
Overview Sustainability Working Group Land & Buildings Land Use Planning and Campus Design Conservation of the Natural Environment Capital Planning and Building Environment and Energy Building Leslie Shao-ming Sun Field Station Green Dorm Residential & Dining Enterprises Transportation Water Conservation Energy Energy at Stanford BigFix Power Management CO2 Recycling Recycling at Stanford Buying Green Environmental Health & Safety Student Groups Environment & Sustainability Initiative Precourt Institute Initiative on Environment & Sustainability The E&E building will be instrumented so that all occupants and visitors can monitor energy and water use throughout the structure. In effect, the entire building will constitute a laboratory for sustainable design techniques. QUICK LINKS Environment and Energy Building

Land & Buildings

Land Use Planning and Campus Design

Conservation of the Natural Environment

Capital Planning and Building

Environment and Energy Building

Leslie Shao-ming Sun Field Station

Green Dorm

Residential & Dining Enterprises

Transportation

Water Conservation

Energy

Energy at Stanford

BigFix Power Management

CO2

Recycling

Recycling at Stanford

Buying Green

Environmental Health & Safety

Student Groups

Environment & Sustainability Initiative

Precourt Institute
Initiative on Environment & Sustainability

The E&E building will be instrumented so that all occupants and visitors can monitor energy and water use throughout the structure. In effect, the entire building will constitute a laboratory for sustainable design techniques.

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Environment and Energy Building


Environment and Energy Building Construction has begun on the new Environment and Energy Building, a 166,000 sq. ft "coming together" place that will be home to the Woods Institute and other interdisciplinary programs, from Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in the Environment and Resources (IPER) to the Bill Lane Center for the Study of the North American West. The project follows sustainable construction practices that will reduce construction waste by 80 percent. The building's design will then reduce energy consumption by 57 percent and potable water consumption by 30 percent for the building and 100% for irrigation compared with a similar building designed to traditional standards. All of the energy-saving measures in the building will pay for themselves within six to eight years. Some of the same features that promote interaction among the building's occupants are also part of the building's energy conservation strategy. The four atria, open from the lower level to the third floor will circulate fresh air and also distribute natural light in conjunction with extensive use of glass and other translucent materials. This design greatly decreases the need for powered ventilation and electric lighting. In addition, building materials have been designed to retain heat during the cold months, and the ventilation system has been engineered to draw in cool night air during the warm months. Other conservation techniques include solar panels mounted on the roof of the building, high-efficiency light and water fixtures, recycled water for toilet flushing, and landscaping with native drought-tolerant plants. And by drawing from an on-campus lake and using climate-responsive irrigation controllers, the building's grounds will consume zero potable water for irrigation. To help students and faculty study these techniques in action, the E&E building will be instrumented so that all occupants and visitors can monitor energy and water use throughout the structure. In effect, the entire building will constitute a laboratory for sustainable design techniques. Learn more at http://environment.stanford.edu/initiative/eande.html

Environment and Energy Building

Construction has begun on the new Environment and Energy Building, a 166,000 sq. ft "coming together" place that will be home to the Woods Institute and other interdisciplinary programs, from Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in the Environment and Resources (IPER) to the Bill Lane Center for the Study of the North American West.

The project follows sustainable construction practices that will reduce construction waste by 80 percent. The building's design will then reduce energy consumption by 57 percent and potable water consumption by 30 percent for the building and 100% for irrigation compared with a similar building designed to traditional standards. All of the energy-saving measures in the building will pay for themselves within six to eight years.

Some of the same features that promote interaction among the building's occupants are also part of the building's energy conservation strategy. The four atria, open from the lower level to the third floor will circulate fresh air and also distribute natural light in conjunction with extensive use of glass and other translucent materials. This design greatly decreases the need for powered ventilation and electric lighting.

In addition, building materials have been designed to retain heat during the cold months, and the ventilation system has been engineered to draw in cool night air during the warm months. Other conservation techniques include solar panels mounted on the roof of the building, high-efficiency light and water fixtures, recycled water for toilet flushing, and landscaping with native drought-tolerant plants. And by drawing from an on-campus lake and using climate-responsive irrigation controllers, the building's grounds will consume zero potable water for irrigation.

To help students and faculty study these techniques in action, the E&E building will be instrumented so that all occupants and visitors can monitor energy and water use throughout the structure. In effect, the entire building will constitute a laboratory for sustainable design techniques. Learn more at http://environment.stanford.edu/initiative/eande.html