ETCThe Environmental Technology Center (ETC) incorporates a wide
range of sustainable building techniques and design features
that minimize energy use, consuming less than 50% of the energy
allowed by state code for similar buildings. The “Green
Building” features include: passive solar heating and cooling,
daylighting, advanced window systems, “smart building” control
technologies, photovoltaics, and energy and water-efficient
landscaping.  While roughly one third of the energy in the U.S.
is consumed in buildings, the ETC shows that this figure can be
dramatically reduced, and thus our dependence on fossil fuels as
well as our contribution to global climate change.  Beyond
serving as an inspirational demonstration project, the ETC is a
“building that teaches,” designed for people to see, touch, and
understand how it works and for students and building science
researchers to manipulate and measure its every function.  Along
with increasing public awareness, the ETC offers students,
researchers, and professio