Website Updates!
We’re happy to share that we continue to respond to feedback from those following our project on areas needing clarification and/or simplification. On top of all the infrastructure progress we are making, this is leading to significant updates to both this website and reinvention of our sister site as the One Community Overview Website: www.SustainabilityNonProfit.org. Three pages that have been completed in the last few days include:
- www.SustainabilityNonProfit.org Non-profit Overview Page
- Our details page discussing our no drugs, no smoking, and alcohol policy
- Our details page discussing the health requirements for Pioneers
SEGO Center Update: Table Designs
Here’s a quick update on the SEGO Center City Hub table layout. The images below show a custom table design we will build ourselves and seating for 150 people created by Karl Harris (Architect Drafter, Designer, and founder of KH Designs). We are now exploring the possibility of increasing seating to 200.
On other updates, Jennifer Engelmeier (Eco-pool and Spa Specialist and founder of www.LoveYourPool.com) is moving forward on the pool, laundry, and hot dub designs and hoping to have our laundry and hot tub equipment needs outlined by next week along with some next generation design drawings!
Center of Peace Custom Table Designs: Click Image to be Taken to the SEGO Center Details Page
Dining Area Layout for 150 People: Click Image to be Taken to the SEGO Center Details Page
New International Pioneer Page Creation Including and FAQ Section
Due to feedback that people thought One Community was not open to international participation in the Pioneer Program, we just finished this page for clarification: https://onecommunityglobal.org/international-one-community-pioneer-applicants/
Welcome Aravind, James, and P2S Engineering to the One Community Consultants Team!
One Community is happy to announce that addition of Aravind Batra, James Del Monaco, and P2S Engineering to the One Community Consulting Team working on the SEGO Center City Hub. More specifically we are happy to have them taking the lead in helping us design this central building of One Community to receive the ultimate in eco-architecture acknowledgment: LEED Platinum certification.
Andrew and Jae met with Aravind and James the week before last to discuss the details of the SEGO Center and get a tour of the P2S offices and they truly walk their talk. Their offices received LEED Gold Certification after a huge remodel featuring the best in insulation, high-energy efficiency appliances, recycled materials, eco friendly paint, and more. On top of that, they are now 4 years in a row having been voted top 100 places to work in Los Angeles!
Bottom line, they are our kind of people and it is an absolute pleasure to be joining forces with them to create world change. Here’s a bit more about Aravind, James and P2S.
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ARAVIND BATRA
Aravind Batra – Electrical Engineer and LEED AP: Aravind is the Principal, Senior Electrical Engineer, and serves as Educational Group Manager at P2S Engineering where he leads a team specializing in the design and implementation of sustainable infrastructure. Aravind brings in-depth knowledge from his 20 years of experience with electrical systems requirements to numerous needs assessments, upgrades, renewable energy systems, renovations and new building projects for various educational and municipal institutions. His professional activities include past Treasurer for the Los Angeles Chapter of AEE and recently as a founding member and Membership Chair of United States Green Building Council (USGBC) Long Beach Branch. He is also a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA). Applying this diversity and depth of experience with One Community, Aravind is helping us with our goals of building the SEGO Center to demonstrate maximum sustainability, duplicability, and achieve LEED Platinum certification.
JAMES DEL MONACO
James Del Monaco – Mechanical Engineer and LEED AP: James is Sustainability Director and Senior Mechanical Engineer at P2S Engineering with experience in many Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) projects. His LEED duties have included the design of airside and hydronic systems, documentation of LEED points, advanced energy modeling, ventilation and occupant comfort calculations, and the design of control systems for Measurement & Verification. As a LEED Project Administrator, he has provided guidance to the entire project team from kick-off through occupancy. As a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), James has served on the ASHRAE High Performance Buildings Conference Steering Committee as well as the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) Long Beach Branch Steering Committee. Applying this diversity and depth of experience with One Community, James is helping us with our goals of building the SEGO Center to demonstrate maximum sustainability, duplicability, and achieve LEED Platinum certification.
P2S ENGINEERING
P2S Engineering (Aravind and James) www.p2seng.com
P2S Engineering is a full-service mechanical, electrical, plumbing, energy, commissioning and technology engineering firm. Excelling in sustainable building models P2S has demonstrated excellence in designing a number of green buildings that employ efficient systems, renewable power sources, minimize natural resources and offer reduced operation and maintenance costs. With 50% of their technical staff as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Accredited Professionals, P2S maintains a firm-wide passion to provide sustainable solutions and expertise in high-performance green building projects. P2S is helping One Community by applying their extensive sustainable experience to create a sustainable design for the proposed SEGO Center.
