Architectural Designs

economical Community Resource Center building?? help asap please?

I have to design a GREEN, ECONOMICAL, COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER in a REMOTE area for my archetectural engineering class. I need all the help I can get, I know nothing about the subject so please anything would be great. I was thinking solar power, oh yea and it has to maintain itself, have internet, satelite, and economical and green friendly like I mentioned before. Thanks, any ideas will be highly appriciated. Have a Good Day! :)

Public Comments

1. Solar power is a great alternative energy source. It is very green and can be economical when done correctly. Photovoltaic power has a large upfront cost. The pay back period can be around 20 years. However there are companies like Tioga Energy that use power purchase agreements(ppa). With a ppa the company will provide the solar panels and the maintenance with an agreement to purchase power from the company for a certain amount of time. This eliminates the large upfront cost as well as the maintenance costs. Learn more about PPA's at www.tiogaenergy.com. They have a lot of information about solar power, ppa's and how they work.
2. Look into existing community size wind turbines projects in Canada, view this link http://www.solar-energy-for-home.com/community-wind-turbine.html