This article from Insight-as-a-Service takes readers on a tour of the sustainable technology used in the Earth Rangers Centre (ERC) and looks at how ERC staff and partners are finding new opportunities for efficiency improvements.
Home of the Earth Rangers kid’s conservation organization, the Earth Rangers Centre for Sustainable Technology (ERC) was built in 2004 as a showcase in sustainable design featuring thermal mass construction in its heavy concrete structure, radiant heating and cooling, earth tube ventilation, on-site wastewater treatment and a green roof. Designed to be 63% more efficient than the norm in the National Energy Code, the ERC won LEEDs Gold status from the U.S. Green Building Council in 2006, and after the addition of geo-thermal heating and solar panels that generate electricity for the centre and the grid, was able to operate with 90% greater efficiency than in its original baseline.
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