Project Overview
This 7442-net-ft2 office building clearly demonstrates how sustainable, high performing products and systems, such as precast concrete, can contribute to being energy and resource efficient and improve indoor air quality. The project demonstrates that precast concrete can greatly contribute to building sustainable structures with stylish aesthetics while maintaining environmentally sensitive attributes.
Precast Solution
When Molin Concrete Products needed a new office building, the owner saw it as an opportunity to prove that precast concrete building products can be used to create sustainable buildings with stylish good looks and environmentally sensitive attributes.
To achieve energy efficiency and natural lighting, designers used insulated precast concrete wall panels, which allowed for flexibility in sizing window openings to provide daylight throughout the building. Precast concrete sunshades were used to reduce solar heat in the offices, and a white roofing membrane installed over the precast concrete roof slabs reflects heat, keeping interior temperatures cooler.
Thermal efficiency was greatly increased by the precast concrete R-26 wall systems. The precast concrete also reduced the cement content by 40% replacing the cement with fly ash. Precast concrete components for the building contained 42% postconsumer content and 25% preconsumer content. The project overall contained 21.5% combined recycled content for all building materials. It received LEED-NC gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. |