G reen B uildings
Real Estate Journal — Green Buildings — May 27 - June 9, 2016, 2014 — 11B
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Designed by Ziger/Snead Architects and built by Lewis Contractors Lilker EMO Energy Solutions Helps Deliver LEED Platinum to Baltimore’s Center for Parks & People
ALTIMORE, MD — En- ergy modeling and com- missioning experts Lilker EMOEnergy Solutions played a key role in achieving LEED Platinum for The Center for Parks & People at Auchen- toroly Terrace in Baltimore City. The project, designed by Ziger/ Snead Architects and built by Lewis Contractors , is only the second in Baltimore to earn the highest rating possible from the U.S. Green Building Council . The Center comprises a nine- acre triangular piece of property in Baltimore’s Druid Hill Park and is home to the Parks & People Foundation, an organi- zation founded in 1984 by four- time Baltimore Mayor William Donald Schaefer to improve the environmental, physical and so- cial health of the city. The project scope included development of a network of public walking paths and gardens, renovation of a historic former Superintendent’s House on the site, and construc- tion of a new 10,000 s/f head- quarters and modular Green Workforce Development Center. Sustainable design practic- es and innovative methods were employed throughout the campus, including storm wa- ter management techniques, a green roof terrace, provision of rainwater collection cisterns, geothermal well storage sys- tems, solar photovoltaics, use of reclaimed and rapidly renewable finish materials and a highly B
efficient building envelope us- ing structural insulated panels (SIPs). Goats were brought in to clear invasive growth in an environmentally safe manner. Lilker EMO Energy Solu- tions performed a whole build- ing energy model simulation, comprehensive energy analysis and assessment of building systems and configuration for the Foundation’s headquarters. Implementing a LEED funda- mental and enhanced commis- sioning process, Lilker EMO ensured that all state-of-the-art features, building systems and envelope were installed per design specifications and are operating properly to achieve energy-savings goals. In its own “backyard,” Lilker EMO recently achieved LEED EBOM-2009 (Existing Build- ings: Operations and Manage- ment) Silver Certification for the facility housing its offices at 3130 Fairview Dr. in Falls Church, VA, as well the build- ing across the street at 3141 Fairview Dr. Both properties are owned by Brandywine Re- alty Trust . With Lilker EMO’s guidance, Brandywine incorpo- rated green cleaning protocols, energy and water efficiency up- grades, enhanced recycling and waste management, and other strategies to achieve 52 LEED credits and deliver healthy and efficient buildings to its tenants and visitors. n
The Center for Parks & People at Auchentoroly Terrace
GLASSBORO, NJ — Wright Commissioning , the Philadel- phia region’s first independent, MBE building commissioning firm, is pleased to announce that it has been selected to retro- commission the HVAC systems for the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering at Rowan Uni- versity in Glassboro. “Rowan needed retro-commissioning services to optimize the per- formance of Henry M. Rowan Hall’s nearly 20-year-old build- ing systems,” said KimWright , CEO of Wright Commissioning. “As home to multiple engineer- ing disciplines, it is critical that Rowan Hall’s HVAC systems Wright Cx wins Rowan University retro-commissioning project adjustments and implement corrective actions; and issue a report with recommendations to further optimize the build- ing. The commissioning report on Rowan Hall is expected to be issued in the fall 2016. Wright has considerable ex- perience with laboratories and higher education facilities, hav- ing completed commissioning projects for Princeton, Penn, Temple, Villanova, the College of Charleston, Haverford, Rut- gers, West Chester, Widener, theWistar Institute, West Phar- maceutical, and the Hospital of the University of PA among others. n Rowan Hall perform as efficiently and sus- tainably as possible.” Rowan Hall was a state-of- the-art facility when it opened in 1998, with resource chan- nels for technology, gases and liquids; flexible teaching labs outfitted with potable smart benches; and significant sus- tainable features within its nearly 100,000 s/f structure. As with all complex, retro- commissioning projects, Wright Commissioning will review the existing operations and maintenance; interview users of the building; physically test the systems under a variety of extreme conditions; make
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