About the Zero+ Project
Envisioning the Sustainable Campus
ZERO+ COLLABORATIONS
The Zero+ Campus Design Project brings together the University of Minnesota’s Department of Landscape Architecture, the School of Architecture, the Institute on the Environment, the Capital Planning and Project Management staff, and faculty and students from affiliated programs to develop campus solutions that can eliminate or have a net-positive effect on emissions, pollutants, and waste streams to reduce long-term costs and align campus operations with the content of related teaching and research. The project includes the development zero+ curriculum, an online resource, design tools, and demonstration projects to foster zero-emission campus design, planning and performance. Learn more...
WHAT IF? Students Envision the Campus
Student videos exploring the Zero+ Campus: Video Catalyst
NEWS FROM CPPM
Monique MacKenzie (MUP, AICP) was appointed the new Director of Planning and Architecture at Capital Planning and Project Management for the University of Minnesota.
News
Integrating Energy and Water
NEW ZERO+ COURSE OFFERINGS
Spring 2012
LA 8575: Art and Ecology of Landscape Detailing
Professors John Koepke and Rebecca Krinke will be working with landscape architecture students to further develop the proposed "Ecological Bike Pasture" landscape design and detailing in their spring course "The Art and Ecology of Landscape Detailing".
Fall 2012
Arch 5550/4150: Whole Building Systems
Adjunct Associate Professor Loren Abraham is offering "Whole Building Systems" in Fall 2012 to explore the integration of energy and water at the building and site scales and to further envision the ecological and economic design opportunties towards the Zero+ Campus.
SOCIETY OF BUILDING SCIENCE EDUCATORS SUMMER RETREAT "Next Generation"
Mary Guzowski and Loren Abraham will be presenting work from the Zero+ Campus Design Project at the Society of Buidling Science Educator's Summer Retreat on the topic of "Next Generation" and the Carbon Neutral Campus.
COUNCIL OF EDUCATORS IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE CONFERENCE
Barry Lehrman will be presenting work from the Zero+ Campus Design Project at the Council of Landscape Architecture Educators Conference.
CELA Presentation: Zero+ Pedagogy
GREENING THE CAMPUS CONFERENCE
Mary Guzowski and Loren Abraham presented a paper at the Ball State Greening the Campus IX Conference in March 2012. The paper provides an overview of the effforts and outcomes to date: Zero+ Curriculum Models, Assessment Methods and Tools, Project Outcomes and Lessons.
Ball State Paper: Zero+ Campus Design: Integrating Energy and Water in Early Design
Demonstration Project
Testing Strategies
ECOLOGICAL "BIKE PASTURE" PLANNED
Congratulations to CDes students Elizabeth Turner (architecture), Emily Lowery (landscape architecture), Derek Shilling (landscape architecture), and other students for their leadership in developing and obtaining funding for the first ever ecologically friendly “bike pasture” to be installed near the southwest entry of Rapson Hall. Minnesota Daily Article
SUPPORT FOR THE BIKE PASTURE
President Kaler will provide $15,000 to the Minnesota Student Organization to support construction of the bike pasture, social space, and gardens. The project will be launched on Earth Day 2012 with opportunities for hands-on student participation.
The Bike Pasture is a demonstration garden for the Zero Plus Campus Design Project funded by the Provost's Office. This interdisciplinary project is lead by CDes faculty Lance Neckar, Barry Lehrman (now at the Department of Landscape Architecture at Cal Poly - Pomona), Mary Guzowski, Loren Abrahman, and students Derek Schilling, Elizabeth Turner, and Dawn Keeler.