PIX number

09224

Title:

Outdoor display area at Zion Visitor Center

Caption

Outdoor "rooms" for permanent displays allow for a smaller building design as well as lower capital and operation costs. The new Visitor Center at Zion National Park is a sustainable building that incorporates the area's natural features and energy efficient building concepts into an attractive design that saves energy and operating expenses while protecting the environment.

Credit:

Williamson, Robb

Publications:

Solar America: A solar energy tour of the United States (NREL/EL-520-28494, CD-ROM, 2001) (DOE/GO-102001-1492) 

Date:

5/26/2000

Index Date:

6/13/2000

DOE_office:

Notes:

Energy efficient features: Trombe wall, photovoltaic system, daylighting, passive down-draft cooltower, irrigation for landscaping, natural ventilation, thermal mass flooring, and optimized overhangs. See Robb's website @ http://www.williamsonimages.com/; originals belong to Paul Torcellini

Subject:

buildings, energy efficiency

Descriptors:

building components, building systems and heating and passive solar and Trombe wall, commercial and recreational facility, construction and building materials, cooling, Federal Energy Saver Showcase, Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), high performance building, photovoltaics, PV, visitor's

Person/Place:

Springdale, Utah; Zion National Park; Visitors Center

Release Level

Full/Internet

DOE Information:

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