Event Description
Join NESEA for a Pro Tour of a high-performance, 55,000 square foot building on the Dartmouth College campus that combined a major addition with targeted renovation to house the newly created Irving Institute for Energy and Society.
Completed in 2022, this building fulfilled the client’s vision to marry aspirational architecture with energy efficiency and sustainable design elements for a building that is best-in-class for its time. Having started as a 1970s building, which was renovated and expanded, the final project demonstrates methods for decarbonizing existing structures while piloting integrated systems rarely seen in Climate Zone 6, including automated natural ventilation, radiant floor and ceilings, automated shading systems, and daylight features.
Event hosts vanZelm Engineers, will be leading this event and are eager to share their work with the NESEA community. The tour will begin with an opening workshop where the team will discuss the history, goals, and design and construction strategies. And also, learn about the actual vs modeled building performance with data from its earliest stages of occupancy to date. Attendees will then break into small groups to tour the facility while hearing more from the interdisciplinary team of experts who made the building possible. After the tour, we’ll regroup for a reception and Q&A, allowing attendees to chat with the day’s speakers and each other.
More About the Building:
The high-performing envelope drives down heating and cooling loads, allowing the building to operate with ultra-efficient radiant ceilings throughout workspaces and a radiant slab in the large atrium space. The building’s innovative, architecturally integrated cooling and ventilation strategies will help it meet future needs, with 83% of occupied spaces being served by the automated natural ventilation system. The centerpiece of this system- a double-skin glass portico at the main entrance - echoes the campus’s traditional architecture while enhancing ventilation performance. Physically weaving together old and new structures resulted in embodied carbon savings (through material reductions) and operational carbon savings (through system upgrades) to support campus-wide decarbonization goals. Other architectural components that support the natural ventilation system include the rooftop thermal vent to drive the natural ventilation system, full-height dampers architecturally integrated in the atrium wall, and automated awning and parallel project windows.
The team also worked to identify and eliminate harmful substances and avoid Red List materials. Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and bio-based materials were also favored wherever possible, contributing to lower carbon emissions, improved air quality, enhanced thermal comfort, and support for biophilic design principles.
Certifications:
LEED Platinum Certification
NESEA Pro Tour: Transforming & Expanding an Existing Building on the Dartmouth College Campus, August 1, 1-5 pm, New Hampshire
Event Description
Join NESEA for a Pro Tour of a high-performance, 55,000 square foot building on the Dartmouth College campus that combined a major addition with targeted renovation to house the newly created Irving Institute for Energy and Society.
Completed in 2022, this building fulfilled the client’s vision to marry aspirational architecture with energy efficiency and sustainable design elements for a building that is best-in-class for its time. Having started as a 1970s building, which was renovated and expanded, the final project demonstrates methods for decarbonizing existing structures while piloting integrated systems rarely seen in Climate Zone 6, including automated natural ventilation, radiant floor and ceilings, automated shading systems, and daylight features.
Event hosts vanZelm Engineers, will be leading this event and are eager to share their work with the NESEA community. The tour will begin with an opening workshop where the team will discuss the history, goals, and design and construction strategies. And also, learn about the actual vs modeled building performance with data from its earliest stages of occupancy to date. Attendees will then break into small groups to tour the facility while hearing more from the interdisciplinary team of experts who made the building possible. After the tour, we’ll regroup for a reception and Q&A, allowing attendees to chat with the day’s speakers and each other.
More About the Building:
The high-performing envelope drives down heating and cooling loads, allowing the building to operate with ultra-efficient radiant ceilings throughout workspaces and a radiant slab in the large atrium space. The building’s innovative, architecturally integrated cooling and ventilation strategies will help it meet future needs, with 83% of occupied spaces being served by the automated natural ventilation system. The centerpiece of this system- a double-skin glass portico at the main entrance - echoes the campus’s traditional architecture while enhancing ventilation performance. Physically weaving together old and new structures resulted in embodied carbon savings (through material reductions) and operational carbon savings (through system upgrades) to support campus-wide decarbonization goals. Other architectural components that support the natural ventilation system include the rooftop thermal vent to drive the natural ventilation system, full-height dampers architecturally integrated in the atrium wall, and automated awning and parallel project windows.
The team also worked to identify and eliminate harmful substances and avoid Red List materials. Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and bio-based materials were also favored wherever possible, contributing to lower carbon emissions, improved air quality, enhanced thermal comfort, and support for biophilic design principles.
Certifications:
LEED Platinum Certification
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