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Season’s final Green Building lecture highlights a new, green city
May 18, 2011
Contact: Anthony Floyd, senior building consultant, (480) 312-4202,
afloyd@ScottsdaleAZ.gov
Season’s final Green Building lecture highlights a new, green city
Attend the final in a series of free Green Building lectures on Thursday, June 2, and you can learn about Chiriquí, a city powered by renewable energy including solar, wind, hydro and geothermal power.
The free program is from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Granite Reef Senior Center, 1700 N. Granite Reef Road.
If you’ve never heard of Chiriquí, you’re not alone. The Valley’s Veritas Homeschooler students created Chiriquí, a future city, as part of the national Future City Competition. The program encourages students to design and build cities of the future. The students’ project finished second place overall in the Arizona region. It also was recognized as the Best Automated City Winner by the Central Arizona Section of the International Society of Automation.
In addition to hearing about Chiriquí, attendees will learn about other innovative projects that exemplify the latest in sustainable, green urban design:
• The Mushorn residence incorporates rainwater harvesting and graywater collection to meet all of its desert landscape irrigation needs. It also features passive and active solar heating, cooling and lighting strategies to reduce energy load, indoor water efficient delivery systems, plus locally sourced and healthy materials and finishes.
• Scottsdale Fire Stations No. 1 and 8 are designed to fit seamlessly into existing residential neighborhoods. They also achieve the highest level of LEED green building certification by using insulated concrete forms, water reuse, daylighting, healthy interiors and renewable energy systems. LEED is a nationally recognized standard for measuring building sustainability.
The program is open to the public, and reservations are not needed. For more information, call (480) 312-3111 or visit www.Scottsdaleaz.gov/greenbuilding/lectures.
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