How Founders will be a Green Building
With a focus on sustainability throughout the process, from design to construction to the ongoing operations of the building, a goal has been set to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the operating costs of the building, working toward a long-term objective to achieve climate neutrality.
What will be green?
- Geothermal Heat pump
- Low flow water fixtures (1.5gpm)
- Dual flush toilets 1.6/1.1 flush-o-meters
- Waterless urinals
- Energy efficient Low-E wood clad aluminum windows
- Stained concrete flooring with soy based stain
- BioBased spray foam insulation (soy based polyurethane)
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- Reduced HVAC loading
- Heating and cooling costs decreased
- Seals and insulates in one application
- Provides a draft free environment for improved indoor air quality
- Reduces airborne dust and fibers
- Reduces allergic reactions
- Reduces indoor and outdoor acoustical pollution
- R-values do not deteriorate over time
- Does not settle or compact in cavities
- Bamboo plywood reception desk (Rapidly Renewable Material)
- Operable Windows
- Cork Flooring (Rapidly Renewable Material)
- Paper Stone Reception desk tops.
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- Bio-composite surface made with 100% post consumer recycled paper
- Entry walk off mats
- Fluorescent lighting (more energy efficient)
- Carpeting
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- With Thermoplastic backing instead of PVC
- Green Label Certified
- Low VOC
- Cradle to Cradle backing
- 100% recyclable with recycled content
- Low VOC paint and stain
- Linoleum Flooring (Made from Rapidly Renewable Materials)
- Use of brick pavers to reduce runoff
- Metal Shingles to reflect the sun and not absorb the heat
- Timber Tech composite decking
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- Manufactured with reclaimed wood that would otherwise go to the landfill.
- Xelerator Hand Dryers
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- Use 80% less energy
- 95% cost savings vs. paper towels
- Composite toilet partitions
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- Rapidly Renewable Material
- Recycled content
- Low emitting materials
- Mecho Shades with EcoVeil Cloth
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- PVC Free
- Can be reclaimed and recycled
- Anti-microbial
- Durable and washable
- Cradle to Cradle (more info) shade cloth
- 10,000 Gallon Storm water Collection Tank
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- Capture storm water to help elevate the burden on the borough and reuse it for irrigation and steam line make up water.
- EcoSpace Elevator
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- Does not require an elevator machine room
- Uses no oil
- Uses less energy
- Less thermal loss
- Has a smaller motor, but provides the same speed
- Automatic temperature controls – zoned HVAC for maximum control.
- LED exit signs
- Contractor has committed to construction waste recycling program
- Building design maximizes use of natural light in interior spaces
- Fly Ash in the concrete (Recycled Content)
- Project preserves maximum amount of campus green space.
- Site lighting designed to minimize nighttime light pollution.
- Occupancy sensors on lighting to shut down when not in use.
Cradle to Cradle Traditional environmentalism perceives industry and commerce as unsustainable and proposes to reduce their impact by constricting their activities. Cradle to Cradle Design is an innovative approach to sustainability that models human industry on the integrated process of nature’s biological metabolism—its productive eco-systems— by developing an equally effective technical metabolism, in which the materials of human industry safely and productively flow. Using the C2C model, products like EcoVeilTM , are developed for closed-loop systems in which every ingredient is safe and beneficial, either to biodegrade naturally and restore the soil, or to be fully recycled into high-quality materials for subsequent generations, again and again. Utilizing biological nutrients and technical nutrients allows a company to eliminate the concept of waste and recover value, rather than creating a future solid waste problem and relinquishing material assets in the process of delivering a product to a customer.
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