Regina Leffers, Ph.D., Director of the Center for the Built Environment

Sustainable Construction & Renewable Energy Lab

Collaboration

= sustainability in people and projects

Is bringing together a group of people having diverse

experiences and backgrounds to

resolve a common objective.

Sustainable construction & Renewable Energy Lab

Site: Arial

The Property

Use active chilled beams in lieu of traditional systems to reduceFan energy in the building.

Use the minimum amount of energy to heat, cool, and ventilatethe facility.

Reuse energy that has been purchased in the building whenever possible.

Energy recovery wheels on exhaust air from building to precondition incoming ventilation air.

Extract heat from the IT server room and use it to heat other areas of the building with heat pumps.

Sustainable Construction and Renewable Energy BuildingProgram Elements

EDUCATIONDevelop curriculum to meet market demands

TECHNOLOGYBring cutting edge products for evaluation in real time testing

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENTProvide an environment to improve or develop new products

TRAINING/JOB CREATIONProvide students with training in renewable energy systems.