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Building 510 Acura Design Studio will be a USGBC LEED Certified building. Some of its green features include: |
- Energy Star highly reflective roof, reduces heat gain in building
- Dual paned low emissivity glass, reduces solar heat gain
- Recycled flyash in the concrete footings (25%) and slab (15%)
- High recycled content structural steel, ranging from 25% to 90%
- Low-flow toilets and urinals, infra-red faucet sensors, reduce water usage
- Room dedicated to collection and sorting of recyclables
- Construction waste – over 89% diverted from the landfill
- Reclaimed water from Hyperion Sewage Treatment Plant treated and brought to building 510 to flush toilets and irrigate landscaping
- Energy efficient light fixtures generate less heat, require less cooling
- Motion sensors in conference rooms turn off lights automatically when there has been no activity for several minutes
- Many adhesives, sealants, carpet, specified for their low emissions. Low VOC (volatile organic compound) paint for better indoor air quality
- Materials and building components specified not just for their recycled content, but also for their proximity to the jobsite, to reduce amount of truck emissions. Over 30% of materials came from within a 500 mile radius
- Displacement ventilation system, very energy efficient way of cooling the building. Instead of using energy to force cool air down from ceiling level, air flows at a comfortable rate from large grilles at human height level, and seeks a heat source (human body) and displaces it. This system brings cool air down to human level before distributing it. Bottom up, instead of top down
- More than 15% of building materials had recycled content
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Reclaimed water brought to the campus from the Hyperion Plant benefits not only building 510, but also the whole campus, where it will be used to irrigate all the landscaping. |
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Co-Generation Plant in building 530 (Central Plant) allows Honda to generate some of its own electricity needs. In one year, the co-gen plant makes enough electricity to power 1,050 homes. It is a natural gas-fired plant, and a by product of co-generation equates to 270 tons of free cooling. In other words, heat from the exhaust is used to heat water in the absorption chiller. So 250 degree hot water is turned into 40 degree cold water in the chiller, and used to cool the buildings.. |
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97% of all interior paints used on campus are now low VOC paints.. |
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All new carpet tiles used on campus have recycled content. All old carpet tiles are hauled back to the mill to be recycled into new carpet tiles, and are not taken to the landfill. |
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When the night time outside air is cooler than the temperature inside the buildings on campus, the dampers are opened to allow naturally cool air to lower the temperature inside the building. This reduces energy needed to run the air conditioning system. |
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The lighting in the warehouse, building 310, is very energy efficient, with fixtures in the aisles automatically lowered to 50% of capacity when there is no activity in those aisles. |
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The Central Plant building has a vegetated, or green, roof. |
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Window shades throughout the campus are lowered when the outside temperature rises, to reduce the demands on the air conditioning system. |
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All the Haworth standard workstations have a recycled content of 48%. |
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The refrigerant used in the air conditioning system campus-wide is R134a, which is a hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) with minimal ozone depleting potential, and with less global warming potential than most other HFCs. |
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Highly reflective cool roofs are installed on buildings 400, 410, and 330. Building 400’s new roof will be completed in 30 days. The new Acura Design Studio already has a cool roof. |
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The number of trees and shrubs planted on campus offer shade, absorb CO2 emissions, and reduce heat island effect (where urban areas can be up to 10 degrees warmer than surrounding areas). The lawn areas also reduce the amount of impervious surface on campus. |
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Many of the buildings are built on an east-west axis, with their long sides on a north-south axis. This reduces solar heat gain in the buildings, and so reduces air conditioning demands. |
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Automatic flush toilets and urinals have been installed in some buildings to reduce potable water usage. |
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Lamps have been removed from light fixtures in certain areas to reduce heat generated, and so reduce air conditioning needs. |
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Motion sensors in conference rooms in some buildings turn off lights automatically when there has been no activity for several minutes. Every conference room has signage requesting occupants turn off the lights when exiting the room. |
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All buildings on campus are cleaned using green cleaning methods, with environmentally friendly products, vacuums with hepa filters, and staff trained specifically in how to green clean facilities. |
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Temperatures in hot water heaters have been lowered in all non-critical areas. |
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