Project Detail
Whitehead Biomedical Research Building
Atlanta, Ga. (Emory University)
SF: 325,000
Completed: 2001
Jay Enck, LEED® AP, Commissioning Agent:
LEED® Certification, Whole Building Design + Construction Phase Commissioning
Project Overview:
The facility includes 150 offices and 150 laboratory modules featuring the open lab concept, designed for greater interaction and flow among investigators. Whitehead’s two lower 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.
“Jay Enck is a tenacious owner’s advocate whose knowledge and practical experience in commissioning significantly reduced Emory’s risk and helped identify problems throughout the development of the Whitehead project.”
Bill Chatfield
Senior project manager
The facility, the first LEED Certified building in the southeast, received a Silver rating.
Sustainable Design Features:
- Energy Recovery (Enthalpy) system extracts energy from general building exhaust
- Storm water collection provides 100 percent of irrigation water to landscaping
- 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
- Contractor: Mooney Construction
- Architect: HOK Group, Inc.
- Electrical Engineer: Corbette, Legge & Associates, PLLC
- Lab Consultant: Thomas E Hamm, Ph.D.
- Commissioning: Jay Enck