18th Century Building Retrofitted For Living Building Challenge

Event Date: 

Friday, April 21, 2017

Venue: 

Williams College

Location: 

Williamstown, MA

CEU Information: 

CEUs Pending: 2.5 AIA LU/HSW, 2.0 BPI, and certificates of participation are available

Cost: $25 for NESEA Members, $35 for Non-membersAerial of science center

This Pro Tour will bring attendees to the Williams College campus for a close look at an academic center built to the stringent standards of the Living Building Challenge. This project consists of two distinct parts, combining new-construction with a deep energy retrofit of a college building dating back to 1793.

This mixed-use building houses eleven offices for faculty and staff, a reading room, a classroom, small study spaces, and a full commercial kitchen.

The building is operating the first licensed rainwater collection and treatment system in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, one of the few non-chlorinated public water supplies in the United States and one of the first projects to attempt Living Building Challenge with rainwater collection. Two composting toilets reduce water use, and greywater is treated on-site in a constructed wetland. The building is designed to produce 100% of its energy needs through on-site solar panels (currently tracking at ~80%).

 

Attendees of this tour will learn the practical details of how a 270 year old structure was retrofitted, expanded, and transformed into a state-of-the-art academic building.Gardens

Site Details
  • 6,900 sq. ft
  • Living Building Challenge (currently tracking for 6 petals)
  • On-site water collection & treatment
  • Photovoltaic array (rooftop & ground-mount) designed to off-set 100% of energy demand
  • Modeled EUI of 14 kbtus/ sq. ft
  • Mitsubishi heat pump

You can learn more about the center, and see real-time data usage, here.

Schedule

12:30 PM

Doors open, registration and networking

1:00 PM

Welcome by NESEA

1:10 PM

Overview from project team

1:50 PM

Walk as a group to center

2:00 PM

Tour begins: attendees break into groups to rotate through stations

3:50 PM

Group reconvenes back to meeting point for reception

4:15 PM

Presentation, Q&A with members of project team

5:00 PM

Event concludes

 

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