Energy Efficiency and Sustainability: Open Source Energy Infrastructure Update
Energy efficiency and sustainability go hand in hand and we have spent extensive time exploring the various energy options available with the following criteria in mind:
1. Sustainability (effective, durable, ethical)
2. Duplicability (can be shipped globally, affordable)
3. Sufficient to provide the foundation we need to explore a diversity of other options for expansion and in support of our open source goals
After months of research, we are happy to announce that we have completed the details of our initial energy infrastructure plans that will supply the SEGO Center City Hub, Pod 1, and our aquaponics sustainable food infrastructure.
283 kWh Solar Array Cost Analysis
| Item | Description | Qty. | Unit Price | Ext. Amount |
| PV-based power system designed to deliver approximately 283 kWh/day under average December sun conditions at the One Community property | ||||
| 110-0053 | Suniva, 250W PV Module, TE F-M0 PV Wire, 46mm Clear Frame, 60 Cell Mono, 15A Fuse, 223.2W PTC, OPT250-60-4-100 *** Wire PV array as 32 series strings of 12 modules each. 2 strings per SB6000US inverter. *** ProSolar ground racking for 96 columns of 4 modules each detailed below. 1.5” steel pipe to be supplied locally. |
384 | 266.00 | 102,144.00 |
| 210-0600 | ProSolar, Support Rail, 3” Extra Deep support rail, 164”, Qty. 1, R-164XD |
192 | 35.03 | 6,725.76 |
| 240-0178 | ProSolar, U-Bolt Assembly, Clear, Qty. 1, A-UAS-1S |
384 | 6.22 | 2,388.48 |
| 211-0200 | ProSolar, End Cap, 3”, Clear Anodized, XDeep Channel, Qty. 1, A-EZECAPXD-1 |
384 | 1.62 | 622.08 |
| 260-0029 | ProSolar, End Clamp 1.810” (45.9mm-46.4mm), Clear, Qty. 1, C1810EC-1 |
390 | 2.01 | 783.90 |
| 260-0046 | ProSolar, Mid Clamp 2.50” (42mm-48mm), Clear, Qty. 1, C250IMC-1 |
580 | 2.01 | 1,165.80 |
| 590-0011 | Wiley Electronics, WEEB Grounding Lug with 1/4” mounting hardware, WEEB-LUG-6.7 |
195 | 4.34 | 846.30 |
| 590-0012 | Wiley Electronics, WEEB Grounding clip for ProSolar, WEEB-PMC |
490 | 0.80 | 392.00 |
| 550-0009 | Die Co, Cable Clips, Galvanized, Qty. 100, DCS-897-M565 Clip | 12 | 26.07 | 312.84 |
| 550-0036 | USE-2 Cable, 10AWG, 7-strand 600VDC, black, 3000’ spool, 10-7-3000-sgl |
1 | 875.64 | 875.64 |
| 550-0126 | TE Connectivity, SolarLok Plug with Machined Pin, 4.5-6mm OD,10AWG, USE-2, Female Negative (Blue), 6-1394462-4 |
50 | 2.04 | 102.00 |
| 550-0127 | TE Connectivity, SolarLok Plug with Machined Pin, 4.5-6mm OD,10AWG, USE-2, Male Neutral, 7-1394461-5 |
50 | 2.04 | 102.00 |
| 550-0363 | Rennsteig, Crimping Pliers, TE (TE Solarlok), with Dies & Locator, Solar AWG 14/12/10, R624 817 3 1 |
1 | 323.90 | 323.90 |
| 310-0393 | SMA, Sunny Boy 6000TLUS 1-Ph Grid Tied Inverter, 6000W, 208/240VAC, 60Hz, DC Discon, 6 Dual Fused Input Combiner, 1 MPPT, 10 Yr Warr, Ungrounded, Arc-Fault Protection, SB6000TLUS-12 |
16 | 2,796.07 | 44,737.12 |
| 570-0028 | SMA, Communication Card, RS-485 Module, SB RS 485-N | 16 | 104.50 | 1,672.00 |
| 500-0114 | SMA, Multicluster Box, 3-Ph for 12 x 120V, 60 Hz, SI5048U, add MC-PB, UL listed off-grid only, MCB-12U |
1 | 14,294.09 | 14,294.09 |
| 500-0116 | SMA, Multicluster Communications (Piggy-Back) Card, One for each SI Cluster Master, MC-PB |
4 | 230.20 | 920.80 |
| 311-0040 | SMA, Sunny Island 6048 battery inverter, 5750W, 120VAC, 60Hz, 56A Transfer, 48VDC, Sinewave, 100A Charger, 5 Yr Warranty, with BTS, SI6048-US-10 |
12 | 4,101.54 | 49,218.48 |
| 500-0020 | Outback, FlexWare 500 DC Enclosure with Ground & Pos Bus, 500A DC Shunt, FW-BBUS, for 1 to 2 Inverters, FW500-DC |
4 | 223.62 | 894.48 |
| 530-0026 | Midnite Solar, Circuit Breaker, Panel Mount, 175A, 125VDC, 1-Pole, 1.5” Wide, 3/8” Studs, MNEDC175 |
