INT 322 Week 3

 


    The Harm Weber building is the largest standing building on Judson Universities campus.  It contains around 88,000 square feet within its walls, elevates itself to three stories high containing a basement section to it as well. Its over all look and feel is that of impeccable ingenuity and is a staple of sustainability and efficiency as regard to how it interacts with the surrounding environment. 

    The Harm Weber building is a gold LEED certified structure, incorporating many different elements that cut down on energy cost and waste, sustainable building elements and practices, and still holds an astatically pleasing look while being environmentally friendly. Elements to this structure that make it LEED gold certified is the fact that it has all natural ventilation with its natural airways created through voids of space throughout the building, cutting down significant costs in HVAC and other heating and cooling systems. Its many windows and concrete framing help to regulate tempter as light passes in to heat the building and tempter is retained within the concrete walls.
    
    The walls of the exterior of the Harm Weber building are surrounded by a metallic cladding that help to reflect sunlight away so that the concrete does not get over heated and temperatures start to rise to much within the building. Along with the cladding, plaster is applied to the widow openings as well for proper insulation and aesthetic look. This building is indeed an impressive feet in green design and architectural prowess and is a sight to see when traveling through Elgin.

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