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Open Now Thru November 3
Fontenelle Forest Nature Center
Sponsored by Sarpy County Visitors Committee
Regular Admission Applies to Non-Members
Imagine the forest transformed into a dream world of inspired technology, unique architecture and vast opportunities to play and reflect. Bicycles turn on lights. Shelters pop up from plastic bottles. Roofs grow with life.
Explore seven structures along Riverview Boardwalk at the Fontenelle Forest Nature Center. The EcoHuts were designed and constructed by local architects and builders for this exclusive
Fontenelle Nature Association exhibit.
Day Light Flap Shack
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Light bulbs use about half of our nation's electricity. Within the Day Light Flap Shack, guests can pull on ropes to open side flaps that let natural light in! Be sure to watch the electric lights dim down and turn off automatically as the natural daylight fills the room.
Team: Leo A. Daly, Boyd Jones Construction, and Habitat for Humanity Restore
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Earth Energy Hut
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Earth has the amazing ability to provide natural energy for homes and businesses. Come learn about the technology of geothermal heat pumps and the energy contained within our planet.
Team: Calvin L. Hinz Architects, Cambridge Sons Construction, Builders Supply Co., and Hamilton Color Lab, Inc.
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Sponsored by: NET Foundation for Radio and Television |
Pinwheel
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What stories do our walls, floors, and countertops tell? Within our curbside recycle bins, valuable products await their futures. Each of the four pinwheel spokes presented in this EcoHut tells a different story of a product and its recycling process.
Team: asd Stanley J. How Architects, Inc., G&S, Inc. and Curzon Promotional Graphics |
Sponsored By: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Business and Finance |
Bottle_LESS
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A disturbing number of plastic bottles end up in American landfills every year. The next time you open a plastic bottle, remember this: what takes only a few minutes to drink, takes thousands of years to decompose.
Team: Emerging Green Builders, Kiewit Building Group, Rasmussen Mechanical Services, Vacanti Painting, Pittsburgh Paint, Scheels Sporting Goods and U.S. Green Building Council-Flatwater |
Sponsored by: KXVO CW 15
Student Designers: Larua Brodersen, Ruthie Gould, Stephanie Peterson, Monica Sanford, Padraic Stack, Scott Stovall, Matt Conway, and Jamison Burt
Advisors: Larry Hopp and Tim Hemsath
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Leafy Lean-To
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Poised atop a structure made of recycled- and recyclable- wood and steel, planted modules demonstrate the concept of a living roof. Living roofs reduce storm water runoff and decrease the heating and cooling needs of buildings, while providing habitats for beneficial insects.
Team: The Schemmer Associates and Millard Lumber |
Sponsored by: Judy Schweikart and Rising View: A Bellevue/Offutt Community
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Crazy Crates
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With Crazy Crates, children and adults can generate power by pedaling on stationary bikes. The average rider will produce between 125-200 watts using pedal power. While this may seem insignificant, 200 watts can last for hours or days using LED (light emitting diodes) or high efficiency fluorescent lighting.
Team: HDR Architecture, Inc., Kiewit Building Group, Palleton, Inc., and Baxter Kenworthy Technology |
Sponsored by: The Reader |
paraSITE
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This EcoHut focuses on the continual parasitic push of urban areas into rural areas, which causes deforestation and the degradation of natural environments. The design of this EcoHut poses a critique of this phenomenon and celebrates the preservation of natural environments.
Team: Randy Brown Architects and Arcosanti Homes, Inc. |
Sponsored by: Woodmen of the World
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The Original EcoHut by
Big Muddy Workshop and Lamp, Rynearson & Associates Inc.
Special thanks to the
EcoHuts Planning Committee:
David Lampe - Lamp, Rynearson & Associates, Inc.
Green Omaha Coalition
Barbara Hayes - Hayes Environmental
Green Omaha Coalition, Education Council
Larry Hopp - Kiewit Building Group
USGBC Flatwater Chapter
Green Omaha Coalition, Education Council
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