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ELM NYC

ECOLOGICAL

LIVING

MODULE

NEW YORK CITY

Yale CEA partnered with Gray Organschi Architecture and UNEP to demonstrate on-site net-zero self-sufficiency for energy, water and food.

NYC, USA, 2018

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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat), Gray Organschi Architects

Yale CEA: Anna Dyson, Hind Wildman, Nick Novelli, Naomi Keena, Mohamed Aly-Etman, Kipp Bradford, Mandi Pretorius, Phoebe Mankiewicz, Christopher Preusch, Marshall James, Paulo Pinheiro, Sheldon McLoed, George Graham, Adam Katzman, Kunhee Chang, Martin Man, Abena Bonna, Emma Crow-Willard, Valantyn Koziak

Gray Organschi Architecture: Lisa Gray, Alan Organschi, Larry Beddall, Elaina Berkowitz, Nathaniel Elmer, Kelley Johnson, Dan Kazer, Josh Kuhr, Seth Lauderdale, Parker Lee, Yanbo Li, Jackson Lindsay, Brittany Olivari, Augie Organschi, Andrew Padron, Andy Ruff, Oscar Scott, Ben Smith, Arghavan Taheri, Aslan Taheri, Joe Weisbord, Jack Wolfe

Yale University Student Exhibition: Brian Cash, Kunhee Chang, Martin Man, Mariana Riobom, Jacob Schaffert, Christopher Tritt, Liwei Wang, Liyang Wang

UNEP: Sophie Loral, Catherine Beltrandi

Energies (2022)

A Life-Cycle Approach to Investigate the Potential of Novel Biobased Construction Materials toward a Circular Built Environment

Naomi Keena, Marco Raugei, Mae-ling Lokko, Mohamed Aly Etman, Vicky Achnani, Barbara Reck, Anna Dyson (2022)

Proceedings of the PLEA Conference. Bologna (2015)

Daylighting Effect of Separating Direct and Diffuse Insolation with Facade-Integrated, Transparent Solar Collector.

Mohamed Aly Etman, Nick Novelli, Justin Shultz, Kenton Phillips, Brandon Andow + Anna Dyson (2015)

PLEA 2016 Los Angeles: Towards Regenerative Environments (2017)

Simulation of building integrated solar energy storage system in hot humid climates

Eli Lichter-Mark, Mohamed Aly Etman + Anna Dyson (2017)

Proceedings of the World Sustainable Built Environment Conference, 9 (2020)

Built Environment Ecosystems Framework towards Sustainable Urban Housing Infrastructure.

Anna Dyson, Naomi Keena, Alan Organschi, Lisa Gray, Nick Novelli, Kipp Bradford, Mohamed Aly Etman, Matt Gindlesparger, Hind Wildman, Jonathan Duwyn, Martina Otto, Sophie Loran, Catherine Beltrandi + Mark Radka (2020)

In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 588, No. 4, p. 042027). IOP Publishing (2020)

Built Environment Ecosystems Framework towards Sustainable Urban Housing Infrastructure

Anna Dyson, Naomi Keena, Alan Organschi, Lisa Gray, Nick Novelli, Kipp Bradford + Mark Radka (2020, November)

Industry: Fresh Air Building Systems, A&A Crane and Rigging, ABR Construction, Brooklyn SolarWorks, Chapel Plumbing LLC, Keith Howard Roofing, FutureAir, HeliOptix LLC, JIG Design Build, 475 High-Performance Building Supply, Messana Radiant Cooling, Landon Lumber, NHR Group, Nordic Structures, Norton Upholstery, Quickfitting, Structure Fusion

Academic/National Labs: NewLab

Ecological Living Module (ELM)

Exterior view of the ELM featuring sliding entrances at the U.N. Headquarters in New York.

Ecological Living Module (ELM)

The ELM is a tool for sustainable on-site self-sufficiency.

ELM: living systems

The ELM includes innovative, inclusive living systems that maximize livability and adaptability.

Bio-Based Renewable Materials

The ELM is constructed with materials that are renewable, locally sourced, and readily assembled on site.

ELM assembly

A timelapse video showing the ELM assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York.

ELM featuring Helioptix

Interior view with a shadow of HeliOptix (an Integrated Concentrating Solar system) allowing natural daylight.

ELM kitchen - Helioptix

A Sliding timber wall panel at the entrance functions as a security and privacy screen. It also contains a folding table that can serve as a dining table .

Passive Environmental Systems

The ELM's design optimizes passive systems to reduce demand for energy, heating, and cooling.

A close up of HeliOptix

The ELM features HeliOptix which provides electrical power, thermal energy, enhanced daylighting, and reduced solar gain.

ELM interior

The ELM features a living space, a kitchen, bathroom and a sleeping loft.

ELM - micro-farming wall

The Microfarming wall can generate fruits and vegetables for 260 days for up to 4 people.

ELM - wonder cabinet

The data and system integration cabinet features electrical storage, dehumidification system, water filtration, and data collection and monitoring.

