WATER

RAIN WATER HARVESTING

WASTE WATER TREATMENT

XERISCAPE LANDSCAPING

BIOFILTRATION

GREEN ROOFS

ENERGY

PHOTOVOLTAICS (PV PANELS)

EXTERNAL SUN SHADES

WIND TURBINES

NATURAL VENTILATION

INDOOR AIR QUALITY

LOW-VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds)

Recycled and Green Materials

Divert construction and demolition debris from disposal in landfills. Redirect recyclable resources back to the manufacturing process and reusable materials to appropriate sites. We need to reuse building materials and products to reduce demand for new materials and reduce waste.

Transportation and Multipurpose

Oregon Health & Science University Aerial Tram

Reduce pollution from car impacts and development.

“A lot of natural light, comfortable spaces are more conducive to learning,” said Kevin Foster, Ferris High School principal

Learning By Design

“Students in daylit schools outperformed the students in non-daylit schools by 5 to 14 percent,” according to a study published by the federal Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory. “In one school district, students with the most day lighting in their classrooms progressed 20 percent faster on math tests and 26 percent faster on reading tests when compared with students in the least daylit classrooms.”

NAC| Architecture

Additional emphasis should be placed in indoor air quality and high-content recycled and locally procured material selections that promote a healthy teaching-learning environment.