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Ecological Innovation


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

Kinder Building – MFAH | Houston, TX, USA (2020)

 

Features

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

– Natural light to all spaces

Ecological Innovation


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

 

LEED Silver

 

Features

– Green roof

– Natural light & natural ventilation

Ecological Innovation


Lewis Center for the Arts | Princeton University (2017)

Lewis Arts Complex, Princeton University l Princeton, NJ, USA (2017)

LEED Silver

 

Features

– Geothermal heating & cooling (140 wells)

– Recycled water pool

– Green roofs

– High performance envelope with extensive daylighting

– LED theatrical lighting

Ecological Innovation


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

Ecological Innovation


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

Ecological Innovation


Ex of In House | NY, USA (2016)

The Ex of IN House l Rhinebeck, NY, USA (2016)

 

Features

– 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

Ecological Innovation


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

Ecological Innovation


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

Ecological Innovation


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

Sliced Porosity Block / Chengdu 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

Ecological Innovation


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

Ecological Innovation


Daeyang Gallery and House | Seoul Geothermal (2012)

Daeyang Gallery and House l Seoul, Korea (2012)

 

Features

– Geothermal heating & cooling

– Green & recycled water pools

– Natural light to all space

Ecological Innovation


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

Ecological Innovation


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

Ecological Innovation


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

Ecological Innovation


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

Ecological Innovation


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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