Discussed:
Envelope- Recycled brick, sitecast concrete, green roofs, light-colored roof for residential
Lighting- Increased square footage of fenestration on north, west, and east sides of studios and gallery, will need sun shading for at least the west side
Heating/Cooling- Radiant hydronic heating/cooling is well suited to the spaces in combination with the thermal mass of the concrete structure. Boiler located in basement on exterior wall, with exhaust. Connections to smaller building will be made through a crawl space under the smaller building. Living areas will use some natural ventilation in combination with the above systems, since they will have lower cooling loads naturally. Exposed thermal mass on the east side of the residential tower corridor will contribute to the heating of that corridor.
Ventilation-I will be using a Dedicated Outside Air System which controls humidity, temperature and dew point for the smaller amount of fresh air that will need to be supplied to the building. Intake can be placed over green roof on larger building. Not on the smaller building, as intakes are noisy and it is meant as a peaceful place.
Energy Production- Photovoltaic panels on the roof of the residential tower will provide domestic hot water for the living units.
Generally, an understanding of the placement and parts of the system and how it moves through the building is desired. This will be described in detail in another post.
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Anne, thanks for posting the converstin with Chris. This helps tremendously to understnad what you are developing.
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