Sarah Lawrence College - Heimbold Visual Arts Center

The Heimbold Visual Arts Center is a facility that includes six studios interchangeably available for sculpture, painting and visual fundamentals. The Center also includes a soundstage, darkroom, facilities for printmaking, a visual resources library, and a 200-seat auditorium for the visual arts. The professionals of Vidaris provided comprehensive Sustainable Design consulting services for both Energy Efficiency and environmentally responsible architectural measures. Their role followed the project from conceptual design phases through construction, including commissioning of MEP systems. Energy Efficiency Measures resulted in 24 percent lower energy cost than ASHRAE-required, per DOE-2 simulations. The professionals of Vidaris worked on this project while part of another company.

Manhattanville College / Richard A. Berman Student Center

The first major building to be added to the college in over 40 years, the Student Center forms the gateway to the core of the 100 acre campus. Peter Gisolfi Associates designed spaces for interdisciplinary activity to accommodate performing arts, creative arts, student clubs, and fitness. Notable environmental features include generously daylit spaces and use of thermal mass, efficient HVAC, photovoltaic panels and superior indoor air quality. New York State Energy Research & Development Authority co-funded Vidaris' work on energy efficiency, commissioning and LEED.

Princeton University, 701 Carnegie Center

Princeton University’s department of the Treasury and Information Technology occupies the office, with a 15-year lease. The building is comprised of administrative offices, collaborative work areas, flexible A/V conference rooms, conference/training rooms, a gym, cafeteria, and also outdoor seating area. Vidaris collaborated with the architects KSS (for Princeton) and Kling Stubbins (for Boston Properties, the developer) to achieve sustainability features.

The building maximizes daylight and views in all occupied spaces by using floor-to-ceiling high-performance glazing, and open office layout – all enclosed offices are located in interior spaces. Other building features include Energy Star appliances, plumbing fixtures with 40% water-savings, and secure bicycle storage.

Vidaris' analysis of the energy use of the building projected 20.7% energy savings over the ASHRAE 90.1-2004 Appendix G baseline. Energy efficiency measures also include low-density lighting with occupancy sensors, high efficiency, evaporatively cooled rooftop DX units, demand control ventilation, and electronically commutated motors (ECM) for fan powered VAV boxes.

PS 71R- Targee Street School

The PS/IS 71R Targee Street School will comply with the 2009 NYC Green Schools Rating System. Working with the design team (Kliment Halsband Architects and DVL Consulting Engineers for MEP) Vidaris, has been performing energy analyses and the “green” consulting services for the project. The Targee Street School is anticipated to meet the 17 ‘Required with no points’ credits as well as all 30 of the ‘Required with Points’ credits and 24 other credits for a total of 54 points under the Green School Guide. The project has been designed to include many green elements including more than 20% of the site preserved as open space, alternative and fuel-efficient vehicle parking, reflective roofing materials, water efficient plumbing fixtures, and at least 35% of its electricity provided by renewable energy sources.The energy efficiency measures incorporated into the project will provide a minimum of 10% improvement (based on cost) in the proposed building performance rating compared to the baseline building performance rating per ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007, Appendix G.

PS 8K

The PS 8K Brooklyn project consists of an 18,000 sq. ft. addition as well as alterations to the existing space. Located in the heart of historic Brooklyn Heights, the addition replaces a parking lot area and will provide a gymnasium, auditorium and classrooms. The site still maintains an outdoor recreation area for a student playground. The building’s brick façade is designed to mirror the historic Neo-Federal style of the existing school. For this project, the existing steam boilers will be used to create hot water to serve the addition and Vidaris has performed analysis to confirm the school will still achieve a total energy cost savings in excess of 20% over ASHRAE 90.1-2004 and meets the energy cost reduction requirement of LL 86. The following measures are included in the design:

Thermally improved envelope (walls, roof, windows)
highly efficient lighting (with reduced lighting power densities)
Daylight dimming controls in perimeter instructional spaces
Occupancy sensors in offices, instructional spaces and storage rooms
Outside air modulation with CO2 sensors on AHU serving gymnasium
Heat recovery via heat pipe on AHUs serving auditorium and gymnasium
Roof-mounted photovoltaic panels (50 kW capacity, 39,048 kWh annual output)

