By definition, a Charrette is “a fast-paced  intensive  workshop  with  key  client,  design,  engineering,  and  building  participants.... Charrettes  provide  a  framework  for  achieving  significant  production  and  meaningful  agreement  among  participants  in  relatively  brief  amounts  of  time.” With eight attendees in various roles as part of the case study team, and Walker Wells from Global Green USA facilitating, we discussed the project for four hours. Topics included: use of the commercial space; heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems; potential for solar or alternative power; interior finishes; and many other topics. We even discussed how to get the highest yields from a community garden, along with the possibility of an “edible campus” – using fruit and vegetable trees and bushes as the main landscape material so that residents can pick and consume the ripe produce.