IIDA Global Excellence Award, Best in Cultural / Institutional Educational (2011)
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Engineering for an engineering building.
This building is one of the larger buildings on campus and houses the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering (MME), as well as the Department of Systems Design Engineering. At the heart of the building lies the 20,000 square foot Student Design Centre (SDC), a facility for undergraduate research, experimentation and innovation, including work bays, design studios, meeting rooms, a student machine shop, three engine test labs, an anechoic testing chamber, and a large computer commons. The upper levels of the building include administrative offices, dry labs, classrooms, common rooms, workshops and studios.
Smith + Andersen was engaged to provide mechanical engineering for this project.
Engineering for an engineering building.
This building is one of the larger buildings on campus and houses the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering (MME), as well as the Department of Systems Design Engineering. At the heart of the building lies the 20,000 square foot Student Design Centre (SDC), a facility for undergraduate research, experimentation and innovation, including work bays, design studios, meeting rooms, a student machine shop, three engine test labs, an anechoic testing chamber, and a large computer commons. The upper levels of the building include administrative offices, dry labs, classrooms, common rooms, workshops and studios.
Smith + Andersen was engaged to provide mechanical engineering for this project.
Specialized design.
The HVAC system for this unique post-secondary building is comprised of several central, variable volume air handling units to supply the labs and office areas. Two centralized heat recovery air handling units with enthalpy wheels pre-heat and pre-cool the ventilation air to reduce annual energy use.
Some of the other features include carbon dioxide monitoring, low flow fixtures, variable speed pumping, steam heating, and semi-instantaneous domestic hot water production. Specialty systems include welding lab exhaust, wood and composite sanding exhaust, hydrogen fuel cell exhaust and gas detection, and paint booth exhaust and filtration systems.