Summary of Net Zero Commons Trial–by Seth O’Bryan Below is a table summarizing net energy use in the Commons from March 2-6, 2015. An important caveat is that this doesn’t include the energy use of the compressors, which drive the heating and cooling. The compressors are the biggest energy users...
Guest author: Cameron Yudelson For the last several weeks the students of the Living Building class have been working on a net zero energy project. The goal of this project is to conserve as much energy in the Commons. The ultimate goal is for energy use to match the amount...
There are two solar chimneys in the greenhouse. The idea of the chimneys is to use convection principles to circulate hot air from the greenhouse into the classrooms, so that we use the heating and cooling units less. The solar chimneys use passive heat, which means that we are saving...
