Sunday

5:00 - Arrival

6:30 - Welcome Dinner

7:30 - Lecture - Context and Content

Monday

Topic - Inputs and Outputs

Instructors - Buzz F., Aaron W.

9:00 - Introduction - Integrated Design: Who, what, when, where, how? (Buzz, Aaron)

- Closing Loops

- Local resilience

- Beauty

10:00 - Review Individual Projects (All)

12:30 - Lunch

1:30 - Gozinnas and Gozouttas: material throughput of the development (Buzz)

2:00 - Site Assessment: history, solar access, water, winds, soil, climate zones, drainage, local materials, watershed etc. (Buzz, Aaron)

4:00 - Case Study - Best practice whole system development (Aaron)

5:00 - R&R

6:00 - Dinner

7:30 - Introduction to Sketchup (Aaron)

Tuesday

9:00 - Introduction to Permaculture - Ethics and Principles (Ben)

- Stacking Functions: multiple benefits from single expenditures

- Redundancy, Reciprocity, and Resliency

- Diversity

- Capturing energy

- Productive harvests

12:30 - Lunch

1:30 - Case Study: Best Practice Example (Aaron)

2:00 - Permaculture Methods (Ben)

- Macro site planning, zones

- Working with Wind, Water, Sun, Soil

4:00 - Application to individual projects

5:00 - R&R

6:00 - Dinner

7:30 - Landscape Design Workshop: tools of the trade (Ben)

Wednesday

Topic - Food and Fuel Production

Instructors - Ben Falk, Buzz F., Aaron W.

9:00 - Food Security (Ben)

- Basics of Soil Science

- Composting

- Climate Zones: Extending seasons

- Multiple benefits

12:30 - Lunch

1:30 - Methods: Designing Planting Systems (Ben)

- Guilds

- Plant Selection: specifics for each project

- Case Studies of Best Practices

2:30 - Design/Research for individual projects (All)

5:00 - R&R

6:00 - Dinner

7:30 - Landscape Design Workshop - SketchUp Modeling (Aaron)

Thursday

Topic - Water, Waste

Instructors - Jonathan Todd, John Todd Ecological Design (JTED) Crew, Buzz F., Aaron W.

9:00 - Water: Acquisition and Recycling (All)

- Rain Capture

- Groundwater

- Municipal

- Methods of storing

- Greywater Design

- Ponds

- Aquaculture

- Aquatic Plants

- Irrigation

- Case Studies

12:30 - Lunch

1:30 - Composting Toilets (Buzz)

2:30 - Design/Research on individual projects

5:00 - R&R

6:00 - Dinner

7:30 - Continued design workshop with JTED

Friday

Topic - Building Design

Instructors - Architect (TBD), Buzz F., Aaron W.

9:00 - Introduction to Whole System Design for Buildings

- Passive heating and cooling

- Insulation

- Windows

- Mass

- Materials

- Multiple benefits from single expenditures

10:00 - Site Tour

- Building TBD (preferably 2 buildings)

- Bring Lunch

4:00 - Focus on Building Materials

- Foundations

- Structure

- Insulation

- Windows

- Roofs

- Floors

5:00 - R&R

6:00 - Dinner

7:30 - Building Materials (Continued)

Saturday

Free day - design optional

Sunday 2

Topic - Heating and Cooling

Instructors - Architect (TBD), Buzz F., Aaron W.

9:00 - Passive Heating and Cooling (All)

- Orientation

- Mass

- Calculating heat-flow

- Water heating

- Site-specific considerations

- Landscape considerations

12:30 - Lunch

1:30 - Active Heating and Cooling (All)

- Technologies

- Controls

- Local resources

- Redundancy with Passive systems

4:00 - Case Studies (Aaron)

5:00 - R&R

6:00 - Dinner

7:30 - SketchUp Workshop (Aaron)

Monday 2

Topic - Renewable Energy

Instructors - Energy Expert (TBD), Buzz F., Aaron W.

9:00 - Solar Systems

- Location

- Technologies

- System Components

- Storage

- Pricing and Rebates

- Efficiency

- On-grid/Off-grid

12:30 - Lunch

1:30 - Other renewable options

- microhydro

- wind

- buying renewable credits

- biomass

- cogeneration

- biogas

- agrichar

5:00 - R&R

6:00 - Dinner

7:30 - SketchUp Workshop (Aaron)

Tuesday 2

Topic - Putting it all together

Instructors - Architect (TBD), Buzz F., Aaron W.

9:00 - Appliances (Aaron)

- energy saving

- water saving

- loop closing

10:00 - Integration of Site and Structure (Buzz)

12:30 - Lunch

1:30 - Site Tour

- Building TBD

5:00 - R&R

6:00 - Dinner

7:30 - Case Study: Best Practices

Wednesday 2

Topic - Design

Instructors - Architect (TBD), Buzz F., Aaron W.

9:00 - Design

12:30 - Lunch

1:30 - Design

5:00 - R&R

6:00 - Dinner

7:30 - Case Studies: Best Practices

Thursday 2

Topic - Design

Instructors - Architect (TBD), Buzz F., Aaron W.

9:00 - Design

12:30 - Lunch

1:30 - Design

5:00 - R&R

6:00 - Dinner

7:30 - Case Studies: Best Practices

Friday 2

Topic - Evaluations

Reviewers - Panel TBD

10:00 - Project Crits

12:30 - Lunch

1:30 - Project Crits

4:00 - Conclusions and Farewells