Sky Oaks Field Station
Rebuild Effort Is Underway
On July 17, 2003, the Coyote Fire burned through Sky Oaks Field Station, destroying 2 buildings and most of its environmental observatories. In a collaborative effort by Field Stations Program, HPWREN, and GCRG, Internet connectivity was restored and several environmental observatories were re-deployed. Efforts are underway to replace the destroyed buildings with an energy-efficient multi-use building.
Multi-Use Building Planned
A new, multi-use, energy efficient and fire-safe building is being designed with the use of BIM software by Sillman Wright Architects, with structural engineering by Burkett & Wong, cost estimation by Cumming Group, mechanical engineering and plumbing design by LSW Engineers, electrical engineering and LEED by Sparling Electrical Engineering, and civil engineering by Stuart Engineering, to replace the teaching building and research laboratory destroyed in the 2003 Coyote Fire.
The new building will be constructed using many LEED building practices and materials to maximize the building's insulating properties, energy usage and aesthetic value while minimizing the building impact on the environment. The new two-story metal building will have a large meeting area with a SMART wall, two smaller classrooms, a commercial-size kitchen, two large bathrooms with showers, and a laundry room.
A large, grid-tied photovoltaic array will be mounted on the building's pitched metal roof. The photovoltaic array will have enough energy converting capacity to completely offset the building's power consumption and will, at times, be diverting excess power onto the grid. Energy generation and consumption will be monitored by automated sensors, with data available on FSP website at real-time.
San Diego State University and the College of Sciences thank Sillman Wright Architects, Sparling Electrical Engineering, Cumming Group, Burkett & Wong, LSW Engineers, and Stuart Engineering for generously donating their time and resources toward the realization of this project. Sillman Wright Architects and Sparling Electrical Engineering, and San Diego State University are members of the San Diego Regional Sustainability Partnership.
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Sky Oaks Rebuild Partners
