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THE ARIZONA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD ECO BUILDING

THE ARIZONA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD ECO BUILDING. MISSION Create a Functional and innovative office facility for

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THE ARIZONA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD ECO BUILDING

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  1. THE ARIZONA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD ECO BUILDING

  2. MISSION Create a Functional and innovative office facility for the Arizona Army National Guard that Incorporates and exercises to the fullest extent feasible self-sustaining and pollution prevention principles. To challenge existing conventional building methodologies and supporting building systems through innovation and cost comparison of construction, operation and maintenance. To embrace technological advances that enable a modern office to function independently. To expand upon and champion gained successes throughout the life of the project.

  3. IN THE BEGINNINGNOVEMBER1999

  4. While the ECO-Building has many facets it aims to educate through being a showcase and demonstration facility of the following: • Sustainability • Use of unwanted and waste materials • Partnerships • Solar energy in a highly energy efficient building • Full-cycle cost of construction and occupancy of a self-sustaining office building • Viable interfaces with the natural phenomenon to create a functional work environment

  5. In The Beginning its Just Dirt

  6. TIRE WALLS • The Walls are constructed of used light truck/SUV tires • Tires are filled with compacted earth • Each tire is essentially a rubber encased adobe block • Each block (tire) weighs approximately 300 pounds • There are approximately 5000 tires in the building

  7. Fill the Tire with Dirt

  8. Pack the Dirt Nice and Solid

  9. Lots of Building Material

  10. The Walls Go Up

  11. COOLING TUBES • The Tubes are primarily 60 inch concrete culvert pipe • There are two tubes, north and south, each is approximately 65 feet long. • The tubes are interconnected on the east side of the building. • The original intent was to attempt passive cooling using water or thermal mass. • There is now a heat pump supplying cooling and heating.

  12. T.J. and Cooling Tubes

  13. The National Guard Engineers Supplied the Crane

  14. Tire Wall at the East End

  15. Completed Box on the Interior

  16. Coated Cooling Tube Cover

  17. Central Courtyard As the exterior walls are constructed of solid earth and tires the concept of the interior courtyard was to allow ambient light in to the building. Keeping with the use of recycled material: the windows were removed from buildings at Ft. Huachuca that were to be demolished. The courtyard will have plants and be used as a break area, weather permitting

  18. Foundation for the Courtyard Wall

  19. Courtyard Wall Goes Up

  20. Glulams Are Up

  21. THE “GECKO” The Arizona Army National Guard, Environmental Office has adopted the Gecko as its mascot, the logo appears on shirts, cups and our building.

  22. “Gecko” at Each Entrance

  23. Jack Finishing The Big “Gecko”

  24. Interior Walls • All earth colored interior walls are tires covered with adobe. • Being as adobe is soft, acrylic was added to the mix to harden the surface, no dust created by the adobe walls. • The white walls are conventional construction with dry wall covering. • All paints used were low VOC.

  25. Making Adobe

  26. Applying Adobe to the Interior Wall

  27. Conference Room In Progress

  28. Roof Trusses

  29. Installing Roof Trusses

  30. Trusses Complete

  31. The Roof • Is designed to collect rain water for storage and use in the rest rooms • Is conventional wood truss covered with plywood. • The roof itself is Standing Seam Metal

  32. Roof Before Metal Covering

  33. Hoisting the Roof Material

  34. Roof with Solar film

  35. Part of the Metal Roof

  36. Electrical The building internal power is provided by renewable energy: • Approximately 11 kw of solar, including the “Thin Film Amorphous Silicone” panels applied to the roof • Seven solar trackers 5 with 8 Panels and 2 with 10 panels • Two wind generators, generating 400 w each

  37. Electrician Working Hard

  38. Installing Electrical Wiring

  39. The Way the Film is Delivered

  40. Preparing Film PV Film

  41. Thin Film Amphorus Silicone PV

  42. Mounting Solar Tracker

  43. Installing Solar control Center

  44. Solar Electric Control Center

  45. Insulation • The Building is highly insulated: • Beginning with the roof, Immediately under the roof is a Mylar Radiant Heat Barrier • Above the ceiling is approximately 18 inches of blown in cellulose with a cover of Mylar chip radiant barrier • The exterior walls average about 20 feet thick, using Thermal Mass to control heat • The entrances and Courtyard walls have spun glass insulation

  46. Mylar Film Radiant Barrier

  47. Ambient Lighting • Light is brought in through various means: • Windows in the courtyard walls • Sky Lights • Solar Tube Sky Lights • Active Daylighting Systems (passive tarcking of the sun)

  48. Metal Roof with Tracking Solar

  49. Cisterns • As stated earlier the roof is designed to collect rain water for later use. • The roof of this building will on an average year collect approximately 28,000 gallons of water, the 4 cisterns each hold 10,000 Gallons • This water is to be used in the rest rooms • For the toilet • For hand washing • But not for drinking

  50. Open Cistern Before Can Wall

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