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Hunt
Utilities Group
2331 Dancing Wind Road SW
(2502 24th Street SW)
Pine River, MN 56474
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Directions to Hunt Utilities Group Campus:
From Highway 371 turn west on County Road 2 on the north edge
of Pine River and take a right at the wind turbine.
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Two buildings on the Hunt Utilities Group
site, Old Main and Mani Building, offer renewable energy and energy-efficient
choices, designed to become a net-zero site for research and education.
Architects Oldham Hirst Design of Brainerd designed the 13,000-square-foot
Mani Building, a machine and tool shop that also hosts some manufacturing,
offices, and a greenhouse. Designed and built by Hunt Utilities
Group, the 4,500-square-foot Old Main building is used for offices,
meeting space, artist studios, and classrooms.
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Integrated whole design |
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Strawbale and cob construction |
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100 R-value insulation before windows then
~50 R-value with windows and doors |
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Heat storage in-ground and passive solar |
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Ground water heat pump for additional heating
and cooling |
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South orientation with large roof overhand
to shade the passive solar in summer |
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Blown-in roof insulation |
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Passive solar design |
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Underground air exchange |
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50 R-value SIP panels and living
roof for a larger R factor |
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Ground water heat pump for additional heating
and cooling |
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~10 miles of air exchange pipe under the
ground 6 feet in layers every foot up to the building envelope
Apron insulation |
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Attached solar green house for future food
growing and heat capture |
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South orientation |
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Hot air solar panels |
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Green roof design on the Mani Building possible
for gardening |
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Jacobs 20 kW wind turbine |
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Ultra massive heat storage under Mani Building |
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Permaculture design landscaping and gardening |
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Greenhouses to help heat and feed several
other smaller styles of wind turbines |
