Federal Interagency Cooperation for Sustainable Research Campuses

John A. Weick, RA LEED AP, NAVFAC Pacific
Shayne Rolfe, Lincolne Scott

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Pacific Region Center will accommodate diverse science requirements including Fisheries Management, Marine Mammal Protection, Oceanographic Research, and Weather Services including the International Tsunami Warning Center. This 370,000 sq. ft. facility will consolidate programs into a regional center that will enhance efficiencies while facilitating collaboration and enhancing partnering within NOAA internationally and with allied groups.

This presentation will specifically highlight:

• Interagency collaboration (NOAA and NAVFAC) discussing how the design challenges have become strategic assets for the development of this unique, high performance marine laboratory campus, and will outline the specific strategies for success including: visioning, team building, design workshops, project management, and pro-active budgeting.
• Innovative engineering design strategies will provide an in-depth discussion on the use of sea water from a newly drilled onsite well. In addition to laboratory use and marine life animal tanks, the water will be used for aspects of the campus's passive cooling system.
  

Labs21 Connection:

The facility involves adaptive reuse of historic World War II aircraft hangars and new construction on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. NOAA's goal is to have a LEED® gold facility with a minimum 50 percent energy and water use reduction. Strategies are being evaluated to reach the ultimate goal to be energy neutral on an annual basis while having a net positive impact on the local site conditions. Sustainable design solutions are being developed in response to the unique project conditions including marine research, coastal environment, hot and humid climate, island location, Anit-terrorism/Force Protection (ATFP) security requirements, and historic architecture. Cost and value is being analyzed carefully as the following strategies are evaluated:

• Seawater cooling system
• Mixed mode ventilation
• Operable windows
• Building integrated PV
• Solar hot water
• Extensive building reuse
• Innovative daylighting strategies
• Efficient "right sized" laboratory systems
• Greywater reuse
• Green materials
• Bioswales for natural stormwater management
• Native plantings
• Remediation of site contamination
  

Biographies:

John A. Weick is a Naval Facilities Pacific Project Manager for Design and Construction on the NOAA's Pacific Region Center complex, located on Ford Island, Hawaii. Mr. Weick has an inactive architecture license in the State of New York and a current architecture license in the State of Hawaii. He is also a LEED accredited professional.

In 1967, Mr. Weick received his B.A. in architecture from Oklahoma University. Mr. Weick spent one year attending Louisiana State University in the landscape architecture masters program. From 1968 to 1981, Mr. Weick worked in New York City for various architecture and corporate interior design firms. During this time, Mr. Weick also had a private architecture practice and a furniture design studio. In the fall of 1981, Mr. Weick moved to Hawaii and worked seven months for a private sector architecture firm before moving to Department of Navy as a civilian architect at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. He then worked as a construction manager engineer at Pearl Harbor and the Marine Corps Base Hawaii. From 2003 to present, Mr. Weick has worked as project manager and a project design architect for Naval Facilities Pacific located at Pearl Harbor.

Mr. Weick has experiences in architectural and interior designs for military projects and private sector projects that included residential, retail, and corporate offices. He has expertise in military vented and ventless housing designs for Guam and Hawaii's corrosive and hot, humid climates. Mr. Weick has instituted over 270 lessons learned that were applied to military housing design and construction documents. Mr. Weick also has instituted designs for the prevention of mold and condensation problems during the architectural design phase and the construction phase. He has specified that LEED sustainable design requirements be applied to military design projects. He has construction management experiences on military housing, wharfs, dry-docks, environmental laboratories, etc. As an architect for the Government, Mr. Weick has experience in energy conservation, historical restorations, adaptive re-use of historical buildings, housing, fitness centers, interior and exterior finishes, stand alone and furniture systems, space planning, as well as the design of offices and shop spaces, training facilities, outdoor spaces and so forth.

Shayne Rolfe is Vice President of the Lincolne Scott office in Hawaii. Lincolne Scott are mechanical and electrical consulting engineers located throughout Australia, Asia and the United States. Shayne began his career as a mechanical technician for a large contractor where he progressed to Project Manager and Estimator. During this period, he continued his studies and holds an Associate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of South Australia.

Shayne operated his own design consultancy before joining Lincolne Scott in 1998. He soon focused his efforts toward sustainable design, which then led Shayne to relocate to Lincolne Scott's Honolulu office in 2002. In Hawaii, Shayne has established a reputation as a forward-thinking engineer, having led the design team for the LEED Platinum NELHA facility. Shayne has been instrumental in the introduction of the premium efficiency variable refrigerant (VR) technology to Hawaii, which now has the largest VR system in construction in the United States.

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