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Hunter Briegel, Michael Rutas, Michael Shemanske

This document proposes sustainability initiatives in the categories of transportation, waste and recycling, energy, and building design for a school. In transportation, it suggests increasing bike usage and public transit awareness. For waste and recycling, it discusses implementing composting and installing waterless urinals and dual flush toilets to reduce water usage. Regarding energy, it recommends producing biogas from organic waste, using efficient lighting like T5 bulbs, and implementing a geothermal energy system. For building design, it proposes improving insulation, installing double pane windows, and using southern facing windows.

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280 views16 pages

Hunter Briegel, Michael Rutas, Michael Shemanske

This document proposes sustainability initiatives in the categories of transportation, waste and recycling, energy, and building design for a school. In transportation, it suggests increasing bike usage and public transit awareness. For waste and recycling, it discusses implementing composting and installing waterless urinals and dual flush toilets to reduce water usage. Regarding energy, it recommends producing biogas from organic waste, using efficient lighting like T5 bulbs, and implementing a geothermal energy system. For building design, it proposes improving insulation, installing double pane windows, and using southern facing windows.

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Hunter Briegel, Michael Rutas, Michael Shemanske

Categories:

•Transportation
•Increase bicycle usage
•Greater public transit awareness
•Waste and Recycling
•Compost
•Waterless Urinals and toilets
•Energy
•Biogas
•Natural, efficient lighting
•Geothermal energy
•Building Design
•Windows and doors
•Insulation

For more info refer to packet or compost.clamwave.com


•Composting reduces waste and gives back
to the environment.
•Turns waste into nutrient rich soil
•Specific waste bins can be put in café
•Students see their recycling effort
•Recycles natural resources
•Cuts down waste removal costs
•Educational benefits
•Reduces waste
•Provides good soil high in nutrients that can
be used in landscaping, and throughout the
high school and district.

For more info refer to packet or compost.clamwave.com


ZeroFlush Waterless Urinal
•No flushing mechanism. No water
expenses(saves 40,000 gallons per year)
•Maintenance benefits
•Odor free
•Less expensive to purchase than conventional
urnal
Caroma "Dual Flush“
•capable of saving up to 68% of your toilets
previous annual water usage
•4-inch trap (almost double the size of most
conventional toilets) virtually eliminates blockages
•Easy cleaning

More information available at www.greenbuildingsupply.com


•architects use rigid foam insulation
•Consider using insulation in foundation
•Slag wool and fiberglass insulation are also
energy efficient options
•Slag wool comes from recycled materials
•is energy efficient; no health hazard
•costs $2-4 for an inch thick of square foot
and can be reused
• Fiberglass is simply small fibers of glass from
melted sand or recycled glass woven together
•saves 42% more energy than in buildings with
no insulation at all
•costs $1-2 per inch thick of square footing and
is also reusable
•fiberglass has a lower overall air quality
compared to slag wool
•Use double pane, plastic frame, argon filled
windows
•Arcon will be building all new exits with
airlocks
•Emphasize southern facing windows
•Insulate inner window frames
•Emphasize energy star windows
Steel divider Filled with argon for
keeps window most efficiency
panes at
optimal
distance apart

Double pane
glass
windows

Plastic frame hiding


insulation
•Created through breakdown of organic matter
•Biogas 60% methane, 40% C02
•Sewage and food waste routed into “digester”
•Produces energy, while reducing waste
•Used widely in 3rd world countries, such as India
•Biogas is a renewable fuel source
•Reduces pollution and greenhouse gases
•Can be used as a cooking fuel source and or for
electricity generation
•Produces little odor
•Each cubic meter (m3) of biogas can be
converted into 2kWh of usable electricity
•Produces good fertilizer
•Re-uses waste water
•A biogas & wastewater reclamation system would provide fertilizer and
water for sports fields, landscaping
•Reused non drinking water has many usages, such as being used in
toilets
•Waste of 500 people is required for most systems to operate effectively
•Average payback time on a biogas system is 7 years, but costs vary
(Electrigaz)

Example Projects:
•A 1200 student school in Ecuador constructed a biogas and
Wastewater Reclamation system for $24,000, environmental standards
differ
•The school reduced its use of butane gas for cooking by 60%
•“Hybrid” lighting system
•T-5 highly efficient in lumens per watt
•Natural lighting increases test scores by 25%
•Modern natural lighting fixtures don’t leak out air
•Natural light reduces the effects of SAD
(seasonal affective disorder)
•Efficiency balances the extra cost of
T-5(approximately 20% greater).

Lighting Type Lamp Power Temperature (°C) Light Output Efficiency (lm/W)
(W) (lm)

T-5 28 35 2,900 104


T-5 High 54 35 5,000 93
Output
T-8 32 35 2,714 85

For more info refer to packet or compost.clamwave.com


•Taps into energy stored in the ground
•Does not burn fuel
•Saves 30-60% over conventional heating
and cooling systems
•600% efficiency on cold winter days
•No fossil fuel is burned, resulting in no
carbon dioxide emissions
•Little maintenance required, systems last 2
times longer than conventional heating and
cooling
•Payback in little time

For more info refer to packet or compost.clamwave.com


Transportation
Improvements For Batavia
•Awareness Bikes vs. Cars
•Safer environment for •Bikes save people
bikers •Bikes Reduce smog
•Improved and more bike •Bikes save energy
racks/shelters

The Pace Bus


•Route 802 (Aurora- St. Charles)
•Route 801 (Geneva)
•Dial a ride (1-630-892-1999)

•Promote a possible bike to


school day.

For more information, visit bicycleuniverse.info/transpo/almanac.html


Transportation Survey

•39.3% of respondents
said a shelter for their
bikes would encourage
them to ride to school •The average rating out of
10 (1being the lowest) for
the satisfaction of the
amount of bike storage was
5.5.
•Ad Campaign
•Flick or Click Off advertising
•Reminders around light switches
•Turn off lights and computers over summer
•Only use heating/cooling systems in
commonly used rooms
Hunter Briegel, Michael Rutas, Michael Shemanske

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