technique, the first being the use of a thermal Conclusion: mass. A thermal mass is a property of the mass of Our design provides Elizabethtown College with a a building that enables it to store heat. We have new wellness facility that will fulfill mind, body, been able to do this with the concrete floor of the and spiritual needs. The wellness center meets all building. Using sunlight through the windows will the requirements given to us by the college and is allow the floor to soak up heat and then radiate that designed to be LEED v4 certified. The building heat throughout the day and night to keep the room will stand where the current softball field is and from cooling to an uncomfortable temperature. will be able to be used by the student population, In order to make this solar mass effective we as well as staff, but still has space capable of be needed to have a way to get heat to our thermal used by outside personal if the situation presents mass. Using many windows throughout the itself. It also has green features on the building that building will again help with the heating of the will not only help with the aesthetics of the room throughout the day, but is also used to cut building but will help with keeping the costs of the down the amount of lighting need for the building building down while it is in use. While working on during the day. This idea was incorporated this project we learned a multitude of different throughout the entire building to limit the amount things about the process of designing a green of man-made light needed while also adding to the building. Some of the most notable things we aesthetics of the building. Natural light is also learned are just how difficult and time consuming much easier on eyes, making the people in the the process is. We were given free rein on how to building more comfortable and making this design the building, as long as we were able to wellness center a place for people to feel relaxed meets the requirements given. And because of this and comfortable is one of our main goals. (See there were long hours put into how the final design Appendix A and B) would look and function. This being said we feel that this is a completely viable design that could be used as a basis when the college begins the official design.
technique, the first being the use of a thermal mass. A thermal mass is a property of the mass of a building that enables it to store heat. We have been able to do this with the concrete floor of the building. Using sunlight through the windows will allow the floor to soak up heat and then radiate that heat throughout the day and night to keep the room from cooling to an uncomfortable temperature. In order to make this solar mass effective we needed to have a way to get heat to our thermal mass. Using many windows throughout the building will again help with the heating of the room throughout the day, but is also used to cut down the amount of lighting need for the building during the day. This idea was incorporated throughout the entire building to limit the amount of man-made light needed while also adding to the aesthetics of the building. Natural light is also much easier on eyes, making the people in the building more comfortable and making this wellness center a place for people to feel relaxed and comfortable is one of our main goals. (See Appendix A and B) Conclusion: Our design provides Elizabethtown College with a new wellness facility that will fulfill mind, body, and spiritual needs. The wellness center meets all the requirements given to us by the college and is designed to be LEED v4 certified. The building will stand where the current softball field is and will be able to be used by the student population, as well as staff, but still has space capable of be used by outside personal if the situation presents itself. It also has green features on the building that will not only help with the aesthetics of the building but will help with keeping the costs of the building down while it is in use. While working on this project we learned a multitude of different things about the process of designing a green building. Some of the most notable things we learned are just how difficult and time consuming the process is. We were given free rein on how to design the building, as long as we were able to meets the requirements given. And because of this there were long hours put into how the final design would look and function. This being said we feel that this is a completely viable design that could be used as a basis when the college begins the official design.
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