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The Living Learning Center at Tyson Research Center and the Impact on a Campus

The Living Learning Center at Tyson Research Center and the Impact on a Campus. Deborah Singer Howard, SUNY Director of Sustainability. Washington University’s Tyson Research Center.

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The Living Learning Center at Tyson Research Center and the Impact on a Campus

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  1. The Living Learning Center at Tyson Research Center and the Impact on a Campus Deborah Singer Howard, SUNY Director of Sustainability

  2. Washington University’s Tyson Research Center A 2,000 acre outdoor laboratory, Tyson provides a living landscape for environmental research, education, and outreach.

  3. LIVING BUILDING Sustainable Building Certification Programs LEED CERTIFIED LEED SILVER LEED GOLD LEED PLATINUM

  4. The Living Building Challenge: Sustainable Performance Site Beauty & Inspiration Indoor Quality Materials Water Energy

  5. Rainwater collection

  6. Rainwater collection

  7. The clean, odorless, user-friendly, almost waterless secret:

  8. Net Zero Energy

  9. Sizing the photovoltaic system • Target: Production ≥ consumption over a 12-month period • Estimate building demand, match with estimated solar production • Building performance, roof aspect, building orientation, shading, panel efficiency, user behavior…

  10. Net Metering to “store” energy Temporary deficit: Import from grid Production surplus: Export to grid

  11. Annual Net Zero Energy Purchase electricity Sell back surplus

  12. Winter 2009-2010: Time for some adjustments • HVAC, energy, and building envelope audits • Infiltration • Windows, doors • Insulation • HVAC design and performance • Design features with performance trade-offs

  13. Addition of 2.82 kW of tracking panels

  14. Buildings can be restorative

  15. Buildings can be restorative

  16. Red cedar siding from habitat restoration

  17. Salvaged logs Black walnut White ash Shagbark hickory Red oak White oak

  18. Certification as a Living Building (2010)

  19. Come for the green building……stay for the field station • New courses making use of Tyson: • Sustainable Textiles • Decoding Sustainability • Graduate Core Architecture Studio: Climate Responsive Building Strategies • Lightweight Prototypes • Landscape Architecture • Energy Alternatives • Sustainable Design • Freshman Seminar: “The Tyson Seminar” • Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics

  20. New research interest NSF-funded project focusing on water quality in non-traditional drinking water systems (VA Tech) NSF proposal: Location-based sensing and controls of building HVAC systems (WUSTL) Undergraduate thesis on relative performance of ground-source vs air-source HVAC systems (WUSTL)

  21. Since Spring 2009: • 10-fold increase in university class visits and associated user-days • Previously dominated by natural science users • Now draw users from art; architecture; mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering; general studies seminars; mathematics; performing arts • Tyson’s profile with WU admin has increased in proportion to these new users

  22. Before and After

  23. Before and After

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