Green Net Zero Energy Life Style Science Park Prototype Design
Bruce Haxton, AIA, LEED AP®, Bruce McLean Haxton Architect
John Andary, Integral Group
Our design team will demonstrate the concept of integration of "net zero energy buildings," "life style science park," and "green sustainable design" concepts. All of the facilities within the "Green Net Zero Energy Life Style Science Park" will either use no non-renewable energy, or will annually produce more renewable energy on site than any non-renewable energy it consumes. The "Green Net Zero Energy Life Style Science Park" is meant to be a live, work, play, and educate environment. The walkable urban environment where most of the daily needs are met within the park will dramatically reduce transportation energy needs.
The entire complex is centered on a university campus, and includes housing, hotel, a convention center, commercial space, restaurants, a golf course, and research facilities. The major function of the science park is to focus on research laboratories and technology incubation. Because all the facilities will be net zero energy, the design methodology for the laboratories will be a major focus of the research paper. Our team will demonstrate the design process and laboratory design concepts, both passive and active, to achieve this net zero configuration. We will focus on "energy utilization intensity" and the means to achieve, control, and monitor that level of energy use, in a laboratory setting.
The passive design concepts we will focus on include regional site selection parameters, site selection, orientation, massing, design synergy concepts, renewable energy system selection, passive landscape design, wind corridor design, and design component placement to reduce energy. The team will define the concepts and their relative importance from an energy perspective.
The active renewable energy systems within the project include solar power, wind power, geothermal, lake cooling, and cogeneration from waste. Various laboratory specific energy saving design systems and design principles will also be documented. Engineering concepts will be illustrated in graphic flow diagrams. The facility is also meant to be a net water, net waste facility, and carbon neutral.
Probably the most important feature of the entire design is the combination of scientific education, energy conservation lifestyle, and net zero energy buildings in a synergistic manner that regions can use as a prototype to stimulate the economy and achieve educational, environmental, energy, and sustainability goals, as well as technology incubation. The technology incubation will produce the future high-technology employment growth for the region.
Biographies:
Bruce Haxton has more than 30 years of experience and is an architect and sustainable design consultant, specializing in advanced technology architecture. Mr. Haxton has worked on numerous building types, including research laboratories, research campuses, healthcare facilities, data centers, office buildings, performing arts centers, housing, education facilities, and airports.
Mr. Haxton's projects range from a few hundred thousand dollars to $1.4 billion in construction value. Mr. Haxton has been involved with many science campus and laboratory projects for both private and government clients. Mr. Haxton holds a National Council of Architectural Registration Boards certificate, is a registered architect in numerous states, and holds a Masters of Architecture advanced studies degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In the past 15 years, Mr. Haxton has published 45 articles and research papers, with more than half of the articles and papers focusing on sustainable design topics. Mr. Haxton has spoken at six International Association of Science Parks World Conferences.
John Andary is a principal at Integral Group where he brings more than 25 years of consulting engineering experience to the firm, with a strong background in project and team leadership. Throughout his career, John has worked in various market sectors including higher education, health care, civic, federal, corporate, and laboratory design. This diverse engineering experience, coupled with his passion for sustainable, resource-efficient design, provides John with the requisite knowledge to lead the Bioclimatic Design Practice at Integral.
Mr. Andary believes that sustainable design is an engineer's social responsibility and has served as principal in charge on more than 30 LEED® projects, including seven projects targeting Platinum certification and six targeting net zero energy. John led the MEP Engineering, Sustainable Design and Energy Consulting team for the Research Support Facility project at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, which at 350,000-square-feet is expected to be the largest LEED Platinum, zero energy building in the world when complete. He is active in the green building industry, contributing his sustainable design experience to various industry groups including the USGBC, while consistently presenting and lecturing on green building topics.