Healthcare & Labs
American Cancer Society Hope Lodge Boston, MA
LEED Gold Certification
The American Cancer Society’s 21st Hope Lodge provides a range of services to patients to alleviate the financial and emotional strain of travel and long-term treatment. GRT provided sustainability & LEED consulting services. Project highlights include exterior shading on west-facing façade, a green roof on the new addition, and water use reduction. Analyses conducted for the project include water profile opportunities, exterior shading and shading device design and energy model assessment.
Bridgewater State College, Marshall Conant Science Center Bridgewater, MA
The new 200,000 square foot science center will house expanded and modernized labs, classrooms and offices for the chemistry, biology, and physics departments at Bridgewater State College. The design team has 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. GRT is supporting these efforts through team coordination, promotion and analysis of sustainable strategies, LEED calculations, and overall sustainability consulting and LEED administration.
Brigham & Women’s Hospital - Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center Boston, MA
The new $160 million critical care facility is located in a dense urban setting and includes treatment and patient facilities. The focus of the design is to optimize the integration of building systems and improve health and performance and overall quality. The project is pursuing LEED-NC certification. GRT’s role was to provide LEED assistance (process facilitation & technical assistance). Strategy Highlights include daylighting optimization and high-performance envelope.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Large-Scale Cell Culture Facility Devens, MA
The Large-Scale Cell Culture Facility master site plan is a 1,500,000 square foot development. As part of the initial phase of their master plan, Bristol-Myers Squibb is pursuing LEED certification for two buildings: a 91,800 square foot laboratory/office/cafeteria and a 189,400 square foot manufacturing building which will produce pharmaceutical products through cell culture and purification processes. The highlights include implementing a green cleaning program, maximizing the recycled content in building materials and reducing water consumption by more than 40%. GRT is providing consulting services to assist this project in achieving its LEED goals.
Dana-Farber Yawkey Center for Cancer Care Boston, MA
This new 14-story building in Boston’s Longwood medical district embodies many environmentally friendly concepts and reflects Dana-Farber's commitment to protecting natural resources, reducing waste, and promoting health among its patients, staff, and visitors. Strategy highlights include rainwater harvesting, high-performance lighting, high-performance envelope, daylighting strategies, right sizing mechanical systems and identifying opportunities for secondary uses. GRT provided LEED and Green Guides for Healthcare (GGHC) consulting on this project.
Genzyme Science Center Framingham, MA
LEED-NC Gold Certified
The Science Center is a 180,000 square foot facility comprised of office space and laboratories and features a central atrium space. Strategy highlights include water reduction, nighttime setbacks for laboratories and other spaces, and daylight penetration and thermal comfort at the perimeter. Analyses conducted included daylighting modeling and LEED calculations. GRT provided environmental sustainability and LEED consulting services.
Penn State University
Hershey Medical Cancer Institute and Children’s Hospital Hershey, PA
These two new major additions to the Hershey Medical Center constitute a total of nearly one- half million square feet of new medical programming. GRT is providing LEED coaching for the Cancer Institute and LEED project management for the Children’s Hospital. 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.
University of Rhode Island Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences Kingston, RI
The Center for Biotechnology and 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. GRT provided LEED facilitation and assistance with calculations, daylighting analysis and assisted IDC with charrette facilitation.
