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The Living Learning Center at Tyson Research Center and the Impact on a Campus Deborah Singer Howard, SUNY Director of Sustainability
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A 2,000 acre outdoor laboratory, Tyson provides a living landscape for environmental research, education, and outreach. Washington University’s Tyson Research Center
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Sustainable Building Certification Programs LIVING BUILDING LEED CERTIFIED LEED SILVER LEED GOLD LEED PLATINUM
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The Living Building Challenge: Sustainable Performance Site Materials Water Energy Indoor Quality Beauty & Inspiration
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Rainwater collection
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The clean, odorless, user-friendly, almost waterless secret:
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Net Zero Energy
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Sizing the photovoltaic system Estimate building demand, match with estimated solar production – Building performance, roof aspect, building orientation, shading, panel efficiency, user behavior… Target: Production ≥ consumption over a 12- month period
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Net Metering to “store” energy Production surplus: Export to grid Temporary deficit: Import from grid
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Annual Net Zero Energy Purchase electricity Sell back surplus
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HVAC, energy, and building envelope audits – Infiltration – Windows, doors – Insulation – HVAC design and performance – Design features with performance trade-offs Winter 2009-2010: Time for some adjustments
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Addition of 2.82 kW of tracking panels
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Buildings can be restorative
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Red cedar siding from habitat restoration
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Salvaged logs – Black walnut – White ash – Shagbark hickory – Red oak – White oak
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Certification as a Living Building (2010)
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New courses making use of Tyson: – Sustainable Textiles – Decoding Sustainability – Graduate Core Architecture Studio: Climate Responsive Building Strategies – Lightweight Prototypes – Landscape Architecture – Energy Alternatives – Sustainable Design – Freshman Seminar: “The Tyson Seminar” – Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics Come for the green building… …stay for the field station
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New research interest NSF-funded project focusing on water quality in non-traditional drinking water systems (VA Tech) NSF proposal: Location-based sensing and controls of building HVAC systems (WUSTL) Undergraduate thesis on relative performance of ground-source vs air-source HVAC systems (WUSTL)
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Since Spring 2009: 10-fold increase in university class visits and associated user-days Previously dominated by natural science users Now draw users from art; architecture; mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering; general studies seminars; mathematics; performing arts Tyson’s profile with WU admin has increased in proportion to these new users
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Before and After
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