Annotated Bibliography
Eibert, Erik. “Sustainability Initiatives.” Sustainability Initiatives | Buildings, The New School, www.newschool.edu/buildings/sustainability-initiatives/.
This source is a basic understanding of what the university’s mission statement is when it comes to sustainability at the New School and what is being done to the University Center and the Kerrey Hall dorms in a simple statement.
Eibert, Erik. “Sustainability Initiatives Annual Report.” Sustainability Initiatives | Buildings, The New School, www.newschool.edu/buildings/sustainability-initiatives/.
This sustainability report for the University Center at the New School is first hand evidence of the conservation of energy, water usage, etc at the New School. This report shows what is being saved and how much has been saved over the course of one year in the building. The researcher uses this as evidence as to what statistics and “To what extent” the building initiatives are doing and how it improves sustainability in the dorms and in the University Center. A Sustainability report is done every year so that the public knows what is being assessed and to what extent the initiatives are effective.
Eibert, Erik. “Energy.” Parsons | Art and Design School in NYC | The New School.
https://www.newschool.edu/buildings/sustainability-initiatives-energy-and-emissions/
The energy use is very prominent and high in universities and in large urban cities such a New York City, this resource is used to understand the New School’s message towards sustainability.
Eibert, Erik. “Water Conservation.” Parsons | Art and Design School in NYC | The New School.
https://www.newschool.edu/buildings/sustainability-initiatives-water-conservation/
A part of sustainability is conserving water, this source is used to understand the water systems in place at the University Center and the Kerrey Hall dorms above it.
Eibert, Erik. “Building Operations.” Parsons | Art and Design School in NYC | The New School.
https://www.newschool.edu/buildings/sustainability-initiatives-building-operations/
This source is used to help the researcher understand how the building operates and which functions do what in order to understand the functionality of the building to an everyday person.
Eibert, Erik. “Sustainability Initiatives Goals and Commitments.” Parsons | Art and Design School in NYC | The New School.
https://www.newschool.edu/buildings/sustainability-initiatives-goals-and-commitments/
This source is used to gain a knowledge on how the University Center aligns their goals and commitments to sustainability. It helps the audience understand why they have the rules in place that they do.
“Citation Machine: Format & Generate Citations – APA, MLA, & Chicago.” Citation Machine: Modern Language Association 8th Edition Format Citation Generator for Journal Article. Accessed March 01, 2019. http://www.citationmachine.net/.
This website and source was used to create citations in MLA format.
Valenzuela, Karen. “The New School University Center / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.” ArchDaily. April 10, 2014. Accessed March 08, 2019. http://www.archdaily.com/494660/the-new-school-university-center-skidmore-owings-and-merrill.
“How Thermal Storage Beats Traditional Cooling.” Alternative-to-Expensive-Airconditioning, Almac, www.calmac.com/alternative-to-expensive-airconditioning.
Image used for Figure 5.
Tomia. Rotary Heat Exchanger. 11 Nov. 2007.
Image used for figure 4.
“Waste Management.” Sustainability and Waste Management | Buildings, The New School, www.newschool.edu/buildings/sustainability-initiatives-waste-management/.
Understanding waste management and the separation between landfill, paper, recycling, and compost.
Nguyen, Natalie. “Sustainability Tour with Erik Eibert.” 7 Mar. 2019.
A tour taken of the sustainability aspects of the University Center such as the green roof, 7th floor, 17th floor, and basement of the Kerrey Hall dormitory.
“Lighting.” Sustainability | University Center, The New School, www.newschool.edu/university-center/sustainability/.
Understanding the lighting of the building in the university Center academic room.
“Ice Storage.” Sustainability | University Center, The New School, www.newschool.edu/university-center/sustainability/.
This is used to understand the ice storage units that cool the University Center.
“Cogeneration.” Sustainability | University Center, The New School, www.newschool.edu/university-center/sustainability/.
The natural gas unit that is housed on the 17th floor, understanding how it is operated.
Sustainably Sourced Materials.” Sustainability | University Center, The New School, www.newschool.edu/university-center/sustainability/.
Understanding how the building was constructed out of some recycled materials.