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1 Students and Faculty Lead Local Green Building Projects: A Sustainable Model Brian Dunbar Executive Director, Institute for the Built Environment Professor, Department of Construction Management Colorado State University

2 Introduction Presenter Brian Dunbar, M.Arch., LEED AP Director of Institute for the Built Environment (IBE) Professor, Dept. of Construction Management IBE and service-learning contracts Student and faculty roles on actual Green Building/LEED projects IBE coordinated LEED projects Outcomes Student careers Faculty research/service Challenges, Ideas & Advice Students & Faculty Lead Local Green Building Projects Colorado State University

3 Institute for the Built Environment Mission: Fostering Sustainability of built and natural environments through interdisciplinary, research-based educational forums Faculty, Students, and off-campus professionals in architecture, construction, engineering, interior design, business, etc. Graduate programs in Sustainable Building, Sustainable Enterprise, Energy, L. Arch, etc. Research, Service-Learning Projects, Outreach Education (for students/professionals) Students & Faculty Lead Local Green Building Projects - Colorado State University

4 Foundations of Sustainability Institute for the Built Environment Basis of green teaching Students & Faculty Lead Local Green Building Projects - Colorado State University

5 Institute for the Built Environment Service-Learning Contracted Projects IBE invited to perform Green Building Research, LEED Coordination, Charrette Facilitation IBE contracts with project owners or architecture firms for defined Scope Contract states Guided Academic Experience and competitive hourly rates Projects include new and remodeled schools, campus buildings, offices, visitor centers, etc Occasionally a project originates in a class Students & Faculty Lead Local Green Building Projects - Colorado State University

6 Student & Staff Roles in Green Projects Project team education, Sustainable design charrettes, Green strategy and material research, LEED coordination, USGBC communication Students & Faculty Lead Local Green Building Projects - Colorado State University

7 IBE Projects partial listing Charrettes Squaw Valley Chapel, City of Fort Collins Transit Center, US Forest Service/IWC, Poudre Fire Station, U of Wyoming Visual Arts, Denver Green School, Thompson Schools IBE Service Learning Schools - Fossil Ridge, Zach and Bethke Elementaries, Alamosa Schools, Weldon Valley CO Schools Campus Buildings CSU Transit Center, School of Business, U of Wyoming Visual Arts + Natural Resources Office Buildings - Sundance Medical, Seven Generations, Burr Oak Sustainability Management Plans - New Belgium Brewing, Centerra, City of Fort Collins, RB+B Architects Cheyenne Botanic Gardens Children s Discovery Center LEED Projects Students & Faculty Lead Local Green Building Projects - Colorado State University

8 Outcomes Great Green Jobs! Grant French - Swinerton, San Fran Katherine Pettit Bank of America, NC John Mlade - Perkins & Will, Atlanta Annie Lilyblade, Erik Bergstrom - Neenan Derek Esposito - Natural Building Specialist Josie Plaut, April Wackerman CSU Ben Stanley - YRG Sustainability Consultants Dana Villeneuve Architectural Energy Corp. Stephanie Hodgin Rocky Mountain Institute

9 Fossil Ridge High School Fort Collins, CO LEED v2.1 SILVER 2005 Certification Completion Date: August 2004 Cost: $38,500,000 ($135.37/SF, bldg + site) Size: 288,685 SF Annual Utilities Savings: $110,000+ /yr Building a LEED certified school is the right thing to do, the right thing to teach kids, and the right message to send to the community. And it doesn t cost more. Michael Spearnak Poudre School District

10 Materials and Resources Fossil Ridge High School Fort Collins, CO Over 50% of project materials manufactured regionally 17% of project materials comprised of recycled content 70% of construction waste diverted from landfills Gymnasium floor wood from a Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified sustainable forest

