Project Details |
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Cost: | $32,000,000 |
Size: | 260,000 SF |
Award: | ACEC 2008 Outstanding Project in Building/Technology Systems Award. |
Website: | www.umbbiopark.com |
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.