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Ecological Design and Campus Planning
Liz Davey and Betsy Franke
February 2000
Attending a University in Louisiana
University of the Automobile
Ecological Design
•Solutions grow from place
•Eco. accounting informs design
•Design with nature
•Everyone is a designer
Ecological Design • Spring 99H. Jini Koh (Newcomb ’01)Peter J. O'Farrell (Tulane ’00)J. Stuart Carlton (Tulane ’01)Danielle M. McCarthy (Architecture ’00)Seth L. Willey (Tulane ’00 and SPHTM ’01)Naomi Worth (Newcomb ’02)William H. Schleizer (Tulane ’00)Brian D. Fink (Tulane ’99)Jessica L. Lunsford (Newcomb ’99 and SPHTM ’00)Dan Y. Au (Tulane ’01) Rachel Moss (Newcomb ‘00)Aaron S. Allen (Tulane ’99)Dr. Charles C. Reith
Enviro Fact
Average Swede’s annual CO2 production:1.5 tons and falling
Average American’s annual C02 production:5 tons and rising
Improving environmental quality
improves the quality of life.
Campus Landscaping
• Distinctive image
• Historical
• Educational
• Environmental
Landscaping with Louisiana species
Protecting Lake Pontchartrain
• Preserve greenspace
• Choose permeable landscaping and materials wherever possible
• Natural or “living” filtration and treatment systems for runoff from parking and roadways
Circulation• Reduce the presence of
cars on campus
• Provide safe pedestrian
pathways
• Improve circulation
for bicycles
and electric carts
Reduce car trips to campus
• Cars disrupt quality of quads and social contact on campus
• Building and maintaining parking is expensive
• Driving a major source of global warming gases, common and toxic air and water pollution
Creating more transportation choices
• Provide adequate bicycle racks
• Clear signage and schedule information for
campus transit and RTA
• Ride-share incentives and assistance
• Subsidized or free RTA passes
Cornell Transportation Demand Management
• Cornell has 9,000 faculty and staff
• 37% participate in ride share or bus pass
programs
• In program’s first year, demand for parking
permits dropped by 2,500
• Huge financial and environmental savings
Building Construction and Renovation
Florida Solar Energy Center University of Central Florida
Bicentennial Hall Middlebury College
AJ Lewis Center for Environmental Studies Oberlin College
Use ecological design and the planning process to achieve an indoor environment that is as comfortable and distinctive as Tulane’s outdoor environment
Lit by the sun
Connected to the outdoor environment
• Distinctively New Orleans in cooling and ventilation
• Operable windows, high ceilings, ceiling fans• Shaded and/or covered exterior spaces• Hallways and staircases on building exterior
Clever investments in efficiency
• Adopt resource efficient systems and appliances with a payback period of less than 5 years
• High efficiency motors, appliances, lighting, water fixtures
• Smart use of motion and daylight sensors• Scale hvac to complement greater
efficiency
Anticipate better environmental practices
• Provide space for expanded recycling in copyrooms, dining areas, loading docks and entryways
• Design to accommodate future energy retrofits (e.g. wiring and roof for solar)
Protect local environmental quality
• Maximize indoor air quality
• Plan and conduct construction to have minimum environmental impact (protect trees, minimize soil and sediment runoff)
Thoughtful of where materials come from, where they will go
• Developing a palette of materials that are sustainably produced and recyclable
•“No Ugliness Anywhere”
Strive for high ratings
• U.S. Green Building Council’s Green Building “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design” (LEED) Rating System
• EPA/DOE Energy Star Program
Demand exemplary environmental performance
from designers and contractors
• Include ecological design in selection criteria
• Require that contractors follow basic environmental practices: recycle, protect trees, minimize soil disturbance and runoff.
Sample selection criteria
The firm should demonstrate experience with energy efficiency, and experience with design, materials and systems that minimize the environmental impacts of a building’s design, construction and use.
Hard-wire student participation
• Involve students as researchers and decision makers
• Elected or appointed student representatives on all committees
• Dedicated, regularly listed courses• Student positions: paid, internship,
postgraduate
Ecological Design • Spring 99H. Jini Koh (Newcomb ’01)Peter J. O'Farrell (Tulane ’00)J. Stuart Carlton (Tulane ’01)Danielle M. McCarthy (Architecture ’00)Seth L. Willey (Tulane ’00 and SPHTM ’01)Naomi Worth (Newcomb ’02)William H. Schleizer (Tulane ’00)Brian D. Fink (Tulane ’99)Jessica L. Lunsford (Newcomb ’99 and SPHTM ’00)Dan Y. Au (Tulane ’01) Rachel Moss (Newcomb ‘00)Aaron S. Allen (Tulane ’99)Dr. Charles C. Reith
www.tulane.edu/~greenclb/enst481