June 5, 2023 - President Ryan Strandquest published an article in Building Enclosure Magazine on 6/5. The article highlights the growing demand for obtaining net zero in educational facilities and overviews smart design strategies to approach this goal.
“One of the first steps in approaching a net zero goal is designing a structure to minimize energy loss through building envelopes. Outside air flowing into a building (infiltration) or inside air leaving the building (exfiltration) is detrimental to HVAC efficiency, and a leaky structure will draw substantial power to account for a poor building envelope,” he writes. “Engineers must think creatively about ways to solve this problem because rebuilding or remodeling a facility's envelope is often not in the owner's capital budget.”
Ryan provides a case study in Alachua County, Florida – the new Justice Center Complex, which will have a new 800-ton, 32 Calmac ice storage tank central energy plant added to provide chilled water to a six-building complex totaling 270,000 SF.
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