Sustainable Community

EDSGN 100, Section 011TEAM 5

Kenny Fuhrman, Austin Zelko, Zach Santos, & Steven Griffel

Submitted to Developers of Community

Table of Contents• Overview• Overall Layout• Housing• Water Management• Energy• Cost Analysis• Questions

Design Task• Problem Statement - Build a

sustainable community for college students

• Customer Needs - An affordable, enjoyable, and accessible living area

• Design Specifications - Houses at least 300 people and is self sustaining

Fig. 1. PSU students

Overall Layout

Fig. 2. community layout

Housing Layout

Fig. 3 Apartment layout

Housing Materials• Steel Framing

• Corrugated Steel Siding

• Straw Bale Walls

• Copper Roofing

• Linoleum Flooring

• Low VOC Paint

Fig. 4. Straw Walls

Fig. 5. Copper Roofing

Furnace

• 50,000 BTU• Installed in basement• Durable ceramic-coated combustion

chamber

Fig. 6. Furnace

Water Management

Septic Tank

Septic TaMono Solar Water Filtration

Sand Filtration System

Fig. 7. Septic Tank

Fig. 8. Water Filtration

Fig. 9. Sand Filtration

Energy Total

Anaerobic Digester produces 94,752 kWh

Total Energy Consumption: 224,000 kWh/month

500kW Nedwind Turbine produces 162,500 kWh/month

Fig. 10. Anaerobic Digester

Fig. 11. Wind Turbine

Cost Analysis

• Cost of Apartmento $2.2 million

• Apartment Rent Priceo $600 per month per person

• Energy systems costso Included in monthly rent

Fig. 12. Money

ReferencesWorks Cited

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6. N.d. Photograph. Https://www.google.com/shopping/product/3593490471613089293?q=50,000%20btu%20furnace&hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43148975,d.dmQ&biw=1280&bih=923&sa=X&ei=rvovUdyfJNGz0QG61IDYBA&ved=0CHMQ8wIwAg. Web.

7. "Solar Water Filtration." Solar Water Filtration. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Feb. 2013.

Questions?