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Sustainable Architecture: Residential, Continuing Care Communities:
Echo Glen Children's Center Cottage Renovation
, Snoqualmie, Washington: The Echo Glen project was undertaken to remodel and upgrade 40-year-old residential units to today’s juvenile rehabilitation standards. Site disturbance was minimized to protect the surrounding forest environment. Excavated soil was utilized to reclaim an abandoned sewage lagoon, and runoff from remaining and new impervious surfaces was dispersed by spreader weirs to filter through surrounding forest duff in sheet-flow fashion, nurturing existing wetlands that naturally buffer drainage into the adjacent trout stream. At least 75% of the existing building shells was preserved and over 75% of construction debris recycled. Indoor environmental quality was preserved and enhanced with daylight and views available to all spaces except toilet rooms, low-emission finishes, acoustical treatments and automated solar controls on operable clerestory windows. With energy savings anticipated to be around 15% compared to a conventional building, the project is registered with USGBC to receive LEED Silver certification.
Higher Education Projects
: sun control envelope, optimizing energy performance
Student Housing
: Eco-living, energy savings
K-12 School Projects
: displacement ventilation, daylighting
Healthcare Projects
: green roof, natural environment, sustainable wood products
Dental and Orthodontic Design
: client preference, budget
Residential | Continuing Care Communities: energy savings, minimizing site disturbance
Commercial Projects
: daylight harvesting
Civic | Public
: adaptive reuse
Recreation | Community Projects
: natural daylighting, waste reduction, thermal envelope
Restoration | Preservation Projects
: daylighting, high-content recycled and locally procured material, building and material reuse
On-the-Boards
: energy conservation, natural setting, daylighting
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Higher Education
Student Housing
K-12 Schools
Healthcare
Dental and Orthodontic Design
Residential|Continuing Care Communities
Commercial|Hospitality
Civic|Public
Recreation|Community
Restoration|Preservation
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