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Salvaged Materials Night Sky Radiant Cooling Cool Tower Built to Last
Salvaged materials and elements were During summer nights, water sprayed over The lobby is envisioned as an indoor/ (100-Year Building / Flexible Design)
used to reduce the waste stream going to the roof loses heat to the cold night sky. outdoor space with large bi-fold door The structure, layout, and furnishings
landfills. Salvaged lab casework and faucets The cooled water is collected and stored in forming two of the walls. A Cool Tower are designed with the utmost flexibility
were located and installed as-is. Solid wood an insulated 12,000 gal. tank and pumped provides a small amount of cooling to the
in mind to accept changes over time.
doors were transformed into desks and through the building during the day. This space even when the doors were open. A
An open lab with suspended shelving
worktables for the lobby and offices. Fallen system supplies chilled water at 55 – 60° carefully-designed “windcatcher” captures
urban trees were milled and shaped into F for an energy cost of 0.04 kW/ton and a breezes from above the roof line and and movable workbenches and a highly-
Daylighting and Lighting Controls
conference tables and lobby furniture. Old- water usage one half that of conventional directs them down into the lobby area. efficient, free-span structural system on
A narrow, properly-oriented building and
growth redwood from old Sebastiani wine water cooled systems. Atomizing spray nozzles evaporatively cool the second floor allow reconfiguration
careful window sizing and placement result
vats were re-milled to form exterior siding. in a fully-daylit interior. Automatic lighting the air, increasing air humidity and density in the short and long term. Future
controls react to occupancy and light levels Natural ventilation while dropping temperatures, inducing a modifications can proceed with a
so that lights turn on only when needed, The second floor is entirely naturally- thermally-driven downdraft to carry cool air minimum of demolition and waste.
reducing energy loads and internal heat gain. ventilated which, this combined with radiant into the lobby.
slab heating and cooling, allows for the
elimination of ducts and fan energy use on
Native the second floor. A conference room has Radiant Heating High-Volume Fly
Landscaping radiant cooling ceiling panels to allow for + Cooling Ash Concrete
Drought-resistant quick reaction to changing loads. Increased Nearly all concrete
oaks, chapparel, comfort and used in the
and grasses Spectrally-Selective Glazing and Roofing energy efficiency building and site
will mature into High performance, low-E windows allow a are achieved contains 50% fly
a native habitat high degree of daylight transmission while through radiant ash replacement
supporting wildlife limiting heat gain through windows. Cool heating and for cement. This
with minimal demands on precious water Efficient Water Use roof coatings increase the solar reflectance cooling tubing installed in floors throughout reduced the carbon emissions associated
resources. Existing irrigated grass turf Dual-flush toilets, low-flow faucets, and a of the metal roof, reducing heat isld effects the building. This strategy limits the with concrete from 186 tons to 93 tons,
was replaced with native plantings to waterless urinal – combined with drought- and building heat gain. conditioning of outside air brought into the cutting embodied energy by one-third overall
offset building water consumption. resistant landscaping – promise a 40% water laboratory and complements the natural as compared to a conventional building.
savings over a conventional building. ventilation of the second floor and lobby.
Materials
Center for Global Ecology
Carnegie Institution of Washington
REDWOOD SIDING What finally tipped the balance was concern Minimal finishes
The second story exterior walls are clad over the long-term stability of wood left Integrated design allows structural,
in redwood siding salvaged from 20 foot exposed on the exterior. One of the design electrical, mechanical, and architectural
high, 20 foot in diameter, 80 to 100 year goals is to create a 100-year building systems to work together holistically. As a
old wine tanks from Sebastiani vineyards in that requires little maintenance over time. resultm layers of finishes such as acoustic
Sonoma, California. This redwood is rated While new growth redwood would require tile ceilings and floor coverings, which would
as the clearest, highest grade old-growth reapplication of sealer every five years, be necessary in a conventional building,
available – and was obtained without felling buildings clad in old-growth redwood such can be eliminated. This not only reduces
a single tree. as Julia Morgan’s Asilomar (1912) hold up the amount of virgin material used in the
beautifully over time with no application construction of the building but allows easier
Countless options were considered for the of sealer. recycling of the building in the future.
wood siding. Initially the architects specified
Ipe, a tropical hardwood which is harder It is estimated that every million board For example, the 50% fly ash, integrally-
than Teak and is available from FSC-certified feet of lumber reclaimed preserves one colored concrete lobby floor serves as a
forests. After prolonged discussions with thousand acres of old-growth forest. medium for radiant tubing, a thermal heat
expert suppliers of certified lumber and the Through supporting the building salvage sink, and a architecturally-finished floor
Global Ecology faculties’ own research and deconstruction industry we hope to surface. Perforated acoustic metal decking Salvaged Urban Logs FSC Certified Ash
into the issue, the design team and client reduce deforestation and habitat loss due to acts as structural floor/roof support as well Fallen trees from urban areas and parks 100% of wood used on the interior of the
decided that, while supporting sustainable building activity. as the primary acoustic control system and represent a rich, untapped resource building is Forest Stewardship Council
tropical forestry may be a worthwhile finished ceiling. for architectural use. A fallen Redwood (FSC)-certified Ash or FSC-certified
strategy, the industry has a long way to go tree was milled and finished to form four plywood with Ash veneer. Support of FSC-
before it meets standards that the Global Salvaged Furniture and Fittings 2’ x 8’ conference room tables while a certified forestry is an important initiative that
Ecology faculty could endorse. All lab faucets and a portion of the lab round cut from a Cypress tree serves architects and building owners can take to
casework was salvaged in perfect condition as a coffee table in the lobby. More protect habitat and encourage sustainable
Our search moved on to salvaged tropical and installed. Fixed worktables and open information on tree recycling is available forestry practices. FSC-certifed wood is
hardwoods, such as Jarra from sheep office desks are built from solid core wood at www.recycletrees.org, the website for now widely available and cost-competitive
shearing barns in Australia and railroad doors which were hinged incorrectly on the Tree Recycling Yard of the East Bay with conventional wood products.
ties from Thailand, FSC-certified domestic another project and destined for landfill. Conservation Corps, who supplied and
woods, such as redwood and cedar, and the milled the wood for the Global Ecology
Sebastiani redwood. Research Center.
Center for Global Ecology The Mission of the Global Ecology Research 600
emissions.
0
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Year
Energy Emissions
Results
TYPICAL LAB LIGHTING and HVAC ELECTRICITY GLOBAL ECOLOGY LAB LIGHTING and HVAC ELECTRICITY
179,000 kW-hr / yr 78,000 kW-hr/yr
= 52% reduction