The Building Material Use Study of the Eco Learning Camps Design for Elementary and Middle School Students: A Case Study

Abstract

The design of Eco Learning Camps (ELC) for primary and secondary school students endeavors in building individuals’ awareness to care for the environment through environmental-based value education. Against the backdrop of achieving China’s goal of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, it seems to be an urgent task to answer the question of how to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings in the design and operation of ELC. This paper selects the camp of ancient dragon kiln in Huangshi Village, a village in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, as a case study for design and research. Comparing with relevant cases, it finds out that the carbon footprints of different building materials used in the existing Eco educational buildings are much lower comparing with the traditional building materials. The results of this study show that carbon emissions can be significantly reduced by replacing the main building materials of the camp. On this basis, this study proposes the four major design strategies that need to be followed in the selection of materials for the design of ELC.