The purpose of this project is to develop a sustainable design for a mixed-use facility located in the Gateway Park revitalization project of WPI and Worcester, Massachusetts. The proposed design includes both a composite and a reinforced concrete design of structural members, as well as a foundation to transfer the load to the ground. Several elements of "green design" were incorporated into the building, including geothermal heating and cooling and a living roof. Cost analysis and energy analysis of the building demonstrate the efficiency and sustainability of the proposed building.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Guarino, Evan Mark
• Dechiara, Dominic M
• Lane, Jesse A

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030410-130002

Advisor

• El-Korchi, Tahar

Year

• 2010

Date created

• 2010-03-04

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Civil Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright