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Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal — Green Buildings — September 28 - October 11, 2012 — 19A
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South Brunswick facility achieves LEED Silver certification KSS Architects and Forsgate Industrial Partners set new model for “Green” industrial
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addition, the new facility paral- lels The Coca-Cola Company’s own Live Positively standards for sustainability. The new distribution center consolidates Coca-Cola Re- freshments’ operations from Neptune, North Brunswick and Parsippany and repre- sents a significant investment by the company in the state. “By stepping back from the buildings and rethinking the role of distribution centers in the supply chain, we can build projects that are arguably good for the environment,” said Klimek, an active member of the NAIOP and USGBC teams creating a set of LEED guide- lines specifically for industrial distribution centers. “While LEED has helped us come a long way to create green build- ings, at the end of the day, we need to remember sustainabili- ty is not about points, but about the environmental, economic and community benefits.” ■ 1500 vinyl sliding glass doors, most of them elegant 8’ tall units. Other sliding glass doors utilized 88 accompanying over- head transom glass panels. Each of the over 4,000 white windows and doors were speci- fied with Solarban 60 Low-E glass coatings and argon gas filled insulated glass units for improved energy efficiency, as well as two-lights of double strength glass for enhanced structural performance. All of the Series 300 and Series 310 windows and Series 1500 sliding patio doors feature strong integral nailing fins to facilitate new construction installation. Through factory mulling and use of continuous head and sill frames, many of the windows were combined in stacked or side-by-side ganged configurations, enabling broad (over 8 feet wide) or tall (over 8 feet high) expanses of contigu- ous windows where called for by the upscale property’s archi- tectural specifications. ■
OUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — Forsgate In- dustrial Partners ’
226,000 s/f distribution center for Coca-Cola Refreshments has achieved LEED Silver certification through the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Ener- gy and Environmental Design program. Designed by K SS Archi- tects , the distribution center sets a new standard for the sustainable design of indus- trial buildings and serves a model for this building type throughout New Jersey and the region. “Due to its monumental and vital role in national and world- wide trade, industrial real estate has significant impact on the environment,” said Edmund Klimek , partner at KSS and leader of Commercial and In- dustrial Architecture at the firm. “Though some people thought ‘industrial’ and ‘sustainable FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA — Crystal Window & Door Systems has supplied over 4,000 vinyl windows and doors for the new upscale Halstead Square development. The new construction six- story mixed use buildings at 2750 Gallows Rd. in Vienna feature residential apartments with ground floor retail space. The mid-rise projects called for the installation of Crystal highly energy efficient vinyl single-hung and picture win- dows as well as vinyl sliding doors, some with overhead transom windows. A limited number of Crystal aluminum swing terrace doors were used in one building. While vinyl windows are common in one or two-family homes and low-rise residen- tial, usually aluminum frame windows are used in taller structures. This project re- flects a growing trend of the material’s use in newmid-rise, multi-family buildings. “In
design’ would never appear in the same sentence, the unique nature of projects in this market presents substantial green op- portunities.” Forsgate Industrial Part- ners’ distribution facility for Coca-Cola Refreshments fea- tures a fully day-lit interior and a rooftop photovoltaic array to produce 1 megawatt Distribution center for Coca-Cola Refreshments
The combination of daylighting tubes and photovoltaic panels, like these, allow Forsgate Industrial Partners’ distribution center for Coca- Cola Refreshments to save energy while producing energy.
of energy. The combination of perimeter clerestory windows and daylighting tubes with daylighting sensors virtually eliminates the need for arti- ficial lighting during daytime building operations. It uses 20% less energy than a similar warehouse facility
and water efficient plumbing fixtures have reduced water usage by 35% of U.S. Environ- mental Protection Agency (EPA) standards. A white roof mitigates heat island effect, while interior finishes include both renewable and regionally manufactured materials. In
Crystal Window & Door Systems supplies over 4,000 vinyl windows and doors in Fairfax County, Virginia complex
multi-family buildings and a hotel, yet to be built. The total completed development will feature 854 apartments, 50,000-ft of retail space. Hal- stead Square was developed by The DSF Group of Wash- ington, D.C. and Boston. The DSF Group is the recipient of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) “2011 Multi-Family Development Firm of the Year Award.” The project’s architect was Bethes- da, MD-based SK&I Archi- tectural Design Group and the general contractor was John Moriarty Associates of Boston, MA and Arlington, VA. The Crystal windows were installed by subcontractor Mid-Atlantic Framing of New Windsor, MD. Crystal supplied the three buildings of the Halstead Square project with a total of 3,732 Series 300 single-hung and Series 310 picture vinyl windows. Also, the project used 208 Crystal two-panel Series
Halstead Square — Inset: Series 300 Vinyl Window
select mid-rise applications, Crystal vinyl products can of- fer superior energy efficiency, low maintenance, enhanced aesthetics, and greater resi- dent appeal without sacrific- ing window performance or durability,” said Steve Chen , executive vice president for
Crystal. “The value of vinyl windows and doors in many types of buildings should not be underestimated or over- looked by progressive archi- tects, developers, and general contractors.” The Halstead Square com- plex is comprised of several
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