Week 1 Blog Post
Week 1
In the first week of lab, we decided which project we wanted to focus on that would make an environment more sustainable. We chose to focus on the water efficiency of an existing building, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
In the hospital, pictured to the right, we will find ways to reduce water usage by 50% through methods of rainwater catchment, greywater recycling, and storm water management. This week we also decided what our deliverables will be for each method of reducing water usage. For rainwater catchment, we will build a funnel to collect water and then bring it to a tank where it will be filtered.
To the left is an example of the system we would hope to build. The top portion funnels the water into a shaft which will bring the rainwater down into the tank. The greywater recycling deliverable, will be a system which collects water and coagulates suspended particles in the water to then be drained and into a tank. Lastly, our storm water management is a roof, below, will be covered in grass and plants which will collect and absorb storm water before going into our rainwater catchment system. The system on the roof will trap the water then filter it through its layers of sediment.
In the first week of lab, we decided which project we wanted to focus on that would make an environment more sustainable. We chose to focus on the water efficiency of an existing building, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
In the hospital, pictured to the right, we will find ways to reduce water usage by 50% through methods of rainwater catchment, greywater recycling, and storm water management. This week we also decided what our deliverables will be for each method of reducing water usage. For rainwater catchment, we will build a funnel to collect water and then bring it to a tank where it will be filtered.
To the left is an example of the system we would hope to build. The top portion funnels the water into a shaft which will bring the rainwater down into the tank. The greywater recycling deliverable, will be a system which collects water and coagulates suspended particles in the water to then be drained and into a tank. Lastly, our storm water management is a roof, below, will be covered in grass and plants which will collect and absorb storm water before going into our rainwater catchment system. The system on the roof will trap the water then filter it through its layers of sediment.
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