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Places of Work—-Small Buildings

First Place-Tie
Gilman Ordway Building

Judges’ Comments: This project is a result of close attention to all aspects of energy-efficient and environmentally responsible design. The building features effective daylighting and natural ventilation, and has outstanding energy performance. The team addressed a challenging and constrained site with a contemporary office addition that respects and adaptively reuses the original regional style house.

Building Location: Falmouth, MA
Submitted by George M. Woodwell, Woods Hole Research Center
Project Team:
Architect: William McDonough & Partners
Contractor: T.R. White Inc.
Landscape Architects: Susan Nelson,Warren Byrd Landscape Architects
Energy/Systems Design: Marc Rosenbaum, P.E., Energysmiths
MEP Engineer: 2rw, Consulting Engineers, P.C.
Structural Engineer: Robert Silman Associates
Civil Engineer: Holmes and McGrath, Inc.
Renewable Energy Systems: Northern Power Systems
Network Consultant: Jeff Jeffers, Blackwell Consulting Services
Cost Estimating: Vermeulens Construction Consulting
Code Consultant: Ferguson Engineering
Lighting Design: Clanton & Associates Inc.

Energy education website: http://www.whrc.org/building/education/performance.htm

Project Information (*.doc)

First Place--Tie

Natural Lands Trust Headquarters Expansion

Judges’ Comments: This project utilizes open space planning to provide full daylighting and natural ventilation. It incorporates exterior sunshades, light shelves, a geothermal heat pump, innovative stormwater management strategies, and other environmentally sound technologies. The end result is an aesthetically pleasing, comfortable structure.

Building Location: Media, PA
Submitted by: Nicole A. Melchiorre of Susan Maxman & Partners, Ltd.
Project Team:
Architect: Susan Maxman & Partners, Ltd.
Structural Engineer: Gredell & Associates
Mechanical/Electrical Engineer: Bruce Brooks & Assoc.
Landscape Architect: Rolf Sauer & Partners, Ltd
Program Consultant: David Secan
Cost Estimator: Becker & Frondorf
Land Surveyors: Chester Valley Engineers


Project Information (*.doc)

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