High Performing Buildings - Summer 2008 - (Page 5)

First Order of Business Today, the Lillis Business Complex is a focal point for the business school and the university for its green design and its prominent presence on campus. In building the facility, we joined it to two adjacent buildings, Gilbert and Peterson Halls. The buildings form a u-shaped complex, which opens into the university’s central quadrangle. Early in the planning, the faculty and students of the college of business made it clear that they needed a building demonstrating environmentally responsible decision making. “Businesses that do not employ sustainable business practices simply will not survive in the coming decades. They will not be able to afford the resources or energy or transportation costs that will be required to stay in business. We are here to prepare the leaders that will thrive in that environment. We need a building that changes people’s perception and expectations about these issues and helps In a commitment to energy conservation and building functionality, the University of Oregon sacriﬁced additional LEED points, which could have elevated the building’s status to LEED Gold, for a more sustainable end result. For example, the building’s emphasis upon natural ventilation using stack effect for a night ﬂush cycle precluded the use of the ﬁlters required for LEED’s indoor air quality points. The university gave up both the ﬁlters and the points to move such a large volume of air without using fan energy. Photo © Rick Keating B U I L D I N G AT A G L A N C E Building Name Lillis Business Complex Location 1276 University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore. Size 137,346 ft2 Started March 2002 Completed December 2003 Elevating Performance The Lillis Business Complex is 44% more efﬁcient than required by ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2001, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, and 37% more efﬁcient than Oregon’s energy code. The complex also achieves annual energy savings of $52,514. A number of integrated strategies elevated the performance of the building. Building Organization The organization of the relatively narrow building with a long east-west axis provided an orientation with signiﬁcant exposure to the north and south for daylighting as well as prevailing breezes in both summer and winter. Existing buildings block the southerly winter winds, and the campus landscape with large shade trees cools the northerly summer breezes. The organization of the activities within the building also was carefully considered. Activities with comparable comfort criteria are located near each other to simplify the passive systems within the building. Summer 2008 HIGH Use Academic building with classrooms and faculty offices Cost $30.3 million Distinctions LEED-NC Silver; Grand Award from ACEC (American Council of Engineering Companies) in 2005; Building Team Project of the Year Award from Building Design & Construction in 2005; Hammurabi Award of Merit for excellence in design and use of masonry in 2005 BUILDING TEAM ense Owner University of Oregon Architect and Interior Designer SRG Partnership, Inc. Sustainability Design Consultant Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory, G.Z. (Charlie) Brown Structural Engineer Degenkolb Engineers MEP Engineer Balzhiser & Hubbard Engineers Landscape Architect Cameron McCarthy Gilbert & Scheibe Landscape Architects LLP Energy/Commissioning Agent SOLARC Architecture and Engineering, Inc. Lighting Designer Benya Lighting Design Acoustical Designer Altermatt Associates, Inc. Photovoltaic System Designer Solar Design Associates, Inc. Contractor Lease Crutcher Lewis PERFORMING BUILDINGS 5 them take fresh and innovative action,” said Mike Russo, Professor of Sustainable Management in the business school. We intended to raise sustainability issues in the design phase of the process, expecting that it might not be the university’s highest priority. However, the university challenged us to bring the issues to the forefront, resulting in a USGBC LEED® for New Construction (NC) Silver rated building.

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High Performing Buildings - Summer 2008
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Contents
Lillis Business Complex
LG Electronics
Tate Access Floors, Inc.
Science and Technology Facility
Daikin AC (Americas)
Greenheck
Rainwater: The Untapped Resource
Ruskin
Chillventa
SEMCO
North Exelon Pavilions
Energy Conservatory
AHR Expo
Florida Solar Energy Center
EMGP 270
The Fulton Companies
The Solaire
3M Energy & Advanced Materials
Building Owners & Managers Institute
Great Seneca Creek Elementary School
Price
International Facility Management Association
Advertisers Index
U.S. Green Building Council
AAON, Inc.

High Performing Buildings - Summer 2008