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Virtual Pro Green Building Tour: Campus Built for Living Building Challenge Certification, January 29, 12:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
Event Description
Join NESEA for the first virtual Pro Tour of 2021, hosted by Kaplan Thompson Architects and featuring a recently completed non-profit campus built for Living Building Challenge certification. The project team will be sharing the key strategies used in pursuit of the certification, including materials selection, mechanical systems, and the design and construction approach.
About the Event
Through a mix of presentation and small group breakout rooms, we’re using a format that preserves the interactive, behind-the-scenes vibe that has made NESEA’s Pro Tours so popular.
Unlike a traditional webinar, attendees will come with their mics and cameras on: as a participant in this event, you’ll be able to see and hear other attendees, ask content experts questions directly, and meet new people in the NESEA community
About the Project
This Pro Tour will showcase the recently-constructed campus of the Ecology School, a non-profit organization that needed its new headquarters to reflect its environmental mission. Located in Southern Maine, the campus was designed for Living Building Challenge certification. It needed to meet rigorous standards while providing a comfortable, resilient, and safe learning home for the non-profits programs. Among other features, the PV array is anticipated to generate 105% of campus energy demand, and the enclosures include R-35 walls, R-50 roofs, an insulated R-20 slab and triple-glazed windows and doors.
A major innovation will be the all-electric commercial kitchen designed to serve 200 people in one sitting. This will be achieved by using the most advanced energy efficient equipment available, including convection surfaces and ovens to reduce energy consumption and the need for large, inefficient fume hoods; food stored in super-insulated coolers and freezers powered by advanced, non-ozone depleting refrigerants, and other strategies. Right-sizing mechanical equipment throughout the project was another major strategy used in pursuit of the certification.
The project was honored with the Maine Environmental Education Association 2018 Ally of the Year award.
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