Fox & Fowle's green award.The Northeast Sustainable Energy
Sustainable energy sources are energy sources which are not expected to be depleted in a timeframe relevant to the human race, and which Association awarded Fox & Fowle the prestigious Northeast Green Building Award Honorable Mention in Places of Learning for the Black Rock Forest Center for Science and Education in Cornwall, NY. The Northeast Green Building Awards is an annual competition recognizing outstanding achievements of high-performance architecture in the northeastern United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The competition was open to built works--either new construction or renovations--completed after Jan.1, 1998 and before January 1, 2004 in the northeastern US. Award categories include places to live, places of work, places of learning, and student projects. The annual competition recognizes outstanding high performance buildings. "By using local materials and working with the natural landscape, we created a sustainable design that embraces its surroundings," explains Sylvia J. Smith, AIA AIA - Application Integration Architecture , principal of Fox & Fowle Architects. "We are so proud to receive this honor. The high quality of work in each category exemplifies how sustainable design is good design." The Black Rock Forest Center for Science and Education's site-sensitive design, form, materials and energy consumption management make it a model sustainable facility. The building incorporates a geothermal heat pump A geothermal heat pump system is a heating and/or an air conditioning system that uses the Earth's ability to store heat in the ground and water thermal masses. This system will take advantage of a land mass as a heat exchanger to either heat or cool a building structure. , composting toilets com·post·ing toilet n. A human waste disposal system consisting of a toilet that uses little or no water connected to a specially built tank in which waste material is decomposed by aerobic bacteria. and plentiful natural light and ventilation. The design consumes 45% less energy than a traditional structure meeting all applicable codes. A NYSERDA NYSERDA New York State Energy Research and Development Authority grant was recently received for the installation of photovolatics that will further decrease the non-renewable energy consumption. The 9,000 s/f facility houses orientation, display, instructional and research space including wet/dry labs. The two-story building provides a setting for environmental study and research for staff, scientific teams, and student groups ranging in age from kindergarten kindergarten [Ger.,=garden of children], system of preschool education. Friedrich Froebel designed (1837) the kindergarten to provide an educational situation less formal than that of the elementary school but one in which children's creative play instincts would be through graduate school. The second phase of the master plan, the Black Rock Forest Center Lodge also designed by Fox & Fowle, is currently under construction. The building will accommodate 52 overnight guests and meetings of up to 100 people. Fox & Fowle Architects, founded 26 years ago, is located in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and has a staff of 100 people. The firm's five principals developed a multi-faceted portfolio that has received international acclaim. Fox & Fowle has a strong reputation for successfully designing award-winning, complex academic, cultural, commercial, and residential projects. The firm is known for its skill in implementing innovative design. The Black Rock Forest Center for Science and Education project was led by principal Sylvia J. Smith AIA, director of Fox & Fowle's educational and cultural work. Since joining the firm in 1982, she has been responsible for program intensive projects of varying scope and size. |
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