What would a sustainable dorm look like if money were no object? Students in Dr. Andrea Schokker’s Fall 2009 Introduction to Civil Engineering (CE 1025) were charged to find out.
Students in the Fall 2009 Introduction to Civil Engineering course
present their sustainable dorm ideas.
The UMD Sustainable Dorm Project tasked students to design and model a LEED Platinum dorm. Students addressed issues in the following categories:
• Sustainable Sites: minimizing impacts to land and water
• Water Efficiency: reducing water use
• Energy: promoting energy efficiency and clean energy
• Materials and Resources: selecting regional, recycled, products
• Indoor Environmental Quality: air quality, daylight and views
Students marketed their research by presenting posters for each green building category. Their sustainable dorm ideas were presented to the campus community on December 15, 2009.
