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California Department of Education
High Performance Buildings, Fall 2009
The California Department of Education Headquarters, built in 2002, raised the bar for sustainable building practices in California. It is the first state office building to incorporate an underfloor air-distribution system and is the state's first design-build office building. Sustainable practices used during construction are now part of the state's green building manual. The building has achieved and EPA Energy Star rating of 98 and scored above the benchmark in both air quality and person comfort in post occupancy surveys.
Government Case Study: Process Driven
Today's Facility Manager, February 2009
TFM Managing Editor Anne Vazquez talks to the director of building operations, Joseph R. Campfield, about the new IRS facility in Kansas City, MO. The GSA specified this type of system (UFAD) for both its flexibility and targeted airflow. Mr. Campfield has discovered the benefits of both these qualities. "Say I have a work group that needs to move its desks 3' feet in order to improve efficiencies," he says. "In a standard building, that might literally set 50 people right on top of the registers that were built for the area. With the UFAD system, we can lift up the floor tiles in that area and move the air diffuser below (which is actually a full VAV box) to where we need it in the floor. In a short period of time, we can reconfigure the registers to get the best air distribution for the new furniture configuration."
What Works to Cut Data Center Energy Usage
"One of the big things is the raised floors," says Bruce McCauley, chief of construction management at Offutt. "The three-foot raised floor allows us to distribute the wiring and the air conditioning and heating under the floor. We do get some energy efficiency by not having ducts."
2003 PBS Facilities Standards - General Services Administration
Federal Government: GSA Public Building Service
Edward Feiner, Office of the Chief Architect
“Access floors shall be incorporated into all new construction where office functions will take place.” “Access flooring shall be used in appropriate areas in courthouses, which include courtrooms, chambers, offices, conference rooms, etc.”
Money Matters
State Government: State of Pennsylvania
Buildings Magazine August 2002 - Jim Toothaker, Former Director State of Pennsylvania
“By comparing one of the state’s more traditional buildings with one he calls “a high-performance green building, predicated by it being located on a raised floor and using that as your heating and cool air distribution plenum” he has calculated a 90- percent reduction in costs associated with relocating an employee or reworking an office area."
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High Performance Buildings, Fall 2009
The California Department of Education Headquarters, built in 2002, raised the bar for sustainable building practices in California. It is the first state office building to incorporate an underfloor air-distribution system and is the state's first design-build office building. Sustainable practices used during construction are now part of the state's green building manual. The building has achieved and EPA Energy Star rating of 98 and scored above the benchmark in both air quality and person comfort in post occupancy surveys.
Government Case Study: Process Driven
Today's Facility Manager, February 2009
TFM Managing Editor Anne Vazquez talks to the director of building operations, Joseph R. Campfield, about the new IRS facility in Kansas City, MO. The GSA specified this type of system (UFAD) for both its flexibility and targeted airflow. Mr. Campfield has discovered the benefits of both these qualities. "Say I have a work group that needs to move its desks 3' feet in order to improve efficiencies," he says. "In a standard building, that might literally set 50 people right on top of the registers that were built for the area. With the UFAD system, we can lift up the floor tiles in that area and move the air diffuser below (which is actually a full VAV box) to where we need it in the floor. In a short period of time, we can reconfigure the registers to get the best air distribution for the new furniture configuration."
What Works to Cut Data Center Energy Usage
"One of the big things is the raised floors," says Bruce McCauley, chief of construction management at Offutt. "The three-foot raised floor allows us to distribute the wiring and the air conditioning and heating under the floor. We do get some energy efficiency by not having ducts."
2003 PBS Facilities Standards - General Services Administration
Federal Government: GSA Public Building Service
Edward Feiner, Office of the Chief Architect
“Access floors shall be incorporated into all new construction where office functions will take place.” “Access flooring shall be used in appropriate areas in courthouses, which include courtrooms, chambers, offices, conference rooms, etc.”
Money Matters
State Government: State of Pennsylvania
Buildings Magazine August 2002 - Jim Toothaker, Former Director State of Pennsylvania
“By comparing one of the state’s more traditional buildings with one he calls “a high-performance green building, predicated by it being located on a raised floor and using that as your heating and cool air distribution plenum” he has calculated a 90- percent reduction in costs associated with relocating an employee or reworking an office area."
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