| Green
Technology At Lake Side Center |
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| What
Makes Shuster Hall Green? |
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When
Juniata College decided to build and environmental campus
at the Raystown Field Station, it seemed natural to develop
an environmentally friendly one. Shuster Hall, the dining
and classroom facility which saw completion during the Summer
of 2003, is the first building of the new green campus.
Green building design reduces the environmental impacts
of a building on its surroundings based on five major categories:
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Sustainable Sites (13 pts.)
* Indoor Air Quality (15 pts.)
* Energy and Atmosphere (17 pts.)
* Materials and Resources (13 pts.)
* Water Efficiency (5 pts.)
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Leadership
in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) ensures that buildings
are indeed green based on a point collection system. Each
category contains specific points, some that must be met and
others that are suggested. LEED certification status then
depends on the number of points a building achieves. There
are currently four LEED categories: |
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LEED certified (26-32 pts.)
* Silver (33-38 pts.)
* Gold (39-51 pts.)
* Platinum (52-69 pts.) |
Shuster
Hall is LEED certified and one of the first 'Green' classrooms
in Pennsylvania.
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| Water
Efficiency |
Source
of water: |
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Bathrooms: |
- Composting
Toilets
- Provides
future composting material
- Aerobic
system, therefore no smell
- Only
enough water is used to keep the system working
- Waterless
Urinals
- Only
'gray' water comes out of Shuster Hall, which does
not need to be treated as much as 'brown' water
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| Mechanical
Room |
- Chemical Free water treatment system
- Filters to remove ions
- UV light screening to remove bacteria
- Water tanks to suppost Shuster Hall and 1 dorm
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| Indoor
Air Quality |
| The
Lounge and Dining Area |
- Low volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
- Paints, adhesives and carpeting
- Air Quality Control
- CO2 detectors - let
us know when to open the windows if many people are
in the building
- Ceiling fans and rooftop windows instead of air conditioning
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| Classroom/Labspace |
- Low VOCs
- Air Quality Control - CO2 detectors
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| Site
Sustainability |
- For
every foot disturbed, one was preserved
- Site
was not disturbed greater than 30 yards from building footprint
- This
allows for a thick vegetation buffer between the buildings
and the Lake
- Reduces
light and noise pollution
- Allows
the campus to be discrete and secure - boaters come
to see the lake not the campus
- Construction
waste was recycled or used to create trails around the station
- Disturbed
areas were planted with native vegetation - White Pine,
Hemlock, Dogwood, and Blueberries
- Erosion
control
- Nets
on ground
- Hay
bails along roads to slow stormwater flow
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| Energy
& Atmosphere |
The
Lounge and Dining Area |
- The
building is oriented north/south facing
- South
Face has low eaves to block out hot sun
- North
Face is almost all windows to allow for natural lighting
and heating
- All
windows filled with inert gas for insulation and are
triple glazed to reflect infrared light
- Juniata
purchased wind shares from Southwest PA to compensate for
energy use
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| Roof |
- 8 inches thick with styrofoam insulation to reduce energy
loss during winter
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| Kitchen |
- Floor
to ceiling windows for natural lighting
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| Mechanical
Room |
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Pulse
Boiler
- Explodes
ethylene glycol which heats the entire building
- Ethylene
glycol is food grade, so no need to worry about
spills
- Runs
at about 97% efficiency while a typical boiler runs
between 40 - 60% efficiency
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| Materials
& Resources |
| The
Lounge and Dining Area |
- Recycled
Material -
35% of all materials contain at least 20% post consumer
waste
- Newspapers
(coated with flame retardant) insulates the walls
- Fabric
on couches and in carpeting
- Tables
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- Compressed
corn stalk for coffee tables
- Compressed
wheat for other
- Paints
- Steel
- Gypsom
wall boards
- Ceramic
Tiling
- Salvaged
Material - 5% of all materials were
salvaged
- Fireplace
stone is from an Old Mill house that was on Route
22
- Local
Material - 36% of materials were manufactured within a
500 mile radius
- Fireplace
stone
- Maple
floors - from Somerset County, PA
- Paints
and concrete
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| Kitchen |
- Recycled
Material - Ceramic Tiles for flooring
- Local
Material - Cabinents are made of the same maple from Somerset
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| Deck |
- Recycled
Materials
- Decking
is Trex - recycled plastic
- Local
Materials
- Siding
is made of cypress
- Has
natural sealants which hold for 7-8 years which
eliminates need for conservative products (no VOCs)
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- Yellow
color changes to gray over time
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| Bathrooms |
- Recycled Materials - ceramic flooring, gypsom wall boards,
steel, and plastics
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| Classroom/Labspace |
- Recycled Materials
- Ash fly concrete
- Tables and chairs made with recycled materials, just
like in the lounge
- Salvaged Materials
- Cabinetry was taken from old BSC Chemistry Wing
- Tables from Good Hall
- Projector Screen
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