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The REACH, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Washington, D.C., USA (2019)

LEED Gold

 

Features

– Geothermal heating and cooling (27 wells)
– Largest green roof in Washington, D.C.
– Active slab conditioning with displacement air ventilation
– Transparent glass cavity wall
– Active slab insulating with natural ventilation
– High performance clear and translucent glazing provides extensive daylight
– Stable below-critical thermal mass construction reduces energy use

Nancy and Rich Kinder Museum Building – Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | TX, USA (2020)

LEED Silver

 

Features

– “Cold jacket” of glass tubes reduces solar gain by 90%

– Natural light to all spaces

Glassell School of Art – Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | TX, USA (2018)

LEED Silver

 

Features

– Green roof

– Natural light & natural ventilation

Lewis Center for the Arts | Princeton University (2017)

LEED Silver

 

Features

– Geothermal heating & cooling (140 wells)

– Recycled water pool

– Green roofs

– High performance envelope with extensive daylighting

– LED theatrical lighting

Maggie’s Centre Barts | London, UK (2017)

 

Features

– Ecological Okalux insulating glass

-Green roof terrace

– Natural bamboo interior

– Transparent glass cavity wall

– Active slab insulating with natural ventilation

Institute for Contemporary Art – VCU | Richmond, VA (2017)

LEED Gold

 

Features

– Geothermal heating & cooling

– Natural light galleries

– Transparent glass cavity wall

– Active slab conditioning with displacement air humidity control

– Green roofs

– Rainwater harvesting

Ex of In House | NY, USA (2016)

 

Features

– Highlights of the bird surveys conducted by the environmental non-profit organization Hudsonia include sightings of the Red-shouldered Hawk, Black-billed Cuckoo, Scarlet Tanager and Wood Thrush, species of greatest conservation need, among a total of 42 bird species observed.

– Geothermal heating & cooling

– Recycled Poraver façade

– Solar flex panel roof

– Natural unfinished

– Locally sourced wood interior: super-insulated birch plywood diaphragm construction

– PLA corn starch-based 3D printed light fixtures

– No trees were cleared in construction

Reid Building, Glasgow School of Art | Glasgow, UK (2014)

BREEAM Excellent (equivalent to LEED Gold)

RICS Design through Innovation Award (2015)

 

Features

– Natural ventilation via “driven voids of light”

– Radiant floor slab heater acts as vertical ventilation

– Green roof

– Storm water harvesting feeds sinks and toilets

– New biomass plant serves Reid building and existing buildings

Visual Arts Building – University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA, USA (2016)

LEED Gold: LEED energy model shows 49% reduction in energy use, earning all 19 LEED points for optimizing energy performance

 

Features

– First U.S. building to implement radiant floor heating/cooling with bubble-voided concrete slab (reduces concrete by 30%)

– Green roof

– Perforated sunshade South facades reduce solar gain and optimize natural light

– Honeycomb skylight diverts natural light through form

– Natural ventilation via operable windows and skylights

Sliced Porosity Block – Raffles City | Chengdu, China (2012)

LEED Gold

Green GOOD DESIGN Award (2014)

 

Features

– Geothermal heating & cooling (455 wells, 90m deep)

– Thermal storage for cooling in peak energy costs periods

– Underfloor air distribution system reduce mechanical equipment sizing and energy consumption

– Thermal mass provided by exterior cast-in-place concrete facades

– Recycled grey water system

– Hybrid buildings combine living, working, culture & commerce

– Enhanced public / open space (12,000m2 landscaped public plaza provided)

– Natural light and ventilation for all spaces

– Reduced heat island effect with high albedo landscape materials and green roofs

Planar Villa | USA (2017)

 

Features

– Geothermal heating & cooling (44 wells)

– Green roof

– High performance clear and translucent glazing provides extensive daylight

– Stable below-critical thermal mass construction reduces energy use

Daeyang Gallery and House | Seoul Geothermal (2012)

 

Features

– Geothermal heating & cooling

– Green & recycled water pools

– Natural light to all space

Herning Museum of Arts | Herning, Denmark (2019)

 

Features

– Geothermal heating & cooling (first geothermal museum in Denmark)

– Active slab conditioning with displacement air humidity control

– Continuous natural light galleries

– High performance envelope

Whitney Water Purification Facility and Park | CT, USA (2005)

2007 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Project Award

 

Features

– Geothermal heating & cooling (88 wells)

– Largest green roof in state of Connecticut (30,0000 sq. ft.)

– Gravity-driven water treatment process eliminates pumping energy

– Skylit natural lighting to plant spaces

Swiss Embassy Residence | Washington DC, USA (2006)

Swiss Minergie Standard (equivalent to LEED Platinum)

 

Features

– Green roof

– Recycled water pool

– Translucent glass ventilated cavity wall

Horizontal Skyscraper – Vanke Center | Shenzhen, China (2009)

LEED Platinum (First Certified LEED Platinum in South China)

Green GOOD DESIGN Award (2010)

 

Features

– Cooling via special ice storage system

– Provides more green landscape to public than building footprint (125% site green coverage)

– Landscape ponds of recycled water

– Special sun louvers reduce 70% of heat gain

– Natural light and ventilation for all spaces

– Sustainable, self-regenerating bamboo interiors

– Solar array on roof (1,400 sq. meters)

– High-performance building envelope includes exterior sun-shading louvers

– Chilled slabs and underfloor air distribution system reduce mechanical equipment sizing and energy consumption

Linked Hybrid | Beijing, China (2009)

LEED Gold
AIA New York Chapter Sustainable Design Merit Award (2008)

 

Features

– Geothermal heating & cooling (largest geothermal array in China, 2009; 660 wells 100m deep)

– System saves 2,110,000 degrees of energy usage / year

– Represents up to 80% of energy savings compared to conventional heating and cooling systems

– 1kW/h of power used renders 6.5 kW/h and 5.5kW/h of heating and cooling respectively

– Radiant slab (for heating and colling) along with underfloor air distribution system reduce mechanical equipment sizing and energy consumption

– Site restauration from past industrial function

– Hybrid buildings combine living, working, culture & commerce

– Recycled grey water system connects all apartments to ultra-violet zap for clear central landscape pools

– Provides more green landscape to public than building footprint. A high-performance building envelope includes external shading systems that minimize solar heat gain and reduces overall cooling loads

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