EWU Sustainability Center

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SUSTAINABILIT Y CENTER

TH E S U S TA INA B I L I T Y C E N T E R W I L L B E TH E F I RS T F OR A P U B L I C U N I V ER SI T Y TO ACH I E V E T H E L I V I NG B U I L D I NG C HA L LE N G E (L BC) C E RT I F I C AT I O N. I T W I L L B E T H E O N LY SIT E IN T H E U.S. TO CO M B I N E L B C W I T H A PR OGRE S S IV E C U R R I C U LUM. E W U I S C R EAT IN G TH E I N N OVATO R S O F TO MO R R O W.

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Eastern’s Sustainability Center will be a focal point of teaching, learning and community engagement as the alternative and renewable energy fields continue to grow in this country and around the world.

THE CENTER WILL FOCUS ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH. T WO CLASSROOMS, AN ENGINEERING LIVING LAB AND REAL–TIME DATA COLLEC TION WILL CREATE A DESTINATION FOR K-12 STUDENTS, REAL WORLD LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR E WU STUDENTS, AS WELL AS A TESTING SITE FOR AREA BUSINESSES.

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The center’s living lab will allow active modification of building insulation and glazing and will feature different building styles to use as training models. In the research lab, students, faculty and visiting corporate entities can test designs and equipment.

EWU’s engineers and educators will get hands-on practice with emerging technologies, innovative curricula and teaching strategies.

THE CENTER WILL BE ITS OWN UTILIT Y. IT WILL ALSO FEATURE: NET ZERO WATER NET ZERO POWER NET ZERO WASTE SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPING SUSTAINABLE GARDENS

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The center’s plots will feature innovative agro-ecology and permaculture gardening models. Here students, faculty, and visitors can participate in ongoing sustainability research.

THE GARDENS WILL SERVE AS A 24/7-ACCESSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUC ATION FACILIT Y. THE Y WILL CREATE A LIVING LABORATORY FOR COURSES AS DIVERSE AS FIELD BOTANY, ETHNOBOTANY, GARDENING WITH NATIVE SPECIES, COMPOSTING AND BEST PRACTICES FOR ARID ECOSYSTEMS.

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PROJECTED ESTIMATE OF PROBABLE COSTS @ 15,800 sq. ft.

Design: $1,107,795 Construction: $7,386,500 Project management: $335,700 Geotechnical and traffic studies: $55,000 Soft costs: $1,678,750 TOTAL COST: $10,563,975

STUDENT SUCCESS Goal: To create an environment where students succeed at their highest level.

EWU has “cracked the code� for student success.

EWU is a national leader for successfully attracting, retaining, graduating, and transforming the lives of all students, including under represented, first generation, non-traditional and diverse students of all backgrounds.

INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY Goal: Build an environment that utilizes research to identify, anticipate and respond to community and societal needs.

EWU is a national leader both in developing multiple pathways for students to complete degrees and in designing imaginative curricula, research and scholarly activity that anticipate and respond effectively to shifting social and economic challenges and opportunities.

COMMUNIT Y ENGAGEMENT Goal: Increase community engagement through active participation of students, staff and faculty with community groups, business, organizations and government.

A significant engine powering the state, EWU is the public university whose students, faculty, staff and alumni make profound and significant contributions to the economic and social vitality of the region. EWU remains the best value for higher education in the state.

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