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The Green Dorm: A Sustainable Residence and Living Laboratory for Stanford University

EPA Grant Number: SU832510
Title: The Green Dorm: A Sustainable Residence and Living Laboratory for Stanford University
Investigators: Fischer, Martin , Masters, Gil
Institution: Stanford University
EPA Project Officer: Nolt-Helms, Cynthia
Project Period: September 30, 2005 through May 30, 2006
Project Amount: $10,000
RFA: P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity, and the Planet (2005)
Research Category: Pollution Prevention/Sustainable Development

Description:

A great challenge to sustainability in the built environment is an absence of common knowledge about the true, life-cycle costs of building and operating systems to meet basic human needs. The Green Dorm Project at Stanford University explores sustainable building technologies and sustainable living habits through the design, construction and operation of an innovative facility containing residential, laboratory and commons space. Both the design process and resulting physical spaces will model accessible systems that engage participants and make apparent the connections between use patterns and resource cycles. The project will create networks of information and resources, the structure and content of which will be a tool for other sustainable development projects both locally and globally.

Central to the Green Dorm is an accurate building systems metering network that will feed a central database, rendering our "living laboratory" an ideal testing facility for innovative building system designs. Project participants will document system function to educate building and web users and to develop performance-based code compliance. We hope documentation of our methods will influence future codes and design guidelines, thus extending the influence of our project by sharing pathways for enhancing sustainability.

Concurrent with a professional feasibility study, the P3 grant will provide funds to purchase building system components, metering equipment, and a computer to act as a server for a comprehensive information management system. Site and resource system inquiry, metering prototyping, and information management will be explored through coursework, directed research and student internships with Stanford staff and design professionals.

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green design, adaptability, ecological planning, permaculture, biophyllic, building performance, components, high-performance materials, water filtration, fuel cells, photovoltaic, membrane bio-reactors, sensors, feedback, post occupancy evaluation, passive solar, orientation, thermal mass, lifecycle, ecological footprint, organic, locally sourced materials, design process, , INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, Sustainable Industry/Business, Scientific Discipline, RFA, POLLUTION PREVENTION, Technology for Sustainable Environment, Sustainable Environment, Social Science, Energy, Environmental Engineering, energy conservation, pollution prevention design, environmental conscious construction, cleaner production, green building design, socio-technical feedback, engineering, ecological design, alternative building technology, performance based code compliance, alternative materials, living laboratory, monitoring resource use, energy efficiency, environmentally conscious design

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