fig. 5. Copper Roofing

Furnace 50,000 BTU Installed in basement Durable ceramic-coated combustion chamber Fig. 6. Furnace

Water Management Septic Tank Septic Ta Mono Solar Water Filtration Sand Filtration System Fig. 7. Septic Tank Fig. 8. Water Filtration Fig. 9. Sand Filtration

Energy Total Anaerobic Digester produces 94,752 kWh Total Energy Consumption: 224,000 kWh/month 500kW Nedwind Turbine produces 162,500 kWh/month Fig. 10. Anaerobic Digester Fig. 11. Wind Turbine

Cost Analysis Cost of Apartment o $2.2 million Apartment Rent Price o $600 per month per person Energy systems costs o Included in monthly rent Fig. 12. Money

References Works Cited 1."Eco Friendly Building Materials." Build Eco Friendly House. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Feb "Electricity from Wastewater Gets a Salty Boost." NBC News. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Feb "Incredible Price Reduction On 500kw Nedwind Turbines – Must Sell Now!" N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Feb N.d. Photograph. campus_original.jpg. Web. 5.N.d. Photograph. q=money&oq=money&gs_l=img.3..0l ac.1. 5.img.DgXqcYIpfmE#imgrc=HzBtCipplDvNaM%3A%3B9iOKaB3aPaddNM%3Bhttp%253A%252 F%252Fwww.lietaer.com%252Fwp- content%252Fuploads%252F2010%252F09%252Fmoney.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fww w.lietaer.com%252F2010%252F09%252Fwhat-is-money%252F%3B600%3B600. Web. 6.N.d. Photograph. e&hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv ,d.dmQ&biw=1280&bih=923&sa=X&ei =rvovUdyfJNGz0QG61IDYBA&ved=0CHMQ8wIwAg. Web. 7."Solar Water Filtration." Solar Water Filtration. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Feb

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