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May 9th, 2013

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GSA Phoenix New Professional Office Building Acheives LEED Gold, Voted Best New Office

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Region 9 new 210,000 square foot office facility has achieved LEED, Leadership in Energy and Environmental and Design, Gold level certification from the USGBC. Ryan and Companies completed the new, build-to-suit class “A” office building for the GSA in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. The GSA will administer the 20-year new lease, and named the facility a “Design Excellence” project, which ensures excellence in public architecture, engineering and construction.

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The project has also been recognized and selected by the RED Awards 2013 as the Best New Office.

Quest Energy Group performed energy modeling to determine the most energy efficient design configuration and building system components used in the building, including an R-30 roof, high-performance glass and efficiently designed interior lighting. Energy savings include performance utility agreements to achieve, maintain, and exceed the ENERGY STAR benchmark.

Ryan and Companies completed the new, build-to-suit class “A” office building for the GSA in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. The GSA will administer the 20-year new lease, and named the facility a “Design Excellence” project, which ensures excellence in public architecture, engineering and construction.

March 21st, 2013

Urban Renewal: Chandler City Hall featured in the Spring 2013 issue of High Performing Buildings

innovationChandlerCity hallThe Chandler, Arizona City Hall is spurring development, seeding urban renewal, and attracting pedestrians back to a previously deteriorating downtown, while operating with an annual energy use intensity of 57 kBtu/ft2. The Chandler City Hall case study is one of several examples in this month’s issue of High Performing Buildings demonstrating how sustainable design and operation impact the broader community.

The as-designed Chandler City Hall site including both the north and south buildings will achieve approximately 34.1% in annual utility savings per year as compared to a minimally compliant ASHRAE 90.1-2004 building. With the additional on site renewables, a solar photovoltaic system, the project achieves energy cost savings of 44.1%.

  • <p>Mesa Fire Station 219, LEED Gold, <strong>Overall energy cost savings were 40% better than a baseline standard. </strong>Renewable energy on site from a photovoltaic 5.3 kW system generates 10% of the building’s annual energy use. (8,167 kWh per year).</p>
  • <p>The renovation of the existing ASU Student Health Services Building, constructed in 1954 and last renovated in 1968, involved demolition, renovation, and new construction. The new energy-efficient facility now accomodates more than 70,000 students currently attending ASU.</p>
  • <p>The Desert Courtyard House is literally and figuratively connected to the surrounding desert, using soil excavated from the site to construct battered mass walls of concrete and rammed earth. The mass walls envelop and protect the interior spaces and a central exterior courtyard.</p>
  • <p>Caesars Palace has recently completed the LEED Silver certification on both a newly expanded convention center, 500,000 sq. ft., and the new 678,600 sq.ft. Octavius Tower in Las Vegas, Nevada.</p>
  • <p>Chandler City Hall carefully juxtaposes natural material references from the surrounding desert landscape with the extensive use of glass, conceptually expressing a sense of regionalism and climate responsive design, with transparency and openness in City government.</p>
  • <p>The City of Albuquerque has remodeled its existing Animal Services Center to expand its footprint and program. The Animal Services Center in Albuquerque, NM has achieved LEED Silver Certification.</p>
  • <p>Located in Ozone Park, Queens, New York, the Sunrise Yard facility was recently awarded LEED Platinum certification, with the building’s energy efficiency 85% above baseline standards.</p>
  • <p><strong>Best Green Project 2012, Engineering News and Record Southwest</strong>: A LEED Platinum project with projected energy cost savings of 43%. Quest Energy Group was responsible for the energy modeling key team member from the early stages of design development.</p>
  • <p>Five new academic buildings at Arizona State University Polytechnic Campus, 245,000 sq. ft. LEED Gold Certified, 32% Energy Savings. Architect: RSP Architects (Architect-of-Record) with Lake-Flato (Design Architect)</p>
  • <p>A full-scale energy analysis and audit effort was conducted in order to identify potential energy conservation measures for Busch Stadium. </p>
  • <p>Phoenix Fire Station #72 has been awarded LEED Gold certification.</p>
  • <p>The United States Forest Services Department built a new call center and administration building in Tucson, Arizona which has achieved LEED gold certification.</p>
  • <p>The Mesa Community College Physical Sciences Building has achieved LEED Gold certification.</p>
  • <p>The Grand Canyon National Park Airport ARFF and Operations Building has achieved LEED Gold certification.</p>
  • <p>Optima Camelview Village is one of the most architecturally interesting properties in Scottsdale, Arizona, and is currently pursuing LEED silver certification.</p>

What’s New:

03-fullWith just 3 months to go, the construction schedule for Hub on Campus in Tempe has moved to the finishing stages of the interior build out of the 414,000 SF, 19-story, upscale apartment building,  a sleek modern high rise in the shadow of  “A Mountain.”

The project, a Core Campus development, was designed by architetcure firm Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture, and built by Beal| Derkenne Construction, will house more than 600 residents on 17 residential floors. In addition the building features two floors with 25,000 SF of retail space and an added 6,550 SF for restaurants, and is located directly across from Sun Devil Stadium, steps away from Mill Avenue and ASU campus, and across the street from the Light Rail.

With plans calling for LEED certification, a major project focus has been environmentally conscious building systems, design, and construction.