HIGH PERFORMANCE CASE STUDIES: 300-level
SESSION 6
DATE // START TIME // ROOM NUMBER:
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 – 11:00 am – Metro 4B
ABSTRACT:
This presentation brings together experts in envelopes, electrical and mechanical engineering, and sustainable design to explore various integrated solutions focusing on hospitals, which operate around the clock and have very specific HVAC and electrical requirements.
MODERATOR:
Klaas Rodenburg, Sustainable Design Coordinator, Stantec
SPEAKERS:
Ray Pradinuk, Senior Architect, Leader of Healthcare Research and Innovation, Stantec
Paul Marmion, Senior Principal, Buildings Engineering, Stantec, and ASHRAE Advanced IAQ Project Committee
Monica Olmos, Senior Lighting Designer, Stantec
Steven Cantor, Senior Landscape Architect, Stantec
Joseph Donovan, Senior Principal Architect, Stantec
DESCRIPTION:
Modern hospitals consume more than 2.5 times the energy as an office building of comparable size.. Every year hospitals around the world spend a large amount money on energy for lighting (25%) and HVAC (45%), 24 hours a day, 7 days of the week. This makes healthcare facilities the perfect proving ground for energy efficiency concepts. To significantly improve the energy performance of a hospital requires the efforts of multiple experts working together towards a common goal.
This presentation brings together experts in envelopes, electrical and mechanical engineering and sustainable design to explore various integrated solutions focusing on hospitals, which operate around the clock and have very specific HVAC and electrical requirements. When it comes to improving a building’s performance there is no one-size-fits-all solution. Instead it is the creative integration of many individual elements ranging from the conventional to the leading edge materials and concepts that push the envelope to the next level. The solutions discussed at this presentation will focus on an integrated approach that recognizes that the envelope must work in concert with the needs of the occupants and other systems.
This session will follow the format of a mini-charrette in which the moderator will engage the audience to join in the discussion.. At the end of the session attendees will have some new, practical ideas and concepts that will be posted on a blog where the discussions can continue.
