Eagle Mountain’s Center for Green Technology is a revolutionary facility that demonstrates a commitment to environmental conservation, and is a showcase for the companies’ line of alternative energy products.
Environmental Innovation
The Center for Green Technology is dedicated to research and development of green technology, making alternative energy HVAC products more efficient and available to a larger market of consumers.
The facility uses a Geothermal HVAC system with radiant heating and intelligent climate control. Multiple loopfields and independent geothermal heat pumps allow Eagle Mountain engineers to study and improve the integration of geothermal heating equipment.
Resource Reduction
The Center for Green Technology and Innovation is dedicated to geothermal heating and cooling, solar, and wind, all of which harness naturally abundant energy sources and significantly reduce consumption of non-renewable resources.
Alternative Energy Use
The Center for Green Technology uses alternative energy to heat and cool its 21,000 square foot facility. Geothermal heat pumps exchange heat between a pond and the building, providing energy efficient heating and cooling.
Green Building
The Center for Green Technology uses existing technology to dramatically lower energy costs, uses sustainable and reusable building products, and reduces environmental impact. The project demonstrates how green building can be accomplished at a cost similar to traditional commercial construction.
Abundant Natural Light
The facility includes “green” building principles such as:
- Special window glazing
- Strategic skylights and windows to reduce lighting requirements
- Motion activated light switches
- Insulated concrete form (ICF) construction
- A rainwater collection system
- Water-less urinals
- Recycled blue jean insulation
Solar Powered Sink
Waterless Urinals
Long-term Commitment to Conservation
Energy consumption at the Center for Green Technology is less than half that of a typical building of the same size. Programs and services teach customers, employees, and the community how business can meet the profit demands of a business and the ethical demands of environmental conservation.
Classroom
Geothermal HVAC System
The Center for Green Technology uses water-to-water geothermal heat pumps with a pond loop and a horizontal slinky ground loop. Radiant floors heat the building during winter months, and air handlers cool the building during summer months. The building uses heat recovery ventilation (HRV) and Eagle Mountain’s Ecô energy management system to manage and optimize energy consumption.
Heat Recovery Ventilation (HRV)
Interview with Doug Mossbrook
CEO of Eagle Mountain and designer of the Center for Green Technology.
1. Did the building receive LEED certification? If so, when and what
certification level? The LEED process is still underway. At this point the building score should easily qualify for LEED Gold.
2. How long did it take the building to be constructed? 24 months
3. How much energy is the building saving when compared to a
traditional building of the same size? Our building modeling is estimated at 49% reduction of energy use. We will be monitoring the actual energy use with our new Ecô Energy Management System that we developed. Then we can match estimated performance with actual.
4. I read about the training center in a local newspaper article. Doug
mentions that he envisions seminars for local colleges, and for trades
people to gain certification? Has there been any opportunity to host
seminars/certifications yet? We have been providing geothermal training for our national dealer network bi-monthly since Spring 2009. We are working with the local community college on a program as part of their sustainability program. We would also like to host some of the RPA and IGSHPA training classes here at our facility.
5. How is solar and wind being used to harness energy at the site? The upper roof area has been prepared to hold 8 solar thermal panels and 22 solar pv panels. The 10 Kilowatt wind generator was pulled from the building site plan due to a town moratorium on wind generators. Since we are in a valley the wind generator was to be used for demonstration purposes anyway. We intend to move forward with the zoning work to get approval in the future.
6. Do you believe green building can be accomplished economically? Why or why not? It sounds like the cost of this building was in line with the cost of building traditional. I not only believe it, I proved it. I was able to build this project for a cost of $100 per square foot.
7. What type of rainwater collection system is being used? We collect the rainwater from our roof drains and filter it using 2 – vortex filters made by Wisy brand products from Germany. The water is collected in an underground storage tank, and is used for all of our toilets and faucets used for washing trucks and equipment.
8. What type of low-flow plumbing fixtures are being used? We used Sloan low-flow toilets and waterless urinals.
9. Why did you decide to put a green roof on the building? Is it the
entire building roof or just part of the building roof? I felt the green roof could help the building blend into the natural environment on this site, created a nice patio area as a workspace, and I was
interested in the thermal performance from a research standpoint. Due to cost, we only have 3600 sf of green roof area. I wish I had done the whole roof. That section, which is over the education wing, uses much less energy for heating and cooling.
10. How is the training center teaching the community about
sustainability and conservation? We are putting together a three-part educational seminar series that would be offered free to the public. The focus would be on alternative energy systems and sustainable
methods. The first program will be on solar and wind technologies, and we expect to start the 3-month series next spring.
11. What type of classes seminars are taking place at the training
center? Geothermal, solar, wind systems, sustainable building methods and technology, rainwater collection, just to name a few.
12. What are your future goals for the training center? Our goal is to become a leader in industry and community based educational programs, that provide people ideas and skills to enable them and promote change.
About Eagle Mountain
Eagle Mountain is an alternative energy integrator specializing in radiant heating, geothermal heating and cooling, and energy management systems. Eagle Mountain distributes its products under the Radiantmax, Geomax, and Ecô brand names. As a boutique supplier of integrated systems, Eagle Mountain has customers located throughout the world and is based at the 21,000 sf Center for Green Technology in Bristol, NY.
Customer: Center for Green Technology
Location: Canandaigua, NY
Project: Geothermal HVAC system with water-to-water heat pumps and radiant distribution.
Web: www.eagle-mt.com
Installer: Geocorp
Water heater recovery is measured in gallons per hour. Flow rates for a radiant system can be calculated at 1 gallon per minute for each 10,000 BTUH of heat loss. Due to recovery time, water heaters will work only with very small radiant systems. Larger radiant systems can use water heaters but it is essential to correctly calculate heat loss and select equipment based on recovery time for a 20 degree temperature differential.
