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what are some areas to investigate a project on sustainable living for design and tech?
this is my year 10 design project and ive got no idea where to start. please help!
I’ll tell you about the new high school on the Cherokee Indian reservation (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) in the green Great Smoky Mountains in Cherokee, North Carolina. It opened this year.
The two-story series of connecting buildings face wsw. They were made largely from recycled materials and scraps. The buildings have a large bank of insulated windows across the top, angled toward the heavens, to allow in light and to allow heat to escape in warm months. The regular perpendicular walls also have insulated windows, letting in heat in the winter, cooling in the summer, and letting in a lot more natural light. There are solar panels on the roof, facing ese. The building thus uses less electricity and heating and cooling energy than most buildings.
The gym has a basketball/volleyball court on the lower level, the audience seats on level up, and a bank of windows facing wnw.
Every roof, ground and upper and lower surface area is designed to capture rainwater/snowwater, which is all collected in one central place and used for watering and all nondrinking and noncooking use.
Low volume toilets and faucets are featured in the bathrooms, and automatic soap dispensers prevent
overuse of soap.
The parking lot has gullies separating each parking area, and gives parking preference to the handicapped, carpoolers, and subcompacts. Otherwise, students are encouraged to use the schoolbuses.
Although there is a small area of grass around the immediate vicinity of the building/s, no trees were cut that didn’t have to be cut in order to accomplish construction.
The building rests on a small hilltop surrounded by acres of trees.
That should give you some ideas to get started. Good luck!!
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