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Sustainability Features
With design not beginning until late 2007, we cannot yet be specific about sustainability (green construction) features. The design team will carefully evaluate many alternatives for efficiency, function, and cost, including:
Sitework
- Concrete from the CYA building demolition will be crushed into gravel and re-used under new roads and slabs.
- Bio-swales will filter and return most rainfall directly to the ground. This can replace much of a piped drainage system, saving money and keeping the groundwater table higher.
- Pervious concrete may be used as another means of lessening the need for piped storm drains.
- Trees will greatly enhance atmospheric CO2 absorption and provide shade.
- There may be a recycling center for cans, bottles, paper, and organic waste.
- Community gardens will lessen residents’ dependence on food transported long distances.
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Buildings
- Distributed power generation (photovoltaic, co-generation, tri-generation, fuel cells)
- Solar outdoor light fixtures
- Compact fluorescent light fixtures
- LED light fixtures
- Passive ventilation
- Trombe walls
- Thermal chimneys
- Indirect evaporative coolers
- Water-cooled air conditioning units
- Solar air conditioning
- Use of waste heat from power generation
- Solar hot water – potable
- Solar hot water – heating
- Tightly sealed ductwork
- Structural concrete insulated panels (SCIP)
- Structural (non-concrete) insulated panels (SIP)
- Insulating concrete forms (ICF)
- Metal framing
- Conventional wood framing
- Cool roofs
- Green roofs (with live plants)
- Thicker insulation
- High-mass walls
- Recycled insulation
- Insulating foam sealants
- Low-emissivity glass
- Triple glazing
- Glazing tints & coatings
- Outdoor sun shades
- Interior shades & blinds
- Bamboo wood floors
- Concrete countertops
- Low-VOC paints
- Natural carpet & pad
- Recycled paint, formica, wood, etc.
- Sustainably harvested wood products
- Sustainably manufactured products
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