The design team considered many challenges as the project started-not least that class sessions occur in this facility during the harshest time of the year. Because this climate region (6B) is a heating-dominated climate, engineers needed a well-insulated building and could introduce passive solar strategies, but also knew some form of heating was needed. With a climate similar to that found in Calgary, Alberta (more than 1,000 miles north), heating became the primary challenge on this project.
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