Sustainability
Sustainable Living Center
Site Selection
- Grayfield site
Water
- Rainwater catchment system
- Ozone-ultraviolet potable water purification
- Living machines wastewater treatment
- Constructed wetland
- Bioswale
- Irrigation system
Indoor Environmental Quality
- Daylighting system
- Automatic photosensitive control for back-up lighting
- LED backup lighting system
- Cross-ventilation system
- California Title 24 air-exchange requirements compliant
- Entryway airlock/dirt track system
- Mold-free systems design
- Natural electro-magnetic field
Beauty and Inspiration
- Interior decoration with natural, eco-friendly materials
- Gazebo and waterfall
- Self-guided tour of features for visitors
- Educational film for visitors
- Educational displays
- Environmental performance monitoring system
MUM’s first fully off-the-grid building is now being constructed as the new home for the Sustainable Living program.
The Associated Press describes it is as “the ultimate green building” in an article carried by Forbes, BusinessWeek, MSNBC, and other national media.
Off-the-grid
- Electricity
- Heating
- Cooling
- Water
- Waste disposal
Designed to fulfill certification requirements
- LEED Platinum
- Living Building Challenge
- Building Biology
- Maharishi Vedic Architecture
Other prominent features
- Daylighting throughout the building
- Whole tree structural support
Materials
- Non-toxic materials
- Materials from local sources or within living building sourcing requirements
- Construction carbon footprint fully offset
- Construction waste completely recycled
Zero Energy Building
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Energy Systems
- Wind turbine generator
- Photovoltaic inverter and battery panel system for electricity storage
- Lead-free storage batteries Heating and Cooling System
- Geothermal ground loop system
- Thermal mass compressed earth block interior walls Heating System
- Solar thermal panels and radiant in-floor heating system
- Passive solar design Cooling System
- Night flush ventilation system
- Solar desiccant system