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.
IPFW Center for the Built Environment & You are invited, January 15, 9 a.m. to noon, Engineering Technology Building room 235 On January 15, 2010, IPFW Seniors in the Construction Engineering Technology B.S. degree program, together with members of the Northeast Indiana Green Build Coalition (NEIGBC) will be conducting a design charrette for the Eel River Trailhead project, slated to be constructed on South Whitley Street, near the Fire Fighter’s Museum, in Columbia City. The purpose of the design charrette is to review the plans for the building and site to see if there is anything we can do to make the project more sustainable, with the goal of bringing it to a minimum LEED Platinum level. In addition to IPFW students and faculty, members of the NEIGBC, local architect and LEED AP, Uzma Mirza, local Landscape Architects, the Friends of Eel River Trail, local Carpenter’s, Electrician’s, and Bricklayer’s Unions and all interested people are invited to participate. The students will be building the project in March/April of 2010, with the following mentors: Hagerman Construction Co., the Indiana Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights, the local Electrician’s Union (IBEW), and the International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers. This is a tremendous hands-on opportunity to broaden and/or share your knowledge of sustainable design while helping to construct a facility that can serve to educate the public. If you would like to work with us on this project, please e-mail leffersr@ipfw.edu, or call 260-481-6370. Regina Leffers
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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