Featured Sustainable Projects
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University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Madison, Wisconsin
50% reduction in CO2 emissions and water use.
When John and Tashia Morgridge proposed the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Morgridge Institute for Research (WID|MIR), a joint public/private partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, they envisioned a world class institute focused on biomedical discovery. As Chairman of the Board for both Cisco Systems and the Nature Conservancy, Mr. Morgridge also approached this venture with specific and quantifiable expectations relating to sustainability for the institute’s building.
AEI immediately approached the WID|MIR project with a focus on meaningful innovation for substantive reduction in resource and energy use, raising such ideas as ubiquitous LED lighting and the use of chilled beam.
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State of New York
Department of Environmental Conservation
Alternative Fuel Vehicle Research Laboratory
Malta, New York
A closed-loop hybrid system to capture and reuse expelled engine heat.
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) Bureau of Mobile Resources and Technology Division is building a 75,000 square foot facility to analyze the transportation sector’s emissions standards. This Alternative Fuel Vehicle Research Laboratory (AFVRL) will test engines of all sizes, from small commuter vehicles to large transit buses. This facility’s particular focus is on nano-size emission particles, which are likely to become the next wave of regulated effluents from gasoline, diesel, and alternative fuels.
This project’s mandate is not only to protect the environment, but also to display and utilize sustainable systems in its operation. To assist the DEC in this objective, AEI incorporated several environmentally sensitive systems, including a closed loop hybrid geoexchange system.
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University of Washington
School of Medicine
South Lake Union Campus, Phase 2
Seattle, Washington Among the largest laboratory applications of chilled beam technology in North America.
The University of Washington School of Medicine, in partnership with property
developers Vulcan, Inc., will see its new lab building in Seattle’s South Lake Union district both benefit from and embody the principals of energy efficiency and sustainability that distinguish this prominent new mixed-use R&D/commercial/residential neighborhood.
Identifying a lab program where heat gain, rather than fume ventilation, would primarily determine air flow rates, AEI saw conditions suited to the effective use of chilled beam technology, an energy-efficient decentralized cooling approach.
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Public Health Sciences Facility
Seattle, Washington
Energy innovations create standard-setting efficiencies, 35% energy load reduction
Creating physically healthy environments for both building users and building neighbors is a natural extension of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Public Health Sciences Division’s mission to identify strategies to reduce the incidence of and mortality from cancer and other diseases. FHCRC’s traditional design approach is based on a longstanding commitment to energy conservation, environmental stewardship and providing staff with safe, stimulating workplaces, anticipating many fundamental standards of “green design,” specifically applied to a healthcare and laboratory setting. The FHCRC facilities leadership has been a strong participant in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Labs 21 program to establish sustainable design standards for lab buildings; application for LEED™ certification for the five-story, 350,000 square-foot Public Health Sciences Facility was an exercise in concurrence.
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Manitoba Hydro
Headquarters Buidling
Winnipeg, Manitoba
The Sustainable Lighting Design Component of a LEED Gold Campaign
As one of North America’s largest providers of hydroelectric power, Manitoba Hydro’s commitment to environmental protection ranges from large-scale, high-profile institutional programs to the day-to-day efforts of management and staff performing their daily duties and responsibilities. As a functional representation of this all-encompassing commitment, their new headquarters building is conceived as a LEED™ Gold corporate high rise.
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