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Fire Station 3



Please see attached the response from Greg Castellaw from CKA Architects to
the questions recently posted on Vision 2020. Thank you Greg for your
thorough response.

Jon Kimberling
Fire Station 3 Design Committee


----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Castellaw" <gcastellaw@ckarchitects.com>
To: "'Jon Kimberling'" <n-k-ins@moscow.com>; "Greg McCracken"
<gmccracken@ckarchitects.com>
Cc: "Don Strong (E-mail)" <dstrong@ci.moscow.id.us>; "Randy Rice (E-mail)"
<rrice@ci.moscow.id.us>
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 9:52 AM
Subject: RE: Fire Station 3 Drawings


> Jon,
> As requested, I will respond to some of the questions asked in Taz's
> e-mail. The short answer is yes, a number of sustainable components have
> been considered during the design process. Some have been included in the
> design and others have not. The project was on a tight budget and it was
> important to make sure the tax payer investment was done wisely, which I
> think the design committee very did. The following are some of the issues
> we looked at for Station #3:
>
> Recycled fuel heat- we looked at using recycled oil for building heat.
This
> was processed with Brett Bennett following much of what he has learned in
> his business and their use of this strategy. It was determined that it
> would take a large commitment from the CoM to implement this strategy and
> was not within the expertise of the fire department. There would be a need
> to continuously locate sources of appropriate fuel, monitor the quality of
> the fuel, haul the fuel, provide for a back-up heat source, etc. After
> careful review and consideration, the design committee felt that this was
> not a feasible alternative for this particular project.
>
> Daylighting- daylighting strategies have been applied throughout the
> building including the apparatus bays.
>
> Natural Ventilation- operable windows have been provided in the project
> design. It is not expected that natural ventilation will be used much on
> the upper floor where A/C is provided but should be used extensively at
the
> lower floor.
>
> Shading Strategies- Low E glass and larger that usual roof overhangs have
> been provided in the building design.
>
> Lighting- the building uses very few incandescent lights. Energy efficient
> fluorescent and HID lighting is used throughout the building.
>
> Draught Resistant Plantings- Draught resistant plantings have been
included
> in the project design to minimize the landscaping water consumption. The
> required buffering extensively makes use of this type of plantings. Also,
> much of the hillside to the north of the building will be seeded with
> natural grasses which will not require watering. The use of mulch at the
> planter beds also reduces the amount of water required.
>
> Flipping of Building- various building/space configurations were
considered
> by the design committee. What we have ended up with is what we feel is the
> most efficient layout for this facility. Flipping of a number of the
spaces
> was examined early on in the design process. It was determined that this
> did not work since we needed to provide a central vertical circulation
core
> at the north side of the building located in the middle of the building.
> With circulation at this location, there was not enough room for the dorms
> rooms to fit along the north exterior wall. The final building design
> provides for very efficient circulation patterns and response times from
> anywhere in the building.
>
> Grid Issues- The facility is being provided with a back-up generator so
> that it will not be dependent on the grid during delivery of emergency
> services.
>
> I hope that this has helped to answer the questions that Taz brought up
> concerning sustainable design... Greg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Kimberling [SMTP:n-k-ins@moscow.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 11:44 AM
> To: Greg McCracken; Greg Castellaw
> Subject: Fw: Fire Station 3 Drawings
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> From: Charles Fulford
> To: Jon Kimberling ; Vision2020
> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 5:12 PM
> Subject: Re: Fire Station 3 Drawings
>
>
> Just curious if any sustainable components had been considered in the
> design process. Solar, appropriate roof overhangs, rainwater harvesting,
> recycling, thermal walls, natural ventilation, etc. Looks like the floor
> plan could be flipped and day lighting utilized in the gathering spaces
> with proper window openings, since they would face South. This would also
> reduce light into the sleeping spaces. Seems like an emergency response
> structure would benefit the most from being less dependant on the grid.
> Sincerely
> Taze Fulford
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Jon Kimberling
>   Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 8:43 AM
>   To: Vision2020
>   Subject: Fire Station 3 Drawings
>
>   Anyone interested in seeing several architects drawings of our fire
> station can go to the following website:
>
>   www.ckarchitects.com/images
>
>   These photos will eventually be incorporated into the City of Moscow
> website with additional information regarding the facility. When this
> occurs, I will let you know.
>
>   Jon Kimberling
>   Fire Station 3 Design Committee
>
>  << File: ATT00014.html >>
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