The Rural Learning Center

Chartreuse is assisting Koch Hazard Architects with the material research for a learning and demonstration center at the Rural Learning Center in Howard, SD. 

Chartreuse is identifying photovoltaic, wind, and green roof products, developing details, and researching experimental construction techniques for RLC breakout spaces including straw bale, rammed earth, cordwood, and compressed earth block construction.  Chartreuse has also catalogued salvageable materials from the Howard Legion Hall.

Chartreuse created a series of boards demonstrating how the Rural Learning Center is being designed as a green building and how it will be potentially receiving LEED credits. The boards were on display at the RLC Groundbreaking Ceremony in Howard, SD. Also, a series of boards were created to display alternative materials to be used at the RLC and were on display at the Sioux Falls Green-ival and Harvest Festival.

Download the RLC LEED Boards Displayed at the RLC Groundbreaking in fall 2009:

LEED Concepts (9.22 MB)		Green Strategies (46.2 MB)		Reused Materials (22.7 MB)

Download the Information Boards Displayed at Green-ival and Harvest Festival 2009:

Straw Bale Construction (24.4 MB)		Straw Bale Technical (13.9 MB)		Rammed Earth Construction (20.9 MB)		Compressed Earth Block Masonry (27 MB)		Cordwood Masonry (23.8 MB)
** Note: These are all large files and may take a few minutes to load.

To learn more about the learning and demonstration center visit the Rural Learning Center's website at http://www.rurallearningcenter.org/.