12 | 77.12 | 925.44 |
| 430-0023 | Cobra, Battery Cable, 2/0 AWG, Black, 600V, THW, by the foot, Code Approved, 2/0-X-FLEX-B |
100 | 5.21 | 521.00 |
| 440-0025 | Quick Cable, Magna Lug, 2/0 Straight Lug, 3/8”, Qty. 1, 6420-F |
24 | 2.93 | 70.32 |
| 440-0066 | Power Panel Component, Quick Cable Heat Shrink, 4-2/0AWG, Red, Qty. 1, UL Listed, 5614-001R |
12 | 1.00 | 12.00 |
| 440-0067 | Power Panel Component, Quick Cable Heat Shrink, 4-2/0AWG, Black, Qty. 1, UL Listed, 5613-051B |
12 | 1.00 | 12.00 |
| 430-0025 | Cobra, Battery Cable, 4/0 AWG, Black, 600V, THW, by the foot, Code Approved, 4/0-X-FLEX-B |
160 | 8.00 | 1,280.00 |
| 440-0026 | Quick Cable, Magna Lug, 4/0 Straight Lug, 3/8”, Qty, 1, 6440-F |
32 | 4.47 | 143.04 |
| 440-0083 | Quick Cable, Heat Shrink, 1/0-250MCM, Black, Qty. 1, UL Listed, 5615-051B |
16 | 1.19 | 19.04 |
| 440-0084 | Quick Cable, Heat Shrink, 1/0-250MCM, Red, Qty. 1, UL Listed, 5616-051R |
16 | 1.19 | 19.04 |
| 440-0178 | MK Battery, Unigy II, 4V, 2 Cell Module, 2424Ah @ 24hr, Interlock, 2AVR125-33 IL *** Sealed battery pack above to be configured w/ two 48v strings per cluster (there’s 4 clusters). Will deliver approx. 2.5 days of power use. Life expectancy is 15-20 years. |
96 | 2,166.31 | 207,965.76 |
| Subtotal | 439,439.31 |
| Estimated Shipping Cost | 10,987.23 |
| Tax Total | 37,357.62 |
| Total | 487,833.16 |
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ENERY INFRASTRUCTURE NEXT STEPS
Our next step will be establishing the necessary relationships to make ordering and building a system like this (as part of our self-sufficient and self-propagating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities strategy) as easy as possible including:
- Establishing relationships with companies willing to A) offer discounts to consumers for new-business direct referrals through us and B) affordably drop-ship these orders anywhere in the world
- Open source sharing videos and tutorials for the building and setup process
- Streamlining the process as much as possible for people by expanding existing sustainability networks to create complete package ordering options wherever they don’t already exist
ADDITIONAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY DETAILS
For complete details on our energy infrastructure and open source sustainability plans including additional research and cost analysis visit our Energy Infrastructure Page.
The Global Sustainability Collaborative – We are Happy and Excited to Lead!
As we’ve announced here before our sustainability non profit organization is A) intent upon leading a global sustainability collaborative and B) the grateful recipient of a $10,000 a month internet marketing grant. After over 6 months of preparation and research we launched this aspect of our marketing campaign three weeks ago. What we didn’t expect was the international response to this campaign as we are now getting over 9,000 new international visitors a month to our SustainabilityNonProfit.org overview site!
This is an extremely exciting occurrence for us as it is a HUGE leap forward in exposing and engaging a global audience to help promote and develop even faster our four-phase global change strategy. With this new exposure we are hoping to bring on several international consultant to help with continued development and engineering of our 7 Sustainable Village Models.
To more specifically engage this audience we created the following page to better and more efficiently provide the details of what it is that we are open source and free-sharing designs for:
http://www.sustainabilitynonprofit.org/global-free-sharing-and-open-source-collaboration/
