Project Details
Location: Savage, Minnesota
Square Footage: 5,400
Construction Cost: $2.1 million
Completed: 2009
Project Description
engineering design initiative was commissioned to provide the mechanical, electrical and telecommunications design for a new environmental learning center. The facility achieved LEED Gold Certification and exceeds the energy code by 56%. Notable building features include:
- Ground Source Heat Exchanger (30 – 180-foot geothermal wells)
- Water-to-Air Heat Pumps
- Passive Solar Heating
- Daylight Harvesting
- High Efficiency Lighting
- Advanced Lighting Controls
- Use of non-CFC Refrigerants
- Occupancy Sensors for Lighting and HVAC Control
- Energy Recovery from Exhaust Air
- Web based Building Automation Controls
- Tulikivi Wood Stove for Supplemental Heating
