Campus Panorama Showing Sequence Buildings Around Campus Quadrangle.
The panorama starts with The Business and Education Bldg, then as you scroll you will see thru the trees, The Student Activities Bldg, The Administration Bldg at the East end of the Quadrangle, The Humanities and Social Studies building, and finally The Science Building.
West Center of USCA Campus, Aiken, SC.
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Science Building. View of North side where only the Third Level of the Building Is Seen.
The third level of our building houses the Chemistry and Physics Departments.
Science Building, USCA Campus, Aiken, SC.
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Science Building. View of West side where only the Third Level of the Building Is Seen.
In this view the top two levels of our Science Bldg are seen. Chemistry and Physics are on the top level and Geology and part of Biology are on the second level.
Science Building, USCA Campus, Aiken, SC.
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Science Building. View of South Side Where All Three Level of the Building Are Seen.
The three levels of windows are really Passive Solar Collectors. Our building is oriented so it's longer South side, with its long solar windows, faces the Winter Sun. In the Summer, overhanging shields prevent any of the sun' heat from reaching the South Solar Windows. Many subsequent photos in this album will show how the heat and light of these windows enters the interior of the building.
Science Building, USCA Campus, Aiken, SC.
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North Side of Our Science Building.
As you may deduce, by contrast with the previous photo, this three-story science building is built into a hillside, with it's North face mostly earth embanked! These earth embanked building sides, are thus shielded from the cold winter winds which come mostly from the Northwest in the Aiken area. As is the case for our USCA Science Building, I was similarly involved with the planning of the first phase of the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Building (RPSEC), where a number Energy Conserving Features were incorporated, as well as Architecturally Integrated Science Demonstrations.
Science Building, USCA Campus, Aiken, SC.
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Third Level Hall. East View.
The next view will show the overhead pipes in greater detail.
Science Building, USCA Campus, Aiken, SC.
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Third Level Hall With View of Overhead Ducts and Solar Collector Windows. East View.
The view opens looking up at an angle. Scroll down to see the hall itself. The Color Code for the pipes is given in the next photo.
Science Building, USCA Campus, Aiken, SC.
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Chart Explains the Colors Used To Color Code the Science Building Ducts and Pipes.
The White Ducts, coated with an acid resist epoxy enamle, are used to carry away the fumes from Chem Labs as well as Men's and Women's Rooms.
Science Building, USCA Campus, Aiken, SC.
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Another View of the Science Building Ducts and Pipes Over the Hallway.
At upper left the stairway handrail to the top level can be discerned.
Science Building, USCA Campus, Aiken, SC.
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Chemistry Laboratory Fume Hoods Are Held High So Students Can See the Full Blackboard On Opposite Side of the Room.
Note White and Green Duct Pipes attached to top of hood box. The white pipe carries away the fumes while the green pipe delivers replacement air from outside the building. This reduces HVAC cost since the heated (or cooled) air from the room itself is not "sucked up" the hoods. The replacement air is delivered thru a screen full of holes just under where the sloping top portion of hood sticks out from the side of the hood.
Science Building, USCA Campus, Aiken, SC.
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Another View of the Energy Saving Chem Lab Hoods.
This Freshman Laboratory room has stations for 30 students. The room also has Six Computer Stations so students can look up instruction s as well as plot & print graphs of their data. As mentioned in the previous photo, the hood's replacement air is delivered thru a screen full of holes just under where the sloping top portion of hood sticks out from the side of the hood. .
Science Building, USCA Campus, Aiken, SC.
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Another View of the Energy Saving Chem Lab Hoods.
At the left rear of room the dark rectangle is a second type or energy conserving chem hood, as is seen in the next photo.
Science Building, USCA Campus, Aiken, SC.
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A Second Type of Energy Saving Chem Lab Hood Used In The USCA Science Building.
If you look carefully, you will see that the front of the hood is covered with a glass pull-down panel. This hood blower fan is regulated so, the lower the glass panel is pulled down, the slower the blower tries to move the air. Net result is less noise and less energy consumption and less loss of heated (or cooled) room air.
Science Building, USCA Campus, Aiken, SC.
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Another View of the Science Building Ducts and Pipes Over the Hallway.
Above the pipes the sunlight from the solar collectors can pee seen.
Science Building, USCA Campus, Aiken, SC.
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Another View of the Science Building Ducts and Pipes Over the Hallway.
Above the pipes the sunlight from the solar collectors can pee seen.
Science Building, USCA Campus, Aiken, SC.
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Third Level Doorway To Landing That Overlooks the Second Level Hallway.
The Next five photos show the view from this landing.
Science Building, USCA Campus, Aiken, SC.
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View of the Passive Solar Collector Windows Looking East.
This view is from the third level landing overlooking the second level hallway.
Science Building, USCA Campus, Aiken, SC.
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View of the Ducts Looking Straight Ahead (South).
Sorry for showing you "just these pipes", but this is what is there! This view is from the third level landing overlooking the second level hallway.
Science Building, USCA Campus, Aiken, SC.
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