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Case Study of a Newly Built 185,000 Gross Square Foot Pharmaceutical
R&D Biotech Facility Located in La Jolla California, that Received
LEED™ Certification in April 2005
Martin J. Wendel Jr., PE, and Jonathan
Weiss, AIA, LEED™ 2,0 AP, Kling
A case study will be presented of a newly built 185,000 gross
square foot Pharmaceutical R&D Biotech Facility located in La
Jolla, California that received LEED™ Certification in April
2005. The case study will begin with a brief overview of the various
functional space groups housed in the facility, such as chemistry
labs, biology labs and vivarium, and will briefly address the prerequisites
for LEED™ certification that were designed into the facility.
From there, each of the following sections of the major categories
of the LEED™ checklist where points were received will be
shown, highlighting the specific characteristics of the design that
were provided that achieved those LEED points: sustainable sites,
water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources,
indoor environmental quality, and innovation and design process.
Highlights will include water use reduction strategies, design
features provided to optimize energy performance, the application
of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Monitoring, process water savings,
and energy supply efficiency achieved through the installation of
a cogen plant, where (jacket water) waste heat from natural gas
fired electric generator sets is used as a source of HVAC preheat
and reheat hot water and also used to generate chilled water through
a medium temperature hot water absorption chiller.
Labs21 Connection:
The case study is an example of a laboratory facility that reflects
the principles of the Labs 21 Approach to Laboratory Design by achieving
LEED™ certification. The facility design employs a broad range
of sustainable energy and water efficiency strategies, some of which
are highlighted below:
- Optimized Central Plant: Variable frequency motors are used
throughout for supply air handling unit fans, cooling tower fans,
pumps, and an electric chiller. A cogen system is provided utilizing
waste heat to generate preheat and reheat hot water, and chilled
water through the use of an absorption chiller.
- Supply and exhaust air distribution systems are optimized through
the use of variable volume fume hoods and fume hood proximity
sensors.
- Reclaimed water is used from the local municipality for landscape
irrigation. Cooling coil condensate from the airhandling units
is collected and used as the primary source of cooling tower makeup
water. Laboratory process and equipment cooling is provided by
closed-loop cooling systems instead of "once-through"
water streams.
- Mechanical, plumbing, and electrical utility systems are monitored
and measured through a direct digital control (DDC) building automation
system (BAS) that is installed in the facility, allowing the facility
owner to document the energy and environmental performance of
the laboratory in "real time."
Biographies:
Martin J. Wendel Jr., PE, is an Engineering Design
Principal at Kling, a Philadelphia based Architectural-Engineering-Interior
Design practice. He graduated from Drexel University with a Bachelor
of Science in Mechanical Engineering and is a registered Professional
Engineer in the State of Pennsylvania. He has over 22 years of experience
in the design of high technology facilities, and has worked for
Kling for over 12 years, specializing in the design of mechanical
systems serving laboratory, pharmaceutical pilot plant and manufacturing,
animal research, and biotech facilities. Martin is a member of ISPE
(the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers) and ASHRAE
and has given several Labs21 presentations over the past several
years.
Jonathan Weiss, AIA, LEED™
2.0 AP, is a Project Architect, and an Associate at Kling.
He graduated from Columbia University with a Master's of Architecture
and is a licensed architect in Pennslvania. He is the former chair
of the Philadelphia American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee
on the Environment, and is a LEED™ accredited professional.
He has 12 years of experience in the design of laboratory facilities,
working on all aspects of the design from exterior enclosure detailing
to interior laboratory programming and detailing. He has specialized
in High Performance Laboratory Design, and is a founding
member of Kling's High Performance Green Building Design Committee,
developed to incorporate sustainability practices into all
projects to the maximum extent possible.
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