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University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign
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KJWW Engineering Consultants served as the mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection and technology engineer for the new Business Instructional Facility classroom and faculty office building. The facility will house one of the leading international business schools. The classroom and office building, which contains the MBA program, the Undergraduate Affairs Program and the Accountancy Program, includes:
- 300-seat auditorium
- 19 flat and tiered classrooms
- Market analysis laboratory simulating a high-tech trading floor atmosphere
- Career services center with 20 interview rooms
- Executive meeting and dining room with catering kitchen
- Central commons, a large 3-story atrium space, and reception area with coffee bar
The University of Illinois was committed to achieving LEED certification and was awarded LEED Platinum. The facility includes many sustainable features including:
- Photovoltaic arrays to assist in providing the building with electricity, generating 5-7% of the building’s electrical needs
- Green roof, indigenous plants, requiring no ongoing irrigation, will cover the building roof on selected portions of the facility
- Dedicated outside air units serving multiple variable-volume air-handling units
- Displacement ventilation units to serve the classrooms, auditorium and commons area – integrating the units into the smoke evacuation system for the commons area
- Triple pane windows
- CO2 and occupancy sensors for heating, ventilation and air conditioning control
- High efficient lighting with natural daylighting controls
- Motion, Infrared and light sensors to control lighting systems in the building’s rooms
- Grey water system for flushing toilets
Designs reduced energy consumption by 75% compared to older campus buildings, and as much as 42% less than a facility designed to the current standards.
The design process involved integration, synthesis and collaboration to an extraordinary degree, resulting in a highly efficient design. KJWW performed extensive energy modeling to maximize the design.
The building envelope and all mechanical systems are optimized to reduce energy use and improve occupant comfort. Low maintenance and low operating costs were considered in all designs. First cost synergies have been demonstrated in cost trade-offs: e.g. triple pane windows eliminating perimeter heating requirements; lower utility peak loads resulting in lower connection costs.
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