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Facilities Master Planning |
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INFORMATION RESOURCES |
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Facility Master Planning
Goal #5 of FCC's Strategic Plan is to "Sustain and improve the College's enrollment, facilities, linkages with the community, technology, and financial viability." Objective #13 under that goal is "High quality facilities and innovative technologies are evident across the entire campus and in all areas." This provides the foundation for a number elements of sustainability that can be addressed by the Master Plan.
The Plan identifies a number of future projects the are being considered and which could provide an opportunity to establish green construction standards. Incorporating these elements in the design of new facilities can go a long way toward enhancing conservation and reducing material and utility resource waste.
Future growth of the campus has the opportunity to address the following sustainable elements. |
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Site Development
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Density and Open Space
Maintain high-density center for future campus development, allowing for maximum open space in surrounding area. |
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Transportation
Once you get to FCC most areas are assessible on foot. Other sustainable transportation opportunities include access to public transportation off-campus, a bicycle friendly campus, parking areas that encourage use of alternative fuel vehicles and car-pooling. |
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Storm Water Management
Minimize the increase in impervious areas by using pervious paving systems for parking areas. Use low impact design strategies on existing natural drainage areas. |
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Reduce Heat Island Effect
Plant trees for shading of paved areas. Use highly reflective paving materials. Use roofing materials with a high Solar Reflectance Index (SRI). |
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Campus Ecology
Reduce invasive species and increase Maryland native species in forested areas, thus increasing diversity of wildlife and use as a bird santuary. |
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Irrigation Water Efficiency
Maximize native landscaping to reduce irrigation needs. |
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Utility Resources Conservation |
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Waste Water Technologies
Consider reducing water needs through employment of innovative waste water strategies such as the use of gray-water systems and rain water harvesting.
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Water Fixtures
Use low flow water fixtures.
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Alternative Energy
Evaluate projects for possible alternative energy sources, such as geothermal and solar applications. Improved energy efficiency is also being considered as an alternative energy source.
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Daylight Harvesting
A very significant opportunity exists for encorporating daylighting strategies in new facilities to reduce the need for artificial lighting. This can also reduce the amount of air-conditioning required for day-lit spaces, thus reducing required AC capacity. Daylighting has also been found to increase employee productivity and student performance.
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Energy Efficient Technologies and Strategies
There are a number of technologies that have developed over the past 5 to 10 years that can greatly reduce energy consumption. Some of these include high efficiency lighting (including LEDs), building automation, occupancy sensors, variable speed drives, higher efficiency ratings on mechanical equipment, optimized control strategies for mechanical equipment, economizers, highly reflective roof systems,
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Recycling and Waste Reduction |
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Recycle Friendly
Design buildings and sites so as to facilitate occupant recycling programs.
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Construction Recycling
Require construction contactors to divert as much as possible construction debris from the landfill. |
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Recycled or Rapidly Renewable Materials
Use construction materials with recycled content. Popular systems being used more broadly include flooring, wall coverings, and exterior wall systems.
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Building Occupant Health, Safety, and Comfort |
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Eliminate Toxic and Unhealthy Exposures
Isolate smoking areas and storage of hazardous materials from public exposure. |
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Indoor Air Quality
Commission all new and existing air handling systems to ensure required fresh air mix. Consider use of CO2 monitoring strategies to optimize outside air intake and system economizer features. Evaluate acceptable degree of air filtration. Properly exhaust hazardous materials storage areas to the outside.
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Use Low-Emitting Materials
Specify construction materials that have low emittance of VOCs - especially adheasives, sealants, paints, coatings, carpet and flooring systems, composite wood, and agrifiber products.
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Occupant Control of Working Space
Give building occupants a reasonable degree of control over lighting and temperature in their work areas.
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