Bellefonte Area School District – Â鶹ÊÓƵ Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:35:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-favicon_logo-32x32.jpg Bellefonte Area School District – Â鶹ÊÓƵ 32 32 Family Community Gardens Study /projects/family-community-gardens-study-2/ /projects/family-community-gardens-study-2/#respond Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:35:20 +0000 https://portal.epicn.org/case-stories/family-community-gardens-study/ Read More... from Family Community Gardens Study

]]> Centre Moves wants to explore the possibility of creating community gardens where people live in multifamily residential complexes within the Centre Region. Students will research best practices, meet with area property owners, examine the sites, survey residents, estimate the cost for installing community gardens, and develop guidelines that the property owners could use to manage the gardens.

]]> Bellefonte School District has established a two-acre site school gardens, community gardens, an orchard to foster teaching of sustainable agricultural and environmental resources. Students will give recommendations on how to manage the existing space and resources as well as best practices and design for a sustainable landscape.

]]> Architecture students will design a project that celebrates and tells the story of a Bellefonte farmhouse. The project will be a retrofit of the farmhouse that follows standards set by the Living Building Challenge. The requirements for this certification include net positive water and energy, incorporation of exterior views and natural lighting and ventilation, and full ADA accessibility.

Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.

Sustainable Communities Collaborative Contact Info

University Faculty Contact
Lisa Lulo
Architecture
Associate Professor
ldi1@psu.edu
814.865.3852

Local Government / Community Contact

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