Belmont Citizen Herald – September 23, 2021
Floods, power failures and elevator woes: Belmont Public Library needs a new home by Ellen Schreiber What do floods, scorching heat, and power failures have in common? These emergencies (and more) have all happened in the Belmont Public Library in the last nine months. Every month or two, the Library Trustees get a call. Something else has broken. [...]
Belmont Library Project – Schematic Design Executive Summary
The Schematic Design was presented to the public on November 12, 2019 by the Library Building Committee and architects of Oudens Ello Architecture. The Executive Summary describes the background of the project and the overall process of the Schematic Design phase. Click on the link below for the full Executive Summary. Belmont Public Library_Executive Summary
Belmont Library Project – Schematic Design Zero Net Energy Analysis Report
As part of the Schematic Design phase of the Belmont Public Library Project, a Net Zero Energy Study was performed. As described in its Executive Summary, the purpose of the study is "to outline a set of performance goals for the Belmont Public Library project, both to identify potential options for optimizing energy performance and to identify a pathway [...]
Belmont Library Project Newsletter: January 2020
Click on this January 2020 Newsletter link for a PDF of the January 2020 Newsletter for the Belmont Library Project.
Belmont Library Project – Sustainability Features
Excerpted from the Schematic Design presentation, this 2019_11_12_Community_Presentation _Sustainability_Excerpt PDF along with the building section image below describes the many sustainability features incorporated into the design for the Library Building Project. The full Schematic Design presentation can be found here on the Belmont Library website.
Library Building Project Costs
Excerpted from the Schematic Design presentation, the below slide describes the project costs for the Library Building Project. The full Schematic Design presentation can be found here on the Belmont Library website.