Winter Issue 2022 - 78

ResilientHub:
A Study in
Getting Office
Buildings to
Net Zero
ANDREW GIBBS AND
RICHARD PEISER
A combination of passive and
active building systems, solar
photovoltaics, and building
envelope technology drastically
reduces building energy use.
Among the most challenging issues
in developing sustainable buildings is
understanding the relative contributions to
energy savings from different design strategies
and construction components. This
article seeks to address those challenges
through an analysis of a prototypical office
building for downtown Boston.
Designed for a location in the Seaport
District and Climate Zone 5A, ResilientHub
is a 16-story building that would accommodate
a mixture of office and retail users.
Through a combination of passive and
active building systems, solar photovoltaics
(PV), and innovative building envelope
technology, ResilientHub could use an
estimated 90 percent less energy to operate
than a conventional office building.
To achieve zero emissions, ResilientHub's
estimated net energy demand of 5.0 kBtu
per square foot (54 kBtu per sq m) would
be met through off-site renewable sources.
ResilientHub is a 16-story office
building prototype designed by a
team of students from the Harvard
Graduate School of Design for the
2021 U.S. Department of Energy
Solar Decathlon as a sustainable
office building balancing occupancy
and neighborhood needs, as well as
economic performance.
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L.TOMHOLT, K. KHARBANDA, S. CHEN, K. CHEN, AND A.GIBBS

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