Timberglen Branch Library: Timberglen Book Club- Summer Switcheroo

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Timberglen Book Club- Summer Switcheroo

Due to a lengthy request list for The Hunger Games, the books for the July and August book club discussion have been switched.

Justin Cronin's The Passage will be discussed on July 26th, while The Hunger Games will be up for the August 30th discussion.

Timberglen is in the LEED

The Timberglen Branch Library, which opened in February of 2007, is part of a growing number of City of Dallas facilities that meet the LEED standard for Green Building. It is administered by the Green Building Council. LEED stands for “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.” It received the gold level award in 2009 and has drawn the positive interest of both patrons and even architects nationwide!

One of the ways that we keep the public informed about the library is through the information kiosk in the lobby. Not only can it provide information about upcoming events it delivers a plethora of data about the attributes of our green building and its performance.

The attributes of the Timberglen Branch are best described as “sustainable design elements.” What areas does this cover?

Sustainable sites
Water efficiency
Energy and atmosphere
Materials and resources
Indoor environmental quality
Innovation and design process

Some areas of focus:
Daylighting and light shelves: 88% of the Timberglen Branch’s occupied spaces are illuminated with natural light. Light shelves reflect natural light and optimizes it depending on whether or not it is summer or winter.

Cisterns: These collect rain water for flushing toilets and outdoor irrigation.

Building materials: All materials used emit no or low amounts of VOC’s or “volatile organic compounds.” This includes glues, carpets and sheetrock.

Electricity use: Designed to conserve energy use. Some specific aspects are reflective roofing material and continuous dimming of artificial light controls in our public area.

Water use: Uses a rainwater harvesting system to collect the areas estimated 38” of precipitation each year.

Something really cool about the above two items is that the information kiosk in the lobby provides the public with real-time, up-to-date status tracking of how much water and electricity is used by Timberglen and how it compares to an average library.

PLEASE CLICK ON PICTURE BELOW TO LINK TO INFORMATION KIOSK.

Timberglen Branch Library

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Timberglen Book Club- Summer Switcheroo

Updated landscaping at the 'Glen- New plants provided by the Friends of Timberglen

Wildflowers at the 'Glen

Timberglen is in the LEED

Building's LEED Information Kiosk

Views of Timberglen

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