The Woods Hole Research Center’s mission in“environmental science,policy,and education for a habitable Earth”means it’s important to practice what we preach.A key part of doing that is our very green headquarters...The Woods Hole Research Center’s mission in“environmental science,policy,and education for a habitable Earth”means it’s important to practice what we preach.A key part of doing that is our very green headquarters—the Center’s Gilman Ordway Campus—on Cape Cod.Designed by the noted green architect Bill McDonough,this state-ofthe-art scientifi c research and offi ce facility demonstrates the successful integration of energy-and resource-conserving design,a ground-source heating and cooling system,and a robust renewable-energy supply.The facility was designed with the express goal of being a zero net-energy building(achieving CO_(2)-neutral operation)and has been instrumented with a whole-facility monitoring system that provides the basis for an on-line educational display system and long-term study of energy performance.The 1793 m2(19,300ft2)facility used 50.7 kWh of electricity per m2 from March 2004–February 2005 of which 16.9 kWh/m2 or 33%was supplied by the rooftop photovoltaic system.Electricity is the only externally supplied source of energy.The incorporation of a 100kW wind turbine now on order will provide the remaining balance of the power used by the facility and a surplus for export to the grid.The building has won numerous awards including selection as one of the American Institute of Architects’2004 Top Ten Green Projects and a fi rst prize in the 2004 Northeast Green Building Awards,and it is listed in the DOE High Performance Buildings Database.展开更多
文摘The Woods Hole Research Center’s mission in“environmental science,policy,and education for a habitable Earth”means it’s important to practice what we preach.A key part of doing that is our very green headquarters—the Center’s Gilman Ordway Campus—on Cape Cod.Designed by the noted green architect Bill McDonough,this state-ofthe-art scientifi c research and offi ce facility demonstrates the successful integration of energy-and resource-conserving design,a ground-source heating and cooling system,and a robust renewable-energy supply.The facility was designed with the express goal of being a zero net-energy building(achieving CO_(2)-neutral operation)and has been instrumented with a whole-facility monitoring system that provides the basis for an on-line educational display system and long-term study of energy performance.The 1793 m2(19,300ft2)facility used 50.7 kWh of electricity per m2 from March 2004–February 2005 of which 16.9 kWh/m2 or 33%was supplied by the rooftop photovoltaic system.Electricity is the only externally supplied source of energy.The incorporation of a 100kW wind turbine now on order will provide the remaining balance of the power used by the facility and a surplus for export to the grid.The building has won numerous awards including selection as one of the American Institute of Architects’2004 Top Ten Green Projects and a fi rst prize in the 2004 Northeast Green Building Awards,and it is listed in the DOE High Performance Buildings Database.
