The Experimental Green Dorm

An Experimental Green Dorm at Stanford

Stanford University, in an effort led by students and faculty in the School of Engineering, plans to build an "experimental green dorm," a residence hall designed to generate more electricity than it uses, and to emit no net carbon. In addition to housing 47 students, it will also embody three important goals: to demonstrate how buildings can be designed to be positive contributors to the environment; to provide a living lab that allows faculty and students to explore innovations in green technology; and to be a great place for students to live, study and socialize.

To meet these goals the Experimental Green Dorm is being designed as a platform for testing technologies such as solar electricity and heating, fuel cell-powered heat pumps, water recycling and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The dorm will also have systems for detailed monitoring of resource consumption and high performance structural design to advance the goal of sustainable building everywhere. Find out more by reading the feasibility study prepared by architecture firm EHDD Associates and by visiting the Experimental Green Dorm site on the Web.

Feasibility study | View [PDF] »
A detailed look at the project and the technologies involved. A summary is available here [PDF].

Experimental Green Dorm Web site | View»
A comprehensive Web site about all things related to the project, including news, details, student research, and contact information.

If you are interested in supporting the Experimental Green Dorm project contact Todd Logan.