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Title: Ecological Design: Creating the Green Mountain Center for Sustainable Living


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Ecological Design Creating the Green Mountain
Center for Sustainable Living
Deirdre Huzzard, Environmental Studies with a
Concentration in Science Beth A. Sanderson,
Sustainable Community Development Heather
Polhemus, Environmental Economics with a
Concentration in Global Sustainability
2
Statement of Project and Goals
  • To create a conceptual design of a center for
    sustainable living to promote environmental
    ideals within a community of students
  • To showcase methods with which groups of
    individuals can reduce their impact on the
    environment
  • To utilize ecological design principles such as
    renewable energy technologies, alternative
    building techniques, responsible waste management
    and meeting green building standards

3
Ecological Design is
  • A methodology that reorients human activity in a
    way that is compatible with natural processes
  • An alternative to conventional design that
    considers conservation, regeneration and
    stewardship
  • A holistic approach to design that promotes
    healthy ecosystems and human communities

4
  • The problems that we have created cannot be
    solved at the level of thinking that created
    them.
  • -Albert Einstein

5
Our Design
  • Renovation of South Hall
  • Emphasis on reusing and recycling materials
  • Remove unsuitable materials and replace with
    natural alternatives
  • Replace windows with double paned, gas filled,
    high glazed, low emissivity models
  • Super-insulate walls and attic

6
Our Design Continued
  • Increase passive solar qualities of the building
    and add thermal mass on south side
  • Possibly remove non load-bearing walls to change
    floor plan
  • Create communal cooking facility, dining area and
    food storage area
  • Design living quarters for 20-25 students
  • Build an addition onto the southeast side of
    house potentially utilizing alternative building
    techniques, such as straw bale or cob. The
    addition would include a small greenhouse, sun
    room, and gathering area/library

7
Energy Components
  • Grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) fixed axis
    rooftop panels and a ground-mounted tracking
    array
  • Compact fluorescent lighting
  • Solar hot water heater
  • Heat exchange ventilation system for optimum air
    quality
  • Radiant floor heat
  • Geothermal heat pump
  • Masonry stove for radiant heating and bread
    baking
  • Experimental renewable energy projects

8
Water Systems and Nutrient Cycling
  • Greywater recycling system
  • Composting toilets
  • Low-flow showerheads and sink faucets
  • Rainwater catchment system
  • Possible Living Machine
  • Outdoor composting bins for kitchen waste
  • Vermicomposting project

9
Gardens/Greenhouse
  • Landscaping with native plants
  • Medicinal herb garden for educational and
    practical purposes
  • Outdoor cold frames for season extension
  • Sun room and greenhouse for passive solar gain
    and food production
  • Construction of straw bale maintenance shed with
    living roof for garden tools

10
Student Survey Results
  • Question 1
  • Do you feel that a sustainable living center is
    appropriate to the mission of the college?
  • Question 2
  • Do you feel that a sustainable living center
    would be a positive asset to G.M.C?

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Next Steps and Challenges
  • Campus wide support
  • Funding
  • Incorporating our vision into the master plan
  • Implementing our ideas into an architectural
    rendering of the project
  • Continuous communication between student
    representatives, architects, administration and
    faculty
  • Dedication to this project in the upcoming
    semesters
  • Establishing a realistic time frame for the
    projects completion
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