University of Maryland Baltimore BioPark is a new biomedical research park adjacent to University of Maryland Baltimore, a top-ten public research institution. This project is Building No. 2 of a projected 10-building West Side research park. Kibart was responsible for the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design of Building 2, a 260,000 SF LEED Certified High Rise Bio-Tech Research and Development Facility. This high rise building is designed for a LEED Silver Rating and exceeds ASHRAE 90.1-1999 by 41.9%. Systems included:

• Variable volume laboratory airflow.
• Variable primary chilled water plant.
• Variable primary heating water plant.
• Water reduction restroom fixtures.
• Stainless steel lab exhaust systems.
• High Delta T/Low flow heating and cooling systems.
• Single pass air for lab spaces.
• Dual parallel sanitary waste streams for lab and non-lab systems.
• Dual primary BGE services with auto-transfer switchgear.
• Two 4000A 480V building services for feeding core/shell and tenant loads.  All tenants separately sub-metered.
• High Efficient Lighting for energy reduction.
• Master planned design to accommodate growth of central mechanical/electrical plant systems for proposed tenant build-outs.
• Outdoor pad mounted switchgear and transformers.
• Outdoor 300 KW diesel generator.