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landwrites
on the first floor, and an outdoor balcony
on the fifth floor. Restrooms look and feel
like a hotel spa with a Zen quality of aesthetics.
And, at each individual workspace,
ergonomic desks are height adjustable.
Sustainable Results
The design team maximized sustainability
by employing several passive strategies,
including the following:
Orientation: North-south orientation,
with narrow floor plates to allow for daylight
penetration. Annual daylighting and
energy analysis was performed to find
opportunities to bring more daylight inside
the building and provide better views for all
occupants.
Reduced heat gains: Minimized east
glazing reduces early morning heat gains.
Because the building is designed next to
the existing courthouse, the east facade
features minimal glazing, which helps
reduce the morning heat gain inside
the building.
Shading: Exterior window shading to
reduce the solar heat gain and protect from
direct sunlight and glare in the building.
The external shading devices on southand
west-facing windows drastically reduce
the solar heat gain within the building.
Based on the energy model estimates,
adding the exterior shades to the building
on a typical summer day in June reduced
solar gain for the conference room located
on the south side of the building by 22 percent
during the hottest peak hours of the
day, and reduced solar gain in the training
room located on the west end of the building
by 14 percent.
The preliminary energy model estimated
energy usage with exterior shading resulted
in 39 percent energy savings when compared
with Zero Tool's energy use intensity
(EUI) median of 100 Kbtu/square foot/year
for existing buildings of this type in this
region.
A Beacon of Justice
Creative integrated design methods and
practices took this building further toward
sustainable design than the standard
approach. The high-performance design
used building and energy analysis and
data to help the client make the appropriate
choices-right site, right size-to optimize
the outcome both operationally and
as a point of pride to the Florence, Arizona,
community. The Pinal County Attorney's
Office is a prime example of meaningful,
functional design aesthetics that shine not
only as a beacon of justice, but also as a
light that illuminates the wisdom of the
desert. UL
HANS PAPKE, a senior associate at DLR Group and a
member of the American Institute of Architects, is an
avid outdoorsman who is always looking for the ways
that nature inspires his design career. He was the lead
designer and project architect for the Pinal County Attorney's
Office.
Typical Office Building in Florence
01 No Exterior Shading
02 With Exterior Shading
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Source: Courtesy of DLR Group.

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