High Performing Buildings - Spring 2014 - (Page 6)
c a s e
s t u d y
Phoenix
Rising
A vibrant open office is created by natural
daylight and ventilation, which promotes a
positive work environment for employees,
inspiring collaboration, creativity and
enjoyment.
B y J ay S . R o B i n S
Gregg Mastorakos
Before 2010, one might not have imagined that a chronically neglected and
abandoned building - a former home for an adult boutique in Phoenix -
could be transformed into a highly sustainable, net zero energy building. But the
design and operation of the DPR Construction Phoenix Regional Office has made
this once unfathomable idea a reality, thanks in part to another seemingly
outlandish idea for a building in the middle of the desert: using passive
strategies to condition the office for much of the year.
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HIGH PERFORMING BUILDINGS
Spring 2014
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