Boston College Master Plan-Chestnut Hill, MA

SPI provided two areas of support during BC’s master planning effort. SPI worked with the owner and design team to integrate sustainable design strategies into the master plan. At the same time, SPI worked with BC to create and facilitate an internal institutional leadership entity, the Boston College Sustainability Committee, to establish sustainable design and operations guidelines for all future development. The guidelines and standards address infrastructure including water, energy, and transportation systems, phasing in new buildings and their basic green design guidelines, and assessing baseline measurement and metrics to monitor systems in the future.

Bridgewater State College, Marshall Conant Science Center- Bridgewater, MA

The new 200,000 s.f. science center will house the expanded and modernized labs, classrooms and offices for the chemistry, biology, and physics departments at Bridgewater State College. The design team is committed to optimizing the energy performance of this project to exceed 20% through such means as: reduction in number of fume hoods, reduction in ventilation rates, enthalpy recovery, chilled beams, and ground-source heat pumps. SPI is supporting these efforts through team coordination, promotion and analysis of sustainable strategies, LEED calculations, and overall sustainability consulting and LEED administration.

Emerson College Colonial Theater Dormitory- Boston, MA

SPI provided LEED strategy and project management services. The project included renovation of floors 2-10 (above the retail/theater space) into residence hall space, replacing windows, adding insulation and upgrading the interiors.

Fitchburg State Mara Village Residential Expansion - Fitchburg, MA

SPI is serving as LEED consultant for the construction of a 120-bed residence hall. The materials used for construction are low VOC in order to provide a healthy indoor air quality. Recycled and regional materials were used, and 76 percent of demolition and construction waste was diverted from the waste stream. The design of the Mara Village Residential Expansion provides natural lighting for all of the building’s occupants, and all occupants have operable windows. More than 95 percent of all regularly occupied spaces have access to views of the outdoors. The lighting system employs passive infrared and ultrasonic occupancy sensors that detect temperature change and motion.

Georgetown University McDonough School of Business Hariri Building-Washington DC

This 275,000sf educational facility is comprised of classrooms, auditoriums, student lounges and faculty and staff offices. Highlights include: 15% energy cost reduction with integrated daylighting strategies and highly efficient lighting, a 42% reduction in water usage through the use of low-flow fixtures and the extensive use of materials with both recycled and regional content. This project is currently pursuing LEED Silver.

Georgetown University New Science Center- Washington DC

This 250,000sf educational center includes lab and classroom spaces. Highlights include chilled beam technology with highly efficient HVAC systems; selection of materials for high recycled content and reduced indoor air quality impacts; >40% water use reduction, including rainwater collection for irrigation and flushing; and integrated stormwater management strategies including permeable pavements, native vegetation, and cistern collection. Under SPI’s consulting services, this project is pursuing LEED Gold.

Grinnell College East Campus Dorms- Grinnell, IA

SPI provided sustainable Process Facilitation & Technical Assistance for the new 126,000 s.f. dormitory facility that includes four buildings linked by a covered walkway on the south side of the buildings. Grinnell College is taking an environmental leadership role with multiple projects pursuing LEED. Strategy Highlights include: water efficiency strategies, High Performance Envelope Connection between HVAC system and operable windows, Emphasis on Indoor Air Quality.

Grinnell College Joseph Rosenfield Campus Center- Grinnell, IA

SPI provided LEED Project Management Services for the Center. The Campus Center functions as the "living room" of the Grinnell campus as well as a centralized dining facility. It also includes several lounges; a multi-purpose room for lectures by visiting speakers; a post office; game rooms; e-mail kiosks; and numerous classrooms that can double as meeting rooms. Sustainable strategies that were focused on in the development of the Campus Center include energy efficiency, construction waste management, water use reduction, use of local/regional materials, and materials with recycled content.

Northern Kentucky University, Griffin Hall, Highland Heights, KY

The new 125,000 s.f. Griffin Hall for NKU’s College of Informatics will provide the campus with a cutting edge facility for aspiring artists, musicians, doctors, entrepreneurs, scientists, and environmentalists to come together to learn about technology and how it is taking their fields to the next level. From an environmental standpoint, Innovation in Education and Outreach will be the cornerstone of the completed project, the team is implementing systems that will offer students the opportunity to learn, interact and re-present the energy-efficiency and sustainability goals achieved by the project on an ongoing and real-time basis.

Penn State University, Hershey Medical Cancer Institute and Children’s Hospital - Hershey, PA

SPI is providing LEED coaching for the Cancer Institute and LEED project management for the Children’s Hospital. These two new major additions to the Hershey Medical Center constitute a total of nearly one- half million square feet of new medical programming. These projects require special attention, due to the complex relationships with the campus regarding the sustainable sites strategies and with the central plant regarding the energy and atmosphere strategies.

Suffolk University 10 West Street Dormitory- Boston, MA LEED CI Gold Certification

SPI’s role included extensive LEED coaching and administration for this project consisting of major renovations of the interiors of 10 West Street, converting condominiums to dormitory rooms, with retail on the ground floor and dormitory space above. SPI performed calculations, created diagrams, and narratives. Project carefully selected low emitting furniture and installed a digital dimming control system. Project goals were achieved including reduction of energy use by 25%, 30% water savings over E.P.A. 1992, and 75% construction waste was diverted.

Suffolk University Modern Theater Dormitory- Boston, MA

SPI is performing LEED services on this logistically challenging project. The plan is to take down the façade piece by piece and restore it off site. The rest of the building will be demolished and replaced with a two story theater with a residence hall on top. The historic two story façade will then be reconstructed on the front of the new building. The goal is to achieve a LEED-NC silver rating.

University of Rhode Island Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences- Kingston, RI

The center for Biotechnology & Life Sciences is one of the first buildings to be implemented within the framework of the master plan developed by William McDonough. Strategy highlights include atrium stack ventilation and natural ventilation in the teaching labs. Analysis includes daylighting, LEED calculations and technical peer reviews. SPI provided LEED facilitation & calculations, daylighting analysis and assisted IDC with charrette facilitation. This project is pursuing LEED Silver Certification.

University of Rhode Island, College of Pharmacy- Kingston, RI

This new 157,000 s.f. facility has been designed to provide state of the art facilities for the URI College of Pharmacy to achieve its goal of improving healthcare through pharmaceutical education and research. The project is currently starting construction and is slated to achieve LEED Silver. SPI has provided sustainable project coordination services, LEED administration, LEED calculation review, and technical peer review of the construction documents to ensure achievement of LEED credits through construction.

Wellesley Whitin Observatory, Wellesley, MA

Wellesley College is aiming for LEED Gold Certification for the renovation and addition to this historic observatory. The team has taken care to preserve the integrity and embodied energy of the existing structure, as well as limit the area of disturbance by protecting numerous trees that characterize the Wellesley campus. Also, with no exterior lighting and a curfew system for nearly all perimeter interior lights, this project exemplifies the light pollution reduction credit.