The opportunity

Gilbane, teamed with HDR, is providing Design/Build services for this 45,000 SF facility. Located at the North Avenue Research Area (NARA) of the Georgia Tech campus, the facility will house several energy research efforts. By effectively using several energy-saving designs—including a full photovoltaic array—the facility can achieve harvest energy on-site and achieve carbon neutrality without purchasing carbon offset credits. The project is targeting a LEED Platinum v3 Certification, exceeding the Gold certification targeted by all new building construction on Georgia Tech’s campus.

The solution

The research focus of the facility will be sustainable energy solutions, including high-efficiency combustion engines, biomass gasification kinetics, biochemical-enzymatic conversion of biomass materials, and capture of carbon dioxide from power plants and combustion engines. The lab will be in the same campus as the Combustion Lab, Structures Lab and Food Processing Technology Building.

High Performance Building services includes design peer reviews, energy modeling peer reviews, renewable energy options evaluation and Life Cycle Cost Analysis.

 

Technical information

  • Architect: HDR
  • Project Square Feet: 45,000 SF
  • Construction Cost: $23 million
  • Completion Date: August 2012
  • Contract Delivery Method: Design Build
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