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

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

3. 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

4. Overall Layout
Fig. 2. community layout

5. Housing Layout
Fig. 3 Apartment layout

6. 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

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

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

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

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

11. References Works Cited
"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
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"Solar Water Filtration." Solar Water Filtration. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Feb

12. Questions?