“Planning a campus to be carbon neutral right out of the chute is plowing new ground. We were challenged to think and plan even more broadly and to develop ideas and strategies such as providing power generation from untapped fuel sources like hog waste and landfill gas.”
Jerry Schuett, PE
AEI Project manager
Carolina North, Planning Phase I
The strategic vision for this 1,200 acre research and academic campus is to be a model of sustainability, a state-of-the-art living and learning community supporting educational and private partnership goals. Sophisticated energy modeling techniques employed at the outset helped define high-performance building standards and site development guidelines, as well as quantifying such fundamental strategies as north-south axis alignment for heat gain driven buildings. Sustainable practices are also emphasized through attention to infrastructure design, reduction of carbon emissions, and alternative fuel use. One such potential fuel, animal waste, represents an opportunity to simultaneously replace coal and improve statewide water quality through pollutant reduction. Projected over a 50 year schedule, development is limited to 250 acres, retaining the balance for biodiversity, stormwater management, and geothermal field applications. Out of this planning project came the Landfill Gas to Power Generation project.
Services: Sustainability, Master Planning
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Master Planner: Ayers/Saint/Gross
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