Beaumont ERC

The Beaumont ERC Project

The Greater Cleveland Council of the Boy Scouts of America, in partnership with NASA, and the Natural History Museum wanted a facility designed and programmed to improve environmental research and educational opportunities for students in pre-k through collect.

Creating an Environmentally Sustainable Building

We developed a space that facilitated learning. The Beaumont ERC is designed as a living experiment where the space will showcase the latest environmentally sustainable building practices and provides a base for research and impact studies, as well as education of native plant, animal and aquatic life. The environmentally sustainable building’s structure and siding was reclaimed from an on-site barn and all of the energy required for the building is provided by wind and solar. Rainwater is harvested, cleaned and used for non-drinking uses, and compostable toilets ensure proper treatment of the waste stream.