SUSTAINABLE MODULAR PANELIZED SYSTEM: REINVENTING THE BUILDING INDUSTRY
Impact/Purpose:
This proposal will design and produce a fully integrated modular panelized building system that integrates multiple building components. The proposed panelized system will use materials and innovative design to maximize building efficiency, longevity, sustainability and reuse, thereby reducing pollution, inefficiency, and landfill waste.
Description:
Space in our nation's landfills is rapidly running out due in large part to waste from the residential building industry. To combat this problem, a diverse group of students and faculty from the University of Michigan have begun to rethink conventional building practices and establish a new system through which production waste can be reduced and sustainable and environmentally friendly products can be used in innovative ways.
Record Details:
Record Type:PROJECT(
ABSTRACT
)
Start Date:09/15/2004
Completion Date:09/14/2005
Record ID:
87875
Keywords:
BUILDING INDUSTRY, PANELIZED BUILDING SYSTEM, MODULAR, EFFICIENCY, P3,
Related Organizations:
Role
:OWNER
Organization Name
:UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - ANN ARBOR
Citation
:Ann Arbor
State
:MI
Zip Code
:48109
Project Information:
Approach
:Project results will be measured and evaluated through life cycle assessment that compares traditional and proposed building techniques in terms of consumption of energy, raw material and disposal costs. The panelized system will be implemented through the construction of a solar home built using this new technology.
Cost
:$10,000.00
Research Component
:Nanotechnology
Approach
:
Project results will be measured and evaluated through life cycle assessment that compares traditional and proposed building techniques in terms of consumption of energy, raw material and disposal costs. The panelized system will be implemented through the construction of a solar home built using this new technology.
Cost
:$10,000.00
Research Component
:P3 Challenge Area - Built Environment
Approach
:
Project results will be measured and evaluated through life cycle assessment that compares traditional and proposed building techniques in terms of consumption of energy, raw material and disposal costs. The panelized system will be implemented through the construction of a solar home built using this new technology.
Cost
:$10,000.00
Research Component
:Pollution Prevention/Sustainable Development
Project IDs:
ID Code
:SU831855
Project type
:EPA Grant