Research

My portion of the Green Pier project specifically relates to the renovation of the interior and exterior of the chapel using materials that would not be harmful to the water and land surrounding the location. The issue of green and sustainable building causes several issues in the community and can cause many problems with the environment that we live in, especially the Sandy Hook area.

Problem:
- A variety of environmental problems now affect our entire world. As globalization continues and the earth's natural processes transform local problems into international issues, few societies are being left untouched by major environmental problems. In today’s world, pollution can be found everywhere we look. Even the materials we use to create buildings have been contributing to this issue and releasing chemicals into out environment. To eliminate this issue, building and homes are being constructed from green and sustainable materials that do not harm the environment. Solar energy has become a substitute for gas and is becoming more popular in urban communities.

Climate, Atmosphere, Environment:
- Sandy Hook, New Jersey, USA:. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.climate-charts.com/USA-Stations/NJ/NJ287865.php

Conditions of use:
- The Sandy Hook area as a whole is used and visited by thousands of guests every year and is also the home to US Coast Guard Base. The land is used for beach profiling to fishing to historical landmarks. This historical location is used for a variety of purposes and is run and managed by the Nationals Park Service. The chapel itself would be used for historical puropses and will be vistied by many.

End User:
- The end user will vary from the National Park Service to beach goers who want to visit the chapel.

Preliminary Alternate Materials:
Materials for Roof:
- shingles/shakes
- cedar shakes, recycled/synthetic shingles
- tile - concrete/cement tile, fiber-cement composite tile, clay tile, slate tile
- solar roof shingles

Materials for Building:
- EcoRock- 80% post-industrial waste content
- Durra recovered agricultural by-product

Materials for Glass:
- plexi-glass
- fiber glass
- recycled glass

Source of Power:
- solar
- wind
- wave