Center for the Built Environment
Regina Leffers, PhD, Director of the Center for the Built Environment.
Our mission is to promote sustainable, green building, and to create collaborative endeavors with community partners.
The IPFW Center of Excellence for the Built Environment introduces: IPFW Sustainable "Positive Energy" Construction Lab We will use an existing 25,000 square foot building (solid foundation, good structural bones) that was originally built in 1976. Preliminary Goals of the Building: 1. Positive energy building Using renewable sources to create more than enough energy to heat and cool itself and neighboring buildings. 2. Net-zero for storm water output. 3. Living example of sustainable construction for non-residential applications. The building itself will educate. All energy systems, mechanical, electrical, and others will be transparent. Community Beneficiaries of this Building: Other Potential Benefits of this Building : 1. Student Education Green collar jobs in wind energy, solar thermal systems, gray-water systems, and building envelopes. 2. Campus Resource Faculty research opportunities, and multidepartment collaborations. 3. Community Resource Web site information on renewable energy installations; educational resource for local high schools and colleges; and energy efficiency resource for homeowners and building owners.
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We thank our donors for funding this Sustainable Construction Lab |
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| Donations (in kind) | Equipment |
Trane David Jackson |
Trane-Tracer Summit Building Automation System |
Water Furnace International Bruce Ritchey, President |
3 Envision WaterFurnace Geothermal Units and help with the loops |
Plasticon Fluid Handling Systems, Inc. Doug Ahlfeld |
Cistern |
Independent Wind Energy, Inc. Brian Robertson |
SODAR (equipment to assess the wind conditions at the site) Utility Grade Northwind Wind Turbine at thier cost |
Riverbridge Electric David Hippensteel |
Engineering and Installation of solar thermal & PV panels |
Hagerman, Inc. Bruce Molter, President |
Labor |
Masolite Mike Flaherty, General Manager |
Pervious Concrete |
| Donations (cash) | |
| Kresge Foundation | Grant for "green" aspects of plannning, $75k |
| Barton Coe Villamaa | $1k |
| Regina Leffers | $1k |
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The Center for the Built Environment at IPFW, NEIGBC, ASHRAE, & CSI
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