Alexandria Renew Enterprises, Environmental Center
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Alexandria, VA
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Rust Orling Architecture
The Alexandria Renew project is a 6-story, 60,000 ft² office building located in Alexandria, VA which will serve as the new headquarters for the sanitation authority there. The project acheived LEED Platinum® certification through the use of various energy conservation measures (ECMs) and an extensive solar photovoltaic array. Conservation strategies include:
- High-efficiency envelope
- High-efficiency glazing
- Lighting power reduced over 30%
- Daylight harvesting
- Demand-control ventilation
- High-efficiency magnetic-bearing centrifugal chiller
- Heat-recovery chiller-heater used to preheat domestic hot water
- Low-flow lavatories, showers
- Photovoltaic (PV) array generating renewable energy
- Fixed shading structures and trellises providing shade during the cooling season