PSIS 277Q

Vidaris provided green building consulting services on the four-story 90,000 sq. ft. facility. The school has classrooms, science labs, a gymnasium, a library, a cafeteria and support spaces. The project is subject to New York City’s Local Law 86 (Green Building Standards) and is utilizing the NYC School Construction Authority’s Green Schools Rating System. Vidaris has assisted the design team in setting the project’s sustainability goals, and has also provided assessments and calculations to confirm compliance with the Green Schools Rating system. In addition, Vidaris has reviewed green material choices for the project, edited the specifications to include green criteria, and reviewed green product submittals from the contractors. Vidaris also simulated an energy model that demonstrated the new school will achieve total energy cost savings in excess of 20%, over ASHRAE 90.1-1999. The SCA’s Green Schools Rating is equivalent to a LEED NC Silver rating. Sustainable design features include:

ceiling-mounted occupancy motion sensors for control of lights in individual offices and instructional spaces and key operated switches for assembly spaces (i.e. student cafeteria area and gym)
167 sq. ft. area for recycling paper, corrugated cardboard, glass, plastic and metal
low-mercury fluorescent and high-intensity discharge (HID) lamping
ventilation system that provides 30% more outdoor air ventilation than the ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2004 requirements
individual thermostats for temperature controls in individual classrooms, offices, and assembly areas
locally (within 500 miles of project) extracted, harvested, or recovered, as well as manufactured, building materials, and building materials that contain post-consumer and pre-consumer recycled content

PS 160K- 5105 Fort Hamilton Parkway

Public School 160k is located at 5105 Fort Hamilton Parkway, Brooklyn, NY. The proposed building has five floors totalling approximately 75,000 sq ft. and houses classrooms, science labs, offices, a gymnasium, a library, a cafeteria and support spaces. Vidaris has been contracted to complete the Schematic Phase with John Ciardullo Associates, PC. Vidaris has performed calculations for the site required during the schematic phase. In addition Viridian is verifying compliance with the New York City Local Law 86 (LL86) energy cost reduction requirements and develop the energy-related data required for LL86 reporting, and comparing energy efficiency measures included in the design against recommended measures from the NYC Green Schools Guide.

PS 59 Temporary Facilities MEETH- Annex

The PS 59 MEETH Annex School will be one of the first schools in New York City to meet the criteria of the NYC Green Schools Rating System. Working with the design team (EEK Architects and Goldman Copeland for MEP) and with the developer (World-Wide Holdings), Vidaris has been performing energy analyses and the “green” consulting services for the project. The MEETH project is anticipating meeting the 9 ‘Required with no points’ credits as well as 25 of the 28 ‘Required with Points’ credits and 11 other credits for a total of 36 points. The building features many green elements including water efficient plumbing fixtures which will result in a 42% water use reduction, a measurement and verification system, low emitting materials, materials which are locally sources and which have recycled content as well as a building with a very high percentage of spaces with access to daylight and views. The current design of the MEETH School includes energy efficiency measures to achieve 20.2% energy savings over ASHRAE 90.1-1999.

Raymore-Peculiar Middle School

The Raymore Middle School provides the multifunctional learning environment that facilitates daily exposure to issues of environmental responsibility. The building has a ground-coupled geothermal heat pump with the well field located beneath the practice football field. Vidaris provided LEED consulting services.

Richard Stockton College / Campus Center Building

The new college center at Richard Stockton College, located in Pomona, New Jersey, serves as a central gathering place on campus. The building features amenities for the student body and college staff, including: administrative offices, areas for student clubs and organizations, dining facilities, an auditorium, a bookstore, a lounge and retail spaces. The building utilizes the existing geothermal aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) system and a new 30,000 sq. ft. voltaic photo array on the adjacent athletic center tied to the campus electric grid. The energy efficiency measures incorporated into the project exceed the requirements of the ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2004, Appendix G, by approximately 30 percent, qualifying for six LEED points.