This building is a sustainable building which reuse water, harvest waster create self current etc.

1. The
Kendeda
Building
The Kendeda Building for
Innovative Sustainable
Design was created to
foster environmental
education, research, and
a public forum for
community outreach.

2. Location:NorthwestcornerofFerstDriveand
StateStreetonGeorgiaTech’sAtlantacampus
Architects:
LordAeckSargent
LordAeck Sargent is an
architecture and design firm with
a history of creating
environments people want to use
and preserve.
TheMillerHull
Primary Certification: LivingBuilding
Challenge(LBC)certification.
Description

3. Energy
Efficiency
Solar Array: 330 kW (DC),
approximately 917 sun power
solar panels generated 438,709
kWh.
Electricity Used: - 243,520 kWh.
NOTE: while the building has a
small battery for emergency
back-up, the building pulls from
the electricity grid when
needed and sends excess
during periods of
overproduction

4. Water
Management
Basement Cistern Capacity: 50,000-
gallons of rainwater
Water Used: 104,600 gallons(12
Months).
Water Collected and Infiltrated into
the Ground: 1,594,800 gallons,
which is 15 times the amount
needed for operations.
NOTE: when the rainwater-to-
drinking water system receives all
required permits, the building will
only use rainwater for all potable
water needs.

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7. Water
Treatment
Treated rainwater is used
for drinking fountains,
sinks, and showers. The
greywater generated
from these fixtures is
pumped to a constructed
wetland at the building’s
main entrance. This water
then descends via gravity
through a series of rain
gardens and detention
structures aligned with
the tiered exterior
terraces before
infiltrating to the site.

8. Solid Waste
Management
A composting toilet
system converts solids
and liquids into fertilizer
onsite. The system does
not connect to the sewer.

9. Zero Carbon
Construction
Project construction achieved
zero carbon footprint by first
incorporating low-carbon and
salvaged building materials, then
by recycling over 99% of
construction waste, and finally
by purchasing a one-time carbon
offset that funded new solar
projects in India, which is highly
reliant on coal for electricity.

10. Research
Honeybees are
crucial for
pollinating crops
and plants. They
need good forage
resources to do
this and these
resources are
under threat USA.

11. Structure
Mass timber was selected
for its significantly smaller
embodied carbon
footprint, compared to
concrete and steel
systems. Glue laminated
queen-post trusses with
steel bottom chords are
used to achieve the spans
required by the larger
spaces in the building
where timber alone would
be challenging. This
hybrid approach reduces
the quantity of wood
required while making the
routing of building
services more efficient.

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Construction of the building
diverted more waste from
the landfill than sent to the
landfill through the use of
salvaged materials.
Lumber from storm-felled
trees on Georgia Tech’s
campus was kiln-dried,
milled, and planed to make
the building’s counters and
benches outside the
building.

13. The Building Features
Two64-personclassrooms,two24-person
class labs,two16-personclass labs, a 16-
personseminar room, a 24-persondesign
studio,176-personauditorium,rooftopapiary
andpollinatorgarden,andan office space for
co-locatedprograms. Thebuildingalso hosts
the buildingDirector andstaff, the Office of
CampusSustainability,and GeorgiaTech's
GlobalChangeProgram.

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15. Elevations

16. Thank You