The design of the BIPV is intended to last the life of the building and does not require much maintenance. Maintenance includes washing of the fins and checking to whether the equipment is still operational. As part of the agreements we are establishing with the stakeholders, we will be fine tuning the operation and maintenance plan and policy for the installation and determine who will fund the maintenance if any money is required. Listed below are those we have been working with throughout the initial phases of this project: University of Washington - College of Arts & Sciences The Life Sciences Building will be the new home of the UW Biology Department. Thus, the College of Arts & Sciences has a direct stake in the buildings development, and have been represented by Steve Majeski (Associate Dean) at design review meetings. Project Approval Form Attached. University of Washington - Major Capital Projects This project requires the direct approval of from the UW Capital Projects group. UW-Solar has presented proposals to the Capital Projects group, and has been in contact with Steve Tatge (Director), Troy Stahlecker (Senior Project Manager), and Jon Lebo (Director). We have verbal confirmation from all three of these stakeholders at our first stakeholder meeting at the end of Dec. Unfortunately, we are still waiting for them to turn in their forms. As soon as we have them in hand, we will send them to Molly @ CSF. Perkins+Will - Architecture and Design Firm UW-Solar has been in collaboration with Project Architect, Devin Kleiner, throughout the last several months. (We felt as an outside consultant did not need to sign a project approval form. If this is not the case, we would be happy to provide one.) NOTE: We have uploaded our formatted budget to the Project Approval Forms section.
Year:
Amount Awarded:
$7,500
Potential Funding Reductions:
Funding for the Feasibility Study is not intended to be used during the initial research phase of the project. At this time we are still investigating other funding sources and nailing down our construction and labor costs.
The other funding sources we are looking into are Bonneville Environmental Fund and WA State Department of Commerce. We have started conversations with both groups but funding applications are not due until March. Both proposals are part of the work we will be completing in the Feasibility Study stage of the project.
UW-Solar always ensures we have a 20% contingency within our project budgets allowing us to be able to handle both cuts in funding and/or construction changes mid-way through the project. The final budget will be part of the our next CSF proposal in the Spring.
Project Longevity:
Project status:
Completed