Sustainable HVAC, Plumbing Strategies Used for Life Science Adaptive Reuse Project in Maryland
Construction is complete on 20430 & 20440 Century Boulevard, two office buildings converted to a cGMP-ready white box facility and state-of-the-art lab facility respectively, located in Rock Creek’s four-building Precision Labs campus in Germantown, Maryland.
Located off I-270, the buildings are within one of the largest life science clusters in the country and a showcase for creative repositioning of office property.
Sustainability measures were considered along each step of the process that would control costs and minimize construction waste, including maintaining existing suite demarcations and lighting fixture locations, and reusing air handling units and other mechanical equipment. New energy-efficient LED fixtures were installed throughout, as well as new GreenSpec- and Watersense-licensed plumbing fixtures, and electric instead of gas water heaters to minimize use of fossil fuels.
In addition, a high efficiency, energy-recovery variable refrigerant flow system was installed for heating and cooling in the labs, along with a new building automation system to control and monitor HVAC equipment to maximize energy efficient operation.
General contracting services for the project were provided by Coakley & Williams Construction. CFR Engineering provided MEP services for the project. Rock Creek Property Group retained the services of Facility Logix to act as a subject matter expert. VIKA-MD provided civil engineering services for the project. Ware Malcomb provided lab planning, site design, and interior architecture and design services.
