NJ waterfront center: building green on the Gold Coast.The new Tech One building, the initial phase of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority's (EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. ) Waterfront Technology Center at Camden, recently became the first public project in the state of New Jersey to receive certification under the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC USGBC United States Green Building Council ) LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, provides a suite of standards for environmentally sustainable construction. ) program. On May 25, the project received final review from the USGBC as a LEED Core & Shell Pilot Gold Certification. This is only the second project in the state to receive a Gold Certification. The 100,000-s/f, five-story facility was designed to accommodate established businesses and startups in the biosciences, microelectronics, advanced materials Advanced Materials is a leading peer-reviewed materials science journal published every two weeks. Advanced Materials includes Communications, Reviews, and Feature Articles from the cutting edge of materials science, including topics in chemistry, physics, , information technology, and other high-tech and life sciences fields. The building is designed to accommodate laboratory and office space, with a 10'-4" planning grid, 15' floor-to-floor height, and. The facility is designed with the capability of having redundant high-power electrical service Electrical service, in building wiring, refers to the wiring that connects the electric utility's cables in the street to the building. Specifically, electrical service is the wiring from the street, through the meter and up to the panelboard, but no farther. , broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. , and other amenities that are crucial to the operation of critical-asset computer, laboratory and telecommunications equipment. The floor and roof systems are designed to limit vibration transmission. Achieving LEED Gold Certification The EDA required the project team to implement energy-efficient LEED building technologies to manage costs and provide a sustainable facility. Achievements in key LEED categories, including Sustainable Sites, Materials & Resources, Indoor Environmental Air Quality and Innovation & Design Process, enabled the project team achieve Gold certification. For example, the main air-handling unit has 50,000 cfm capacity, which can supply 100% outside air to support a building ratio of 20% laboratory and 80% office space. The air-handling system includes a total energy recovery wheel for latent heat latent heat, heat change associated with a change of state or phase (see states of matter). Latent heat, also called heat of transformation, is the heat given up or absorbed by a unit mass of a substance as it changes from a solid to a liquid, from a liquid to a gas, recovery and humidification Humidification The process of increasing the water-vapor content (humidity) of a gas. This process and its reverse operation, dehumidification, are important steps in air conditioning for human comfort and in many industrial operations. system. As construction manager for the project, Skanska made a significant contribution to the LEED Gold certification by managing and recycling construction waste, procuring local materials and using sustainable wood products. More than 98% of the waste generated from construction of this project was diverted from solid waste landfills. One of the biggest construction challenges was the effect of inflation on the project budget. Construction started toward the end of summer 2004, a year during which material prices dramatically increased. Skanska worked with the EDA and the design team on value engineering and constructability studies to maximize value within the owner's budget. In order to maintain the client's schedule, sitework, foundations and superstructure work were started while the budget for the remaining components of the building was still being finalized. The Camden Innovation Zone The Waterfront Technology Center is located within Camden's Innovation Zone, which was established to stimulate collaboration among public research institutions, medical research facilities, and technology businesses. The EDA offers financing for technology projects and incentive programs to encourage companies to locate within innovation zones. Neighbors of the Waterfront Technology Center include L-3 Communications
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LLL) is a company that supplies command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C3ISR) systems and Corporation, a major supplier of secure communications systems, and the Coriell Institute for Medical Research, an independent, non-profit research organization that focuses on human genetic diseases. The southern New Jersey campuses of Rutgers University Rutgers University, main campus at New Brunswick, N.J.; land-grant and state supported; coeducational except for Douglass College; chartered 1766 as Queen's College, opened 1771. Campuses and Facilities Rutgers maintains three campuses. and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey is the state-run health sciences institution of New Jersey and comprises eight distinct academic units: the New Jersey Medical School, the New Jersey Dental School, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the School of are also located nearby. The $16.5 million Tech One building is being financed through a combination of state, federal and private funds. These include monies from the state's $175 million commitment to redeveloping the city through the Camden Economic Recovery Board, an EDA subsidiary, which has approved almost $100 million in grants for Camden projects in recent years. As of June 2006, the Tech One building was 20% occupied with leases being negotiated for another 40,000 s/f. The site is master-planned for six buildings totaling up to 600,000 s/f. The project team included NJEDA NJEDA New Jersey Economic Development Authority , owner; Skanska USA Building Inc., construction manager; Ballinger, architect/engineers; Perks Reuter, site engineer; Hillspring Landscape Architecture,; and Dome Tech, commissioning agent. BY PAUL NYLUND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT SKANSKA USA BUILDING INC. |
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