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Regina Leffers, Ph.D., Director of the Center for the Built Environment. Sustainable Construction & Renewable Energy Lab. Collaboration = sustainability in people and projects Is bringing together a group of people having diverse experiences and backgrounds to resolve a common objective.
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Regina Leffers, Ph.D., Director of the Center for the Built Environment Sustainable Construction & Renewable Energy Lab
Collaboration = sustainability in people and projects Is bringing together a group of people having diverse experiences and backgrounds to resolve a common objective. Sustainable construction & Renewable Energy Lab
Use the minimum amount of energy to heat, cool, and ventilate • the facility. Use active chilled beams in lieu of traditional systems to reduce Fan energy in the building. • Reuse energy that has been purchased in the building whenever possible. • Energy recovery wheels on exhaust air from building to precondition incoming • ventilation air. • Extract heat from the IT server room and use it to heat other areas of the building • with heat pumps.
Sustainable Construction and Renewable Energy Building Program Elements • EDUCATION • Develop curriculum to meet market demands • TECHNOLOGY • Bring cutting edge products for evaluation in real time testing • RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT • Provide an environment to improve or develop new products • TRAINING/JOB CREATION • Provide students with training in renewable energy systems.