# Presentation: 104535

## Energy ShowcasesLead the Way to Green!

**David Guthrie, P.E.**
**Energy Coordinator**

## 
1995    National Conservation Training Center (NCTC), WV
1998    Prairie Learning Center, Neal Smith NWR, IA
1998    Visitor Center (VC), Wichita Mountains WR, OK
2001    Cusano Environmental Education Center, John
                 Heinz NWR at Tinicum, Philadelphia, PA
2003    Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Admin. Center,
                 Chincoteague NWR, VA
2004    Parker River NWR VC and Admin. HQ, MA
2005    Rhode Island NWR HQ and Kettle Pond VC, RI
2006    Missisquoi NWR HQ and VC Station, VT
2007    Tualatin River NWR Wildlife Center and HQ, OR
2008	?  Ottawa NWR VC, OH and Nulhegan Basin VCF, VT

**1995    National Conservation Training Center (NCTC), WV**
**1998    Prairie Learning Center, Neal Smith NWR, IA**
**1998    Visitor Center (VC), Wichita Mountains WR, OK**
**2001    Cusano Environmental Education Center, John**
**                 ****Heinz NWR at Tinicum, Philadelphia, PA**
**2003    Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Admin. Center,**
**                 ****Chincoteague NWR, VA**
**2004    Parker River NWR VC and Admin. HQ, MA**
**2005    Rhode Island NWR HQ and Kettle Pond VC, RI**
**2006    Missisquoi NWR HQ and VC Station, VT**
**2007    Tualatin River NWR Wildlife Center and HQ, OR**
**2008****	****?  Ottawa NWR VC, OH and Nulhegan Basin VCF, VT**

- Nine Energy Showcases

## 			Sustainable Design

**Reflect sensitivity to the site**
**Minimize energy and water use**
**Make efficient use of resources**

- Herbert H. BatemanEducation Center at Chincoteague NWR, VA – LEED Gold

## Biophilic Design

**The building provides many connections, between occupants and the natural environment, through views, walkways and daylight.  The occupant is sheltered but never far from nature.  Visual and tactile experiences connect people with nature.  Native vegetation, trees and planted areas increase the chance that a building occupant will see a native bird or butterfly.  These experiences remind us of the interconnectedness of the resources of the world and they help us to be better stewards of our natural resources. **

- Photo courtesy of Kim Roseberry, Oak Point Associates

- Nulhegan Basin VCF, VT

## 			Sensitivity to the Site

**Protect wildlife and minimize habitat disturbance**
**Brownfield redevelopment**
**“****Dark Sky” principles**

- American Bison at the Wichita Mountains Visitor Center, OK -- the oldest managed wildlife preserve in the U.S.

- Tualatin River NWR Wildlife Center, OR

## Habitat Restoration

**Returning disturbed land to shallow wetlands, old field, upland woods, and coastal area habitats**
**Planting native species of trees, shrubs, and grasses**
**Utilizing soil excavated from storm runoff cleansing basins as loam throughout the site**

## Minimize Energy & Water Use

**Passive solar energy design**
**Thermal Mass**
**Superinsulation: ****R19 walls/R38 ceiling**
**Daylighting**
**Energy-efficient lighting**
**Lowest LCC *****Energy Star******®***
**   ****HVAC systems**
**Renewable energy systems**

- 1st Tier

- 2nd Tier

- 3rd Tier

##             Passive Solar Energy

**Buildings oriented on E-W Axis**
**Large S window areas**
**Brick floors behind windows for solar gain**
**Overhangs for summer shading, letting in winter sun**
**Landscaping for optimum summer shading and wind breaks**

- National Conservation Training Center, WV

## Daylighting:Clerestories & Light Tubes

- Parker River NWR VC, MA    Herbert H. Bateman Ed. Center

## Occupancy and daylight sensors, motion detectors
Energy-efficient lighting:  “green tip” T-8 lamps (even T-5’s), electronic ballasts, CFL’s, LED exit lights; task lighting; Vending Misers on soda machines!
Timers for night set-back
Natural cross-ventilation
Low-E windows/glazing

**Energy-efficient lighting:  “green tip” T-8 lamps (even T-5’s), electronic ballasts, CFL’s, LED exit lights; task lighting; Vending Misers on soda machines!**
**Timers for night set-back**
**Natural cross-ventilation**
**Low-E windows/glazing**

- Energy Efficiency

- Turn off the lights!

## Specify lowest LCC System Available
Chill water off-peak
Centralized controls; EMCS 
Variable speed motors
Seal leaks/Use OA/Switch fuels
Objective = Energy Star® building!

**Chill water off-peak**
**Centralized controls; EMCS **
**Variable speed motors**
**Seal leaks/Use OA/Switch fuels**
**Objective = Energy Star****® building!**

- HVAC Systems

## Geothermal Heat Pumps

**23 g****eothermal heat pumps use a**
**total of 72, 250’ deep vertical wells**
**at the Herbert H. Bateman Ed. Center**

**7/9 of our Showcases use GHP technology**

##             Active Solar Energy

**15 kW solar**
**panels rest**
**on top of the **
**Auditorium at**
**the Herbert H.**
**Bateman Ed.**
**Center**

## Max Renewables!

**♦****Geothermal HVAC system****	****♦****EPA-approved wood stove**
**	****	****	****	****	****  ****for auxilliary heat**
**♦****15 kW Solar PV array****	****	****♦****10 kW Wind Turbine**

**Missisquoi**
**NWR HQ **
**and VCS, **
**VT**

## Water Conservation

**Low-flow showers, faucets, low-flush toilets or waterless urinals**
**Roof runoff discharges onto grassy swales or into underground percolating chambers**
**Use pervious concrete pavement**
**Rainwater gardens**
**Xeriscaping**

**2,000,000 gallons was saved at one facility alone!**

## Marsh Machine

**Marsh machine at the Cusano Environ-mental Education Center,  John Heinz NWR at Tinicum, PA**

## Make Efficient Use of Resources

**Rapidly renewable materials for construction**
**Engineered wood**

**recycled carpet and bamboo flooring**

## Green Tech!

**Use beams left over from**
**      ****logging operations**
**Decking made from**
**      ****recycled plastic bottles**
**Fly ash in the cement**
**Reclaimed materials in siding -- no redwood/cedar!**
**Use Hardie Plank siding**
**Recovered materials in**
**      ****the insulation**
**Resilient flooring made**
**      ****from recycled tires**
**      ****for high impact areas**
**Drywall and sheetrock**
**      ****with high content of**
**      ****recycled gypsum**

- Rhode Island NWR HQ and Kettle Pond VC, RI

## Recycling

**Recycled building materials with no or low-emissions**
**Use recycled wood; old barn timbers**
**Up to 100% of construction materials recycled, sometimes on-site**
**Non-hazardous preservative applied to exterior, pressure-treated wood**
**Use local materials to save fuel**

## Recycling Examples

**Sustainable Linoleum Flooring**

**Recycled Tiles**

## Indoor Air Quality

**Interior finishes such as adhesives, laminates, paint systems have zero harmful VOC gases, ensuring the health of the applicator and building occupants.**
**Low-VOC carpets were specified.**
**Formaldehyde-free products used to prevent harmful off-gassing.**

## Outreach

**Exhibits explaining the benefits of the facility’s sustainable features**
**Special interpretive exhibits that show good stewardship of the land**
**Hold seminars to explain the special architecture and low carbon footprint**
**Ask your “Friends” to help!**

## 		YOU can slow climate change by going Green!

- Ottawa NWR Visitor Center, Oak Harbor, Ohio