BNIM have come up with the Omega Center for Sustainable Living’s education facility, specially designed and integrated for them by the American design firm. As part of the project, the current wastewater disposal system for the entire 195-acre Rhinebeck campus will have a facelift, and will use biological methods of treatment via an eco machine. This will help educate visitors, staff and local community on innovative wastewater strategies too! The developed system and the building will also be used by Omega to help educate of the ecological impact of their campus. Incorporating a classroom, laboratory, water garden and a constructed wetland with its own power supply generated by solar photovoltaic, this ones self sustaining and carbon neutral.
That’s not all. The building’s power supply is kept up by geothermal heating when needed too, while the structure uses natural ventilation cooling strategies to keep the atmosphere inside pleasant.
