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Case Study

Joseph B. Whitehead Biomedical Research Building

Atlanta, Ga. (Emory University)
Size: 325,000 SF
Date of completion: 2001

Jay Enck, LEED® AP, Commissioning Agent:

LEED® Project Administration Services, Whole Building Design + Construction Phase Commissioning

Project Overview:

 

p-whitehead.jpgThe facility includes 150 faculty offices housing three basic science departments and 150 laboratory modules featuring the open lab concept, designed for greater interaction and flow among investigators. Two levels house 70,000 square feet of animal resource space, including a state-of-the-art automatic cage wash, complete with robots. This equipment saves energy, water and detergent, and accomplishes task that require repetitive motion – reducing the risk of injury for technicians.

The facility, the first LEED® Certified building in the southeast, received LEED Silver Certification.

Sustainable Design Features:

  • Energy Recovery (Enthalpy) system extracts energy from general building exhaust
  • Storm water collection (first in Georgia) provides 100 percent of irrigation water to landscaping saving 1.8 Million gallons of potable water per year
  • Natural daylight in 75 percent of occupied spaces
  • Collection of air conditioning condensate to reduce potable water used for cooling tower
  • Exceptional use of high recycled content construction materials

Team:

  • Owner: Emory University
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  • Contractor: Mooney Construction
  • Architect: HOK Group, Inc.
  • Electrical Engineer: Corbette, Legge & Associates, PLLC
  • Lab Consultant: Thomas E Hamm, Ph.D.
  • Commissioning: H. Jay Enck
  • LEED Consultant: H. Jay Enck
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