1. IET 120 – CONSTRUCTION DESIGN
ALTERNATIVE GREEN BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

2. dWELLING
Multi-unit one story with enclosed courtyard/green space

3. Square Footage
500 Square feet per unit
4000 Total Square Feet

4. LOCATION
Los Mangos, Colon, Panama

5. BUILDING MATERIALS Insulating Concrete Form (ICF) building systems
traditional and green building techniques
utilized in Panama
Bamboo and Corkwood
sustainable products natural and renewable to the country of Panama

6. BUILDING MATERIALS (CON’T)
passive and active solar electricity,
water, heating and cooling
designs
photovoltaic module roofing tiles

7. FLOOR PLAN LAYOUT
We had 4000 square feet for 50 people us we decided to build eight 500 square foot units, designed to form an enclosed courtyard/green space. Each unit has 2 bedrooms, (bedroom one has two sets of bunk beds and bedroom two has a queen bed) and then there’s a built-in murphy’s bed built into the wall of the living area in each unit for a third sleeping area
This design was choose to keep with the building style and culture of Colon, Panama

8. TIMELINE Purchase property July 2, 2012
Surveying of site 8/6/ /10/2012
Site preparation and compaction test 8/13/ /31/2012
Utilities - Water and sewer 8/27/ /7/2012
Cement Mason/Concrete masonries 9/10/ /19/2012
Plumbing 9/20/ /25/2012
Framing and Finishing 10/1/ /2/2012

9. TIMELINE (con’t) Passive and active Solar Electrical system
9/20/ /2/2012
Roofing 9/20/ /2/2012
FINAL INSPECTION 11/3/2012

10. CONCLUSION
I learned a lot about how much green technology has improved since 2004 when I taught drafting. We learned that the photovoltaic module roofing tiles can now be in built into roofing shingles and different types of roofing tiles. There have been many improvements in the alternative Green building technology and costs are becoming more affordable. We have learned about the different types of solar and other alternative energy sources. We have attached links to some of the websites we used in doing our research.

11. CONCLUSION (con’t)