Society of American Military Engineers

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Society of American Military Engineers
Innovative Design Sustainable Technologies on a
Federal Budget 11.20.08
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Company Overview

• Coover-Clark Associates
• 21 years of experience nationwide
• Located in Downtown Denver
• Sustainability is at the Core of what we do
• Sustainable Federal Facilities
• Sustainable Practices
• 4 projects certified, 11 more in process, all
  without added funding

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Key Sustainable Green Projects

LEED Credentials
Project Name Const. Amt CCA Role
Certification Awards
NREL Golden, CO 15M Assoc. Architect
LEED Platinum Golden Hard Hat



CSU Transit Center 7M Prime Architect
LEED Gold Golden Hard Hat
CO-AASF 34M Design Architect/Interiors
LEED Silver AIA Denver
Denver Health 30M Landscape
Architect LEED Silver
Hospitals CHC
WY - AASF 39M Prime Architect
LEED Silver Target
WY- JFHQ 32M Prime
Architect LEED Silver Target
WY-Readiness 11M Prime Architect
LEED Silver Target
DE-AASF 26M Prime
Architect LEED Silver Target
CO-RTI 45M Design Architect/Interiors
LEED Silver Target
CO-TCC 42M Design
Architect/Interiors LEED Silver Target
MO-MCI 90M Design
Architect/Interiors LEED Silver Target
CCA Office Prime
Architect LEED CI Silver Target
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Sustainable Design Overview

• Design Sustainability is Comprised of
• Early decisions and goal consensus
• Microclimate familiarity
• Sustainable techniques
• Product knowledge
• Creativity
• Organization
• LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental
  Design) is one tool to help achieve a sustainable
  project.

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Details

• The Differentiator
• Unlike the construction and the commissioning
  processes, design begins with a dream of what a
  site or an existing building could become
• To Begin
• Start with a knowledgeable design team that
  shares your dream
• Learn how sustainable projects have worked in
  the past
• Every LEED application has a review report!
• Be knowlegible of market cost factors
• Look for the no cost options federal budgets
  are limited
• Look at the creative options
• Build consensus

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Case Studies

• Three Brief Federal Case Studies
• Department of Energy, Science and Technology
  Facility at the National Renewable Energy
  Laboratory
• Federal Transportation Administration, CSU
  Transit Center
• Colorado Army National Guard, Army Aviation
  Support Facility at Buckley AFB

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Laboratory
71,000 SF, 22M - Golden, CO
LEED Platinum/Top Lab of the Year

• Project Components
• Laboratory
• Training
• Administrative/Offices
• Strategies Achieved
• Limited Disturbed area/ 85 construction
  recycling
• Solar orientation/ day-lighting, 110/90 even
  in labs-watch the light quality!
• Photovoltaic/wind connections
• 41 Energy Reduction
• Recycled and renewable materials
• Green FFE
• Keys Group Effort
• Blend into environment

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Education/Transit
15,000 SF, 4.5M - Fort Collins, CO
LEED Gold/Top Transit Center

• Project Components
• Meeting/Classrooms
• Offices
• Dining
• Retail
• Strategies Achieved
• Limited Disturbed area/ 95 construction
  recycling
• Solar orientation/day-lighting, 100/90
• Green Power 100,000 kWh/year, 50 of
  consumption
• Keys to Gold
• Maximize involvement / buy-in
• Minimize materials Indoor Env. Quality
• Maximize innovation points with education

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Military Facilities
118,000 SF, 34M - Aurora, CO
LEED Silver/USAF Top Sustainability Award

• Project Components
• Training
• Classroom Secure Environments
• Maintenance
• Strategies Achieved
• Maximized utilization of allowable square
  footage
• Solar orientation/ day-lighting/ views
• (also important for aviation)
• Recycled local materials for building and
  furnishings
• 90 construction recycling
• Water use reduction
• Borrowed water for irrigation

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Military Facilities

• Keys
• Planning study of similar facilities / learning
  each operational area
• (saving SF)
• Working early and with the Base to maximize
  site opportunities
• Embracing the microclimate
• Use of Light, color texture of standard
  materials

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Innovative Technologies

• Whats new?
• Old is new geothermal, using ground
  temperatures throughout most of the US
• Green Power is more common place
• Control systems, from sensors to AirQuity
  monitoring available
• SCIF construction alternatives, RFS in gypsum
  board
• More post and pre-consumer recycled content
  available
• Contractors have embraced recycling in most
  parts of the country
• Ability to complete projects with Green
  furniture

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Lessons Learned

• Sustainability/LEED does not have to break the
  budget!
• More and more materials are available at a
  reasonable cost to help us meet sustainability
  goals
• More and more systems like geothermal are
  becoming cost effective
• Green Power with high efficiency mechanical
  systems can qualify
• Sustainability is a win-win for first costs and
  life cycle costs!

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Thank You

• For More Information Please Contact Me at
• carolcoover-clark_at_coover-clark.com
• 303-783-0040
• We shape our buildings, and afterwards our
  buildings shape us Sir Winston Churchill