11 Innovations/Lessons Learned Fossil Ridge High School Fort Collins, CO Owner: Poudre School District Design Team: Architect: RB+B Architects General Contractor: Haselden Construction Daylighting Consultant: Rocky Mtn. Institute LEED Consultant: Inst. for the Built Envir mt Landscape Arch: BHA Design Commissioning: Architectural Energy Corp. Energy Modeling: EMC Engineers All photography RB+B Architects, Inc CSU Students involved: Josie Plaut, John Mlade, Katherine Pettit, Grant French, Elizabeth Heldman, Clare L Eesperance For more information on Green Building and LEED: USGBC - Colorado Chapter Case Study by Kristi Barnes, Dan Hady & Brian Dunbar CSU Institute for the Built Environment

12 Guggenheim Hall - CSU From orange to green. ACTION: IBE conducted survey, research, charrette Dept. Chair raised funds from industry Students encouraged manufacturers to donate products to a teaching classroom Interior Design, Construction Mngmt, Engineering students coordinated and submitted LEED documentation w/ IBE staff assistance Students & Faculty Lead Local Green Building Projects - Colorado State University

13 Guggenheim Hall CSU Green Classrooms that Teach There is a hidden curriculum in the walls of our academic buildings David Orr, Oberlin *First university building in nation to achieve LEED-CI certification Students & Faculty Lead Local Green Building Projects - Colorado State University

14 First LEED for Schools certified project in nation Whether it's the quality of the air, the natural lighting or the connectivity of it all, this is a healthier environment for students and teachers. Ann Alfonso, Bethke principal Bethke Elementary Timnath, CO Owner: Poudre School District School Capacity: 525 students Completion Date: August 2008 Cost: $151/sq ft Size: 63,000 sq ft 3 Globes, GBI Energy Star School

15 Materials & Resources Recycled content materials throughout Rapidly renewable materials are attractive and educational Over 75% of construction waste diverted from landfill Low VOC carpets, paints, and adhesives throughout Bethke Elementary Timnath, CO Lobby Truth Wall

16 Outcomes: Graduate Theses PAST CURRENT Preserving Historic School Buildings: Sustainable Renovations Bio-Inspired Building: Framework for Applying Biomimicry in Building Designing and Implementing a Template for University Green Classrooms A Case Study of City Green building Legislation Boulder, CO Construction Material Embodied Energy and Cost Investigating the Relationship of Charrettes and LEED Certified Buildings Barriers to Certification for Registered LEED Buildings Incorporating Green Roofs into New Belgium Brewery A Business Model for Passive and Active Solar Design Culturally Appropriate Housing at Pine Ridge Reservation Models of Municipal Green Building programs A study of LEED costs and benefits for a banking organization Green Steel The industry, the process, the product Greening Schools and Behavior through an Operational Charrette Living Built Environments: The Next Generation of Green Buildings Living Environments in Natural, Social, and Economic Systems Projects with IBE Service-Learning project contracts and student research Teaching Sustainable Design Across the Curriculum - Colorado State University

17 Conventional Sustainable Regenerative Today s Green Living Buildings

18 * This tool and its graphics are still under development. Please contact Brian Dunbar for permission to use: LENSES Living Environments in Natural Social & Economic Systems

19 Children s Village at Cheyenne Botanic Gardens Project began in grad class IBE contracted for stakeholder charrette + LEED coordination Students performed: Green Building research Charrette assistance + report LEED coordination USGBC communication Press Release creation

20 Children s Village at Cheyenne Botanic Gardens

21 Challenges, Ideas & Advice Faculty-Staff Knowledge Tie to Research and Education No Unfair Competition Work with campus legal counsel to create contract template Graduate students + advanced undergrads and they must understand their crucial role Revenue can pay university overhead + Projects Director salary who oversees contracts and students Students & Faculty Lead Local Green Building Projects - Colorado State University

22 Contact Information: Brian Dunbar, Exec. Director Josie Plaut, Dir. Of Projects April Wackerman, Projects Mngr April.wackerman.colostate.edu Institute for the Built Environment College of Applied Human Sciences Spruce Hall Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado

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