DESIGN OF A GREEN TEACHING CENTER AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO
- SCOTT PARK -
Team Members:
 Cole Marburger
 Kyle Kuhlman
 Travis McKibben
Faculty Advisor:
 Dr. Jiwan Gupta
 Michael McNeill
 Justin Niese
 Michael Titus

 Design a Sustainable Building for UT’s
Scott Park Campus
 Utilize and Research
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Green Technologies
Solar Panels / Geothermal H/C
Water Conservation / Green Roof
 Design based on Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
Principles
 Create a Unique Building to Recognize
UT’s Sustainable Efforts

 “Hands-on” Equipment Labs
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• Civil
Mechanical
Electrical
 Computer Labs
 Classrooms to Research and Study
Green Technologies
 Auditorium to Hold Green Seminars

Existing Restrictions
 Engineering Technologies Building
 Scott Park Campus
Building
 6 Baseball Diamonds
 Soccer Field
 Parking Lots
 Scott Lake Pond

View looking East
View looking South

 LEED Certification Levels:
 Certified (40-49)
 Silver (50-59)
 Gold (60-79)
 Platinum (80-110)
 Minimum LEED Certification at UT:
 Silver
 Plan to Achieve a Minimum of Gold Level
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Set the standard for “Energy and Innovation”

LEED 2009 New Construction Design Manual
 Checklists
• Sustainable Sites
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Water Efficiency
Energy & Atmosphere
Materials & Resources
Indoor Environmental Quality
Innovation & Design Process
Regional Priority Credits
 Detailed Credit Info
• Intent, Requirements, Potential Strategies

Example Section
-Sustainable
Sites
 Current analysis achieves 81 points total (Platinum Rating)
 Point total achieved through combined civil, mechanical, and electrical design groups

 Detailed LEED
Strategies Plan
 Provide specific details for credits to be achieved
Existing Hybrid Sign

 Solar Panels
 Geothermal Heating/Cooling
 Rain Water Collection
 Green Roof

 Utilize a large grid-tied system
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• Allow energy to be sold into the grid at low consumption times
Avoid large battery bank; making the system easier to maintain and more eco-friendly
 Wirelessly monitor through a
PC/Website
 36 kW tower system consisting of 6 inverters and 180 panels

 Vertical closed-loop system was developed by the mechanical group.
 Reduce the Heating/Cooling costs and earn LEED credits

 Rainwater to be collected only from the main roof
 20,000 Gal. tank proposed
 Irrigation to be north and west of building
(Hatched area on following slide)
 No potable water will be needed for irrigation

 Located on top of auditorium. Entrance on 3 rd floor of main building
 Green roof will feature extensive vegetation
 Extensive vegetation is lighter and requires less soil, thereby reducing the load (saturated load approximately 34 psf)
 Will feature walkways and tables for occupants to enjoy

 Civil Experiments
• Pervious Pavements
• Green Roofs
• Storm Water Collection
• LEED Design Techniques
 Mechanical Experiments
• Electric Motors
• Hydrogen Fuel Powered Engines
• Green Heating and Cooling Systems
 Electrical Experiments
• Smart Grid
• Wind Turbines
• Solar Panels

Utilize Kalwall Translucent
Daylighting Systems
 Minimize need for artificial light
 Panels provide low solar heat gain and high insulation values
 Made from 20% recycled content

 Strategically use windows to keep occupants in touch with outside world while providing natural light

**Entrance windows and roof not shown for clarity

 Structural Steel Frame
 Procedures followed:
• Load and Resistance Factored Design (LRFD)
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• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Version 7
American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
 Complete SAP 2000 v12 Analysis
 Hand Calculations for Typical Members/Sections
• Floor Beams
• Interior/Exterior Girders
• Columns
• Auditorium Roof
• Main Roof
• Wind Bracing
• Foundation

 1 st Floor
• Dead = 200 psf
 2 nd & 3 rd Floors:
• Dead = 100 psf
• Live = 80 psf
• Live = 80 psf
 Auditorium Green Roof
• Dead = 40 psf
• Snow = 20 psf
• Live = 80 psf
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Main Roof
Dead = 40 psf
Snow = 20 psf
• Roof Live = 20 psf

 Located on the 2 nd and 3 rd floors
 Designed to support metal decking with concrete cover
 Uniform distributed load on entire beam
• Max load case: 1.2D + 1.6L
 The beam was designed for the maximum bending moment
 Allowable deflection controlled beam selection

 Designed using end reactions from connecting floor beams
 Point loads at girder/floor beam connections
• Max load case: 1.2D + 1.6L + .5S
 2 Typical interior and 2 exterior were designed
 Allowable deflection controlled girder selection

 Designed using axial loading from SAP
2000 analysis – Max load: 1.2D + 1.6L + .5S
 3 Typical columns (Locations on next slide)
• Main exterior (Red)
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• Main interior (Blue)
Auditorium (Yellow)
 Maximum axial load controlled column selection

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 Designed to support saturated green roof
 Distributed load on entire joist
• Max load case: 1.2D + 1.6L + .5S
• Max span: 85 feet
 Long span LH series roof joist
 Allowable distributed load controlled selection

 Designed using supported tributary area
 Distributed load on entire joist
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• Max load case: 1.2D + 1.6L + .5S
Max span joist: 70’
Max span joist girder: 34’
 2 typical joists and 1 joist girder designed
 Built-up-roof components (per UT guidelines)
• Metal decking
• SEBS base sheet
• Type 6 glass felts

 Based on ASCE 7 provisions
 Wind Load Factor = 1.6
(LRFD Combinations)
 3 wind braces to resist East-West winds
 2 wind braces to resist North-South winds
 3 designs to accommodate structural differences in the building

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 Loadings obtained from SAP Analysis of the building
 Pad footings with integrated auger cast piles were selected
 Pad footings and piles required less concrete than strip or mat foundations
 The piles transmit some load to more stable clays below grade
 Four typical pad footings were designed to increase efficiency

 Soil info was obtained from boring logs of
Scott Park
 Estimated bearing capacity of 4 kips/sq ft for the soil
 Foundation size and number of piles determined by loading and bearing capacity
 Designed for one and two way shear to obtain sufficient depth for the reinforcing steel of the foundation

 Place UT at the forefront of researching sustainable technologies
 Create a learning environment for both students and the public
 Provide a recognizable high performance building to showcase UT’s sustainable efforts

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2005
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Fundamentals of Structural Analysis. Third Edition. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2008
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Thomson, 2007
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