Water You Talkin' About
Replacing the manual taps with these automatic fixtures cuts the flow rate to 0.5 gallons per minute, and stops people from leaving the water running.
What are sensored faucets?
Putting these on the roof helped to dramatically reduce the reliance on the wide electrical grid.
What are solar panels?
Conducting this action on the existing components could help to reduce the energy usage of the heating components.
What is regular maintenance / What is upkeep?
This major thermal envelope component was not present in the Stedman building walls.
What is insulation?
This is Kevin's favorite meme format
What is Predator handshake / Arnie schwarzenegger
Upgrading these resulted in nearly a 70% reduction in the building's water use
What are toilets/urinals?
Retrofitting these cut the power usage of the building approximately in half.
What are LEDs?
This element was present around many doors and windows in the building, which made the building envelope worse.
What are panel gaps?
This building element has had many myths and stories over the years, and was shut to the public approximately 20 years ago.
What is the tunnel?
This parasite gave Kevin's dog the runs
What is GIARDIA?
This solution helped to eliminate the usage of the drinking water supply for toilets.
Hint: Roof Related
What is a rainwater catchment / greywater supply?
This solution was initially proposed in order to reduce the electricity demand for air circulation and cooling but was not ultimately selected.
What is an improved HVAC system?
This gas is used in between window panes to improve insulation.
What is argon?
The main entrance on the east side of the building has a door which loudly hits this ceiling fixture.
What is a light fixture?
What did inhaling of lead cause to people later in their lives?
What are SERIAL KILLERS / BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS?
This solution was initially proposed to improve insulation, air quality, and stormwater management, but was ultimately not selected due to extreme cost and disruption.
Hint: Roof Related
What is a green roof?
This solution was initially proposed in order to reduce the energy demand from lighting, but was ultimately not selected in our design due to extreme cost and disruption.
What are skylights / windows?
This variant of insulation was retrofitted to the walls in order to improve the building envelope.
Hint: Three Letters.
What is XPS insulation?
This room on the north side of the building has fallen out of use and is not accessible to the public.
Hint: A/V Related
What is the video room / central transmitting room / graphics room / tech room / projection room
A Reason for "The Missing Middle"
What is RACISM / ZONING / LAWS?