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Ecological Design and Campus Planning

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.

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Ecological Design and Campus Planning

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  1. Ecological Design and Campus Planning Liz Davey and Betsy Franke February 2000

  2. Attending a University in Louisiana

  3. University of the Automobile

  4. Ecological Design •Solutions grow from place •Eco. accounting informs design •Design with nature •Everyone is a designer

  5. Ecological Design • Spring 99 H. 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

  6. Enviro Fact Average Swede’s annual CO2 production: 1.5 tons and falling Average American’s annual C02 production: 5 tons and rising

  7. Improving environmental quality improves the quality of life.

  8. Campus Landscaping

  9. Landscaping with Louisiana species • Distinctive image • Historical • Educational • Environmental

  10. 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

  11. Circulation • Reduce the presence of cars on campus • Provide safe pedestrian pathways • Improve circulation for bicycles and electric carts

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. Building Construction and Renovation

  16. Florida Solar Energy Center University of Central Florida

  17. Bicentennial Hall Middlebury College

  18. AJ Lewis Center for Environmental Studies Oberlin College

  19. Use ecological design and the planning process to achieve an indoor environment that is as comfortable and distinctive as Tulane’s outdoor environment

  20. Lit by the sun

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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)

  24. Protect local environmental quality • Maximize indoor air quality • Plan and conduct construction to have minimum environmental impact (protect trees, minimize soil and sediment runoff)

  25. Thoughtful of where materials come from, where they will go • Developing a palette of materials that are sustainably produced and recyclable •“No Ugliness Anywhere”

  26. 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

  27. Demand exemplary environmental performancefrom designers and contractors • Include ecological design in selection criteria • Require that contractors follow basic environmental practices: recycle, protect trees, minimize soil disturbance and runoff.

  28. 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.

  29. 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

  30. Ecological Design • Spring 99 H. 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

  31. www.tulane.edu/~greenclb/enst481

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