Green Facts
Energy Savings
- Green roof — filters and reduces roof water run-off and lowers roof temperature to ease energy consumption.
- Sustainable building site — building orientation and surrounding landscape features maximize solar gain in winter and minimize solar load in summer.
- Natural ventilating system — smart operable windows indicate to the HVAC system to stop mechanical cooling and increase natural ventilation when opened.
- Daylight harvesting systems — automatically dim or switch off artificial lighting when sunlight through windows and skylights is available.
- Radiant floor heating/cooling system — pipes under the floors help to heat and cool the building, reducing the requirements of the air moving system.
Water Conservation
- Native plantings and natural landscaping — requires no irrigation, reduces mowing and use of chemicals.
- Gray water system — collects roof rain water run-off which is used for flushing toilets.
- Pervious paving systems — allows rain water to penetrate to reduce storm water run-off.
- Low flow aerators on lavatories and dual flush toilets reduce water consumption.
Other Enviromental Benefits
- Houses on site will be re—used (one house was sold to Habitat for Humanity).
- University Apartments will be demolished and materials recycled.
- Building materials will incorporate high recycled content.