ELM - wonder cabinet

A closer view of the data and system integration cabinet.

Monitoring and Heterogenous data collection

The ELM contains a sensor network for live, real-time monitoring. The data is visualized in SEVA.

Interior view with a shadow of HeliOptix (an Integrated Concentrated Solar system) allowing natural daylight.

Ecological Living Module (ELM)

Exterior view of the ELM featuring sliding entrances at the U.N. Headquarters in New York.

Ecological Living Module (ELM)

The ELM is a tool for sustainable on-site self-sufficiency.

ELM: living systems

The ELM includes innovative, inclusive living systems that maximize livability and adaptability.

Bio-Based Renewable Materials

The ELM is constructed with materials that are renewable, locally sourced, and readily assembled on site.

ELM assembly

A timelapse video showing the ELM assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York.

ELM featuring Helioptix

Interior view with a shadow of HeliOptix (an Integrated Concentrating Solar system) allowing natural daylight.

ELM kitchen - Helioptix

A Sliding timber wall panel at the entrance functions as a security and privacy screen. It also contains a folding table that can serve as a dining table .

Passive Environmental Systems

The ELM's design optimizes passive systems to reduce demand for energy, heating, and cooling.

A close up of HeliOptix

The ELM features HeliOptix which provides electrical power, thermal energy, enhanced daylighting, and reduced solar gain.

ELM interior

The ELM features a living space, a kitchen, bathroom and a sleeping loft.

Ecological Living Module (ELM)

Exterior view of the ELM featuring sliding entrances at the U.N. Headquarters in New York.

Ecological Living Module (ELM)

The ELM is a tool for sustainable on-site self-sufficiency.

ELM: living systems

The ELM includes innovative, inclusive living systems that maximize livability and adaptability.

Bio-Based Renewable Materials

The ELM is constructed with materials that are renewable, locally sourced, and readily assembled on site.

ELM assembly

A timelapse video showing the ELM assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York.

ELM featuring Helioptix

Interior view with a shadow of HeliOptix (an Integrated Concentrating Solar system) allowing natural daylight.

ELM kitchen - Helioptix

A Sliding timber wall panel at the entrance functions as a security and privacy screen. It also contains a folding table that can serve as a dining table .

Passive Environmental Systems

The ELM's design optimizes passive systems to reduce demand for energy, heating, and cooling.

A close up of HeliOptix

The ELM features HeliOptix which provides electrical power, thermal energy, enhanced daylighting, and reduced solar gain.

ELM interior

The ELM features a living space, a kitchen, bathroom and a sleeping loft.

ELM - micro-farming wall

The Microfarming wall can generate fruits and vegetables for 260 days for up to 4 people.

ELM - wonder cabinet

The data and system integration cabinet features electrical storage, dehumidification system, water filtration, and data collection and monitoring.

ELM - wonder cabinet

A closer view of the data and system integration cabinet.

Monitoring and Heterogenous data collection

The ELM contains a sensor network for live, real-time monitoring. The data is visualized in SEVA.

Interior view with a shadow of HeliOptix (an Integrated Concentrated Solar system) allowing natural daylight.

Ecological Living Module (ELM)

Exterior view of the ELM featuring sliding entrances at the U.N. Headquarters in New York.

Ecological Living Module (ELM)

The ELM is a tool for sustainable on-site self-sufficiency.

ELM: living systems

The ELM includes innovative, inclusive living systems that maximize livability and adaptability.

Bio-Based Renewable Materials

The ELM is constructed with materials that are renewable, locally sourced, and readily assembled on site.

ELM assembly

A timelapse video showing the ELM assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York.

ELM featuring Helioptix

Interior view with a shadow of HeliOptix (an Integrated Concentrating Solar system) allowing natural daylight.

ELM kitchen - Helioptix

A Sliding timber wall panel at the entrance functions as a security and privacy screen. It also contains a folding table that can serve as a dining table .

Passive Environmental Systems

The ELM's design optimizes passive systems to reduce demand for energy, heating, and cooling.

A close up of HeliOptix

The ELM features HeliOptix which provides electrical power, thermal energy, enhanced daylighting, and reduced solar gain.

ELM interior

The ELM features a living space, a kitchen, bathroom and a sleeping loft.

