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C o N t E N t S 30 VCU Cary Street Gym New Again, and Again 6 Clemson University’s Lee III Collaborative Learning How do you teach students to work together? Design a transparent, open floor plan that prompts natural interaction between students and faculty from varied disciplines, including architecture, art and construction science. Clemson University’s Lee III, which incorporates extensive daylighting, natural ventilation and materials from on-campus sources, is intended to teach sustainable design by example. To achieve the lowest energy use possible designers selected a radiant heating/cooling system, a bold selection for a building in a high humidity climate like South Carolina. The project recorded a first year EUI of 35 kBtu/ft2 · yr. 4 HigH 18 Biological and Computational Sciences Facility Science of Efficiency The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Biological Science Facility (BSF) and Computational Science Facility (CSF) in Richland, Wash., brings scientists from two separate disciplines into one facility, encouraging collaboration. The facility, located above the Columbia River aquifer, uses the river as a heat source/sink, contributing to an annual EUI of 181 kBtu/ft2 · yr. The lab uses 51% less energy than an average lab as defined by the AIA 2030 Reporting Tool. An efficient design increased the percentage of net-to-gross space, allowing for a smaller footprint, which translated to savings in materials and site fill. Performing Buildings summer 2013 The structure that houses Virginia Commonwealth University’s (VCU) Cary Street Gym could be a poster child for the concept of adaptive reuse. VCU transformed an 1890sera building that had been used in a variety of ways into a student gymnasium in 1979. The building was renovated again in 2009 with three times the square footage added, wrapping around two sides of the original building. Using the existing gym’s façade permitted designers to conserve resources that would have been consumed had they chosen a new location. The building team improved roof insulation and fenestration U-factor of the existing building within historic preservation requirements. But, most of the building’s energy savings come from the mechanical and lighting systems.

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High Performing Buildings - Summer 2013
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Clemson University’s Lee III
Biological and Computational Sciences Facility
VCU Cary Street Gym
College of the Atlantic Student Village Housing
Rice Fergus Miller Office and Studio
Technology

High Performing Buildings - Summer 2013