by Brianna Crandall — January 16, 2015—Buildings designed for a range of occupant types and uses — including penguins, patients, skaters, students, government employees and water testers — are being recognized for innovative design with the 2015 ASHRAE Technology Awards. The first place awards will be presented at the ASHRAE 2015 Winter Conference, January 24-28, Chicago, Illinois.
The awards recognize outstanding achievements by global building technology society ASHRAE members and building owners who have successfully applied innovative building design. Their designs incorporate ASHRAE standards for effective energy management and indoor air quality (IAQ) and serve to communicate innovative systems design. Winning projects are selected from entries earning regional awards.
Following are the highlights of the nine projects receiving first place, including the award category, winning facility and description, owner, awardee/s, and company/ies.
- Existing Industry Facilities or Processes: Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin, Orlando, FL, with a 6,000 sq. ft. immersive dark ride and penguin exhibit in a 30,000 sq. ft. space, owned by Sea World Parks and Entertainment Inc.; William C. Weinaug Jr., P.E., vice president, exp U.S. Services Inc., Maitland, FL
- Existing Other Institutional Buildings: Centre Civique de Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec City, Quebec, a 225,000 sq. ft. building featuring three National Hockey League regulation-size skating rinks, swimming pools, and the town’s city hall and library and a cultural center, owned by the Ville de Dollard-des-Ormeaux; Kateri Héon, Ing., project manager; and Pietro Guerra, Ing., mechanical-electrical director; exp, Montreal, Quebec
- New Commercial Buildings: Federal Center South — Building 12021, Seattle, WA, a three-story, 209,000 sq. ft. facility with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District as the exclusive tenant, owned by the U.S. General Services Administration; Benjamin Frank Gozart, engineer; Tom Marseille, P.E., managing director; WSP; Charles Chaloeicheep, P.E., WSP Built Ecology; Seattle, WA; Tom Boysen Jr., P.E., senior project manager, Sellen Construction, Seattle, WA
- Existing Public Assembly: Janesville Ice Arena addition and renovation, Janesville, WI, renovation of the existing 26,000 sq. ft. arena with the addition of 2,000 sq. ft. that included new locker rooms, an ice resurfacing melt pit, and resurfacing equipment storage area, owned by the City of Janesville; Jason Troy LaRosh, P.E., mechanical engineer, Angus-Young Associates, Janesville, WI
- New Health Care Facilities: Peace Island Medical Center, San Juan Island, WA, a 40,000 sq. ft. high-performance, critical access hospital and clinic containing 10 inpatient beds, emergency and imaging areas, surgery departments and an ambulatory outpatient clinic with a cancer care center, owned by PeaceHealth; Mark Stavig, P.E., principal, CDi+Mazzetti, Lynnwood, WA
- New Other Institutional Buildings: Tacoma Center for Urban Waters, Tacoma, WA, a 51,000 sq. ft. lab facility that functions as a shared research facility for the City of Tacoma, the University of Washington, and Puget Sound Partnership, owned by the National Development Council, HEDC Public-Private Partnerships, on behalf of the City of Tacoma; Matthew William Longsine, P.E., associate, and Henry Di Gregorio, senior vice president, WSP, Seattle, WA
- New Educational Facilities: Valley Middle School, Snohomish, WA, a school building made to be as energy efficient and maintenance?friendly as possible, owned by Snohomish School District No. 201; Brian Haugk, P.E., mechanical principal, and Brian Cannon, mechanical senior associate, Hargis Engineers Inc., Seattle, WA
- Existing Commercial Buildings: Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S Courthouse, Grand Junction, CO, a 1918 landmark into one of the most energy efficient, sustainable historic buildings in the country, owned by the U.S. General Services Administration, Rocky Mountain Region, and completed by WRL with The Beck Group; Roger (Jui-Chen) Chang, P.E., BEMP, principal and director of engineering and sustainability, Westlake Reed Leskosky, Washington, DC
- New Public Assembly: Westhills Recreation Center, Langford, British Columbia, a 75,000 sq. ft. recreation facility with a National Hockey League size indoor ice rink, an outdoor ice rink, a skating trail joining the two together, a bowling alley, offices and a restaurant, owned by the City of Langford; Art Sutherland, president, Accent Refrigeration Systems, Victoria, British Columbia
The ASHRAE news release about the Technology Awards gives information about each awardee, including a summary of the innovative technologies designed for and utilized in each facility.