Image: Ecological Living Module in UN Plaza, New York City

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Sustainable on-site self-sufficiency:

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team

Yale CEA: Anna Dyson, Hind Wildman, Nick Novelli, Naomi Keena, Mohamed Aly-Etman, Kipp Bradford, Mandi Pretorius, Phoebe Mankiewicz, Christopher Preusch, Marshall James, Paulo Pinheiro, Sheldon McLoed, George Graham, Adam Katzman, Kunhee Chang, Martin Man, Abena Bonna, Emma Crow-Willard, Valantyn Koziak

Gray Organschi Architecture: Lisa Gray, Alan Organschi, Larry Beddall, Elaina Berkowitz, Nathaniel Elmer, Kelley Johnson, Dan Kazer, Josh Kuhr, Seth Lauderdale, Parker Lee, Yanbo Li, Jackson Lindsay, Brittany Olivari, Augie Organschi, Andrew Padron, Andy Ruff, Oscar Scott, Ben Smith, Arghavan Taheri, Aslan Taheri, Joe Weisbord, Jack Wolfe

Yale University Student Exhibition: Brian Cash, Kunhee Chang, Martin Man, Mariana Riobom, Jacob Schaffert, Christopher Tritt, Liwei Wang, Liyang Wang

UNEP: Sophie Loral, Catherine Beltrandi

partners

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat), Gray Organschi Architects

collaborators

Industry: Fresh Air Building Systems, A&A Crane and Rigging, ABR Construction, Brooklyn SolarWorks, Chapel Plumbing LLC, Keith Howard Roofing, FutureAir, HeliOptix LLC, JIG Design Build, 475 High-Performance Building Supply, Messana Radiant Cooling, Landon Lumber, NHR Group, Nordic Structures, Norton Upholstery, Quickfitting, Structure Fusion

Academic/National Labs: NewLab

Naomi Keena, Marco Raugei, Mae-ling Lokko, Mohamed Aly Etman, Vicky Achnani, Barbara Reck, Anna Dyson (2022)

Energies (2022)

A Life-Cycle Approach to Investigate the Potential of Novel Biobased Construction Materials toward a Circular Built Environment

Mohamed Aly Etman, Nick Novelli, Justin Shultz, Kenton Phillips, Brandon Andow + Anna Dyson (2015)

Proceedings of the PLEA Conference. Bologna (2015)

Daylighting Effect of Separating Direct and Diffuse Insolation with Facade-Integrated, Transparent Solar Collector.

Eli Lichter-Mark, Mohamed Aly Etman + Anna Dyson (2017)

PLEA 2016 Los Angeles: Towards Regenerative Environments (2017)

Simulation of building integrated solar energy storage system in hot humid climates

Anna Dyson, Naomi Keena, Alan Organschi, Lisa Gray, Nick Novelli, Kipp Bradford, Mohamed Aly Etman, Matt Gindlesparger, Hind Wildman, Jonathan Duwyn, Martina Otto, Sophie Loran, Catherine Beltrandi + Mark Radka (2020)

Proceedings of the World Sustainable Built Environment Conference, 9 (2020)

Built Environment Ecosystems Framework towards Sustainable Urban Housing Infrastructure.

Anna Dyson, Naomi Keena, Alan Organschi, Lisa Gray, Nick Novelli, Kipp Bradford + Mark Radka (2020, November)

In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 588, No. 4, p. 042027). IOP Publishing (2020)

Built Environment Ecosystems Framework towards Sustainable Urban Housing Infrastructure

selected publications

The ELM’s reduced carbon footprint and off-grid systems support the UN's sustainable development goals: reduced energy needs limit the financial resources necessary to produce housing, renewable bio-based materials preserve rural landscapes and finite resources, and – if aggregated at a global scale – low-carbon residential development can dramatically reduce climate change.

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ELM NYC is designed to demonstrate strategies for residential construction that provide high-quality, efficient, and flexible housing while supporting sustainable development. Solar energy meets the power needs of the four occupants. Potable water is harvested from humid air. A purification system provides good indoor air quality and increases the microbiome diversity within the home. A micro-farming wall grows fruit and vegetables. The overall performance of the ELM is monitored via a sensor network and data display.

Renewable bio-based circular material economies in timber, post-agricultural by-products and plant-based bioremediation

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ELM NYC

Yale CEA partnered with Gray Organschi Architecture and UNEP to demonstrate on-site net-zero self-sufficiency for energy, water and food.

team

collaborators

selected

publications

partners

Energies (2022)

Naomi Keena, Marco Raugei, Mae-ling Lokko, Mohamed Aly Etman, Vicky Achnani, Barbara Reck, Anna Dyson (2022)

Proceedings of the PLEA Conference. Bologna (2015)

Mohamed Aly Etman, Nick Novelli, Justin Shultz, Kenton Phillips, Brandon Andow + Anna Dyson (2015)

PLEA 2016 Los Angeles: Towards Regenerative Environments (2017)

Eli Lichter-Mark, Mohamed Aly Etman + Anna Dyson (2017)

Proceedings of the World Sustainable Built Environment Conference, 9 (2020)

Anna Dyson, Naomi Keena, Alan Organschi, Lisa Gray, Nick Novelli, Kipp Bradford, Mohamed Aly Etman, Matt Gindlesparger, Hind Wildman, Jonathan Duwyn, Martina Otto, Sophie Loran, Catherine Beltrandi + Mark Radka (2020)

In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 588, No. 4, p. 042027). IOP Publishing (2020)

Anna Dyson, Naomi Keena, Alan Organschi, Lisa Gray, Nick Novelli, Kipp Bradford + Mark Radka (2020, November)

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Sustainable on-site self-sufficiency:

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