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STELLAR COMMERCIAL BUILDING by Design BY AARON SCHREIBER B U I L D I N G AT A G L A N C E Building Name Stellar Commercial Building Location Jacksonville, Fla. Size 25,806 ft2 Started March 2007 Completed December 2007 Site Characteristics As Stellar’s growth drove the need for expansion, the company considered leasing space elsewhere, but ultimately decided to build on the existing headquarters campus. However, because the company’s main building is in a desirable location southwest of Jacksonville off Interstate 295, the area is fully developed, as was Stellar’s own campus. The company decided to demolish an older campus building to make room for a more efficient structure, Stellar’s Commercial Building. The compact site offered benefits but also limited options for building orientation, parking options and storm water mitigation. Its location, bordering on wooded residential areas, also required measures to prevent light pollution. Use Divisional headquarters offices for design and construction firm Cost $5.2 million Distinctions LEED® Silver; Associated Builders and Contractors — Florida First Coast Chapter, Excellence In Construction Award; USGBC North Florida Chapter, Innovation in Construction Waste Management Award Building Design The compact lot and external site adjacencies forced the main lobby orientation of the building to the southeast. This meant that low-e glass was needed for the curtain wall, which encompasses two sides of the entrance lobby and secondfloor training room. The low-e glass reduces relative heat gain, improving energy efficiency. BUILDING TEAM Owner Stellar Developer Stellar General Contractor Stellar: Ron Foster Jr., CEO; Richard Lovelace, LEED AP Architecture Team Stellar: Steve Black; Alan Coffin; Aaron Schreiber, LEED AP MP Design Team Powell & Hinkle Engineering: Kevin Wood, senior mechanical designer; Brian Ebach, senior plumbing designer; Rich Mathews, P.E., LEED AP; Lane Hinkle, P.E., LEED AP Electrical Design Team Stellar: Steven Sicignano, Mark Goslo Energy Modeling Powell & Hinkle Engineering: Rich Mathews, P LEED AP .E., Commissioning Powell & Hinkle Engineering: Lane Hinkle, P LEED AP .E., Structural Engineer Structures International: Dan Charletta Civil Engineering Team Stellar: Jerry Pionessa, EIT, LEED AP; Tim Focht, P .E., LEED AP; Phil Kelly, P .E. Landscape Architect Janet O. Whitmill, RLA LEED Consultant TLC Engineering: Mark Gelfo, LEED AP Building Management W.W. Gay: service and installation Stellar: owner/operator Summer 2009 HIGH PERFORMING BUILDINGS 51

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High Performing Buildings - Summer 2009
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Commentary
Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation
Designing Efficient Lighting
CSOB Headquarters, Prague
U.S. Homeland Security, Omaha
Stellar Commercial Building
Advertisers Index

High Performing Buildings - Summer 2009