Public Building Commission- Engine Company 109 Firehouse
Under Mayor Richard M. Daley’s Neighborhoods Alive program the Chicago Fire Department and the Chicago Public Building Commission are jointly bringing advanced new fire houses to every part of Chicago.
Engine Company 109 Firehouse is a new, a new one-story, 14,670 SF facility consisting of steel framing with exterior brick veneer, a burnished block interior, and terrazzo flooring replaces a station that dates back to 1907.
Certified LEED Gold, examples of sustainable features include:
- A green roof that reduces storm water runoff.
- On-site storm water retention system repurposes water for washing fire trucks and irrigation Permeable paver parking lot aids in the management of storm water on site.
- Drought tolerant landscaping
- Geothermal heat pump mechanical system
Engine Company 109 offers accommodations for up to 20 firefighters, which includes four officer quarters. An apparatus bay with three inbound and outbound doors service all fire vehicles. Also part of the site development is fenced parking for 23 vehicles and site landscaping.
Diné College Library
Shiprock, New Mexco
Diné College, located in Tsaile, Ariz., serves residents of the 26,000 square-mile Navajo Nation across Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Founded in 1968, Diné College has two main campuses and six community centers serving approximately 2,000 students.
The new Diné College Library on the Shiprock, N.M., campus respects the vital connection between the Diné and the natural world. The library honors the built form of the sacred hogan and echoes the curving representation of the Navajo world-view.
Arched forms and curved walls present a gentle and welcoming spirit. Spaces created between the large curved forms align to special landforms, sacred directions, and celestial relationships that surround and define the world of the Navajo.
A long slit cut in the east wall of the library allows the rising sun to penetrate deep into the interior twice annually, corresponding with the beginning and ending of the school year. As the rays pierce the interior, they glance along a long stone wall and enter the Storytelling Room.
The family hogan, the center of Navajo life, is placed at the very center of the library as the Storytelling Room. It features a dramatic blue translucent enclosure rising like a prayer through the roof of the library. Lights and fiber optics in the ceiling surrounding the Story Telling Room display the Big Dipper, the North Star, and other constellations important to the storytelling tradition of the Diné.
DLR Group is designing an integrated sustainable energy solution for NRG that will make Lincoln Financial Field, home of the Philadelphia Eagles, among the greenest major sports facilities in the U.S. and in the world.
“The future of sustainable system design at public venues is to seamlessly integrate the renewable energy systems into the architecture of the stadium and adjacent facilities,” said DLR Group Principal Scott Shively, AIA. “The actual onsite power generation system will be an aesthetic part of Lincoln Financial Field to enhance the fan experience and raise awareness of the Eagles’ commitment to sustainable power.”
DLR Group also is designing renewable energy production systems for NRG at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, FedExField in Washington DC, and at Gillette Stadium and Patriot Place in Foxborough, Mass.
Joint NRG - Philadelphia Eagles Press Release
NRG Partnership Advances Eagles as Green Leaders in American Sports
Unique renewable power installation at Lincoln Financial Field
will be largest in the NFL
PHILADELPHIA, PA and PRINCETON, NJ; Mar 1, 2012 – NRG (NYSE: NRG) and the Philadelphia Eagles today announced a new sustainable energy partnership to make the Eagles’ vision of clean power for Lincoln Financial Field a reality. When construction is completed late in December 2012 the Eagles’ home in Philadelphia will be among the greenest major sports facilities in the U.S. and in the world. NRG will design, build and operate a unique, integrated sustainable energy solution including solar panels and micro wind-turbines that together will provide annually about six times the power used during all Eagles home games. In addition, NRG will be the official supplier of grid power to Lincoln Financial Field and a major sponsor of the Eagles.
“The Eagles were pioneers in embracing sustainability when they launched their Go Green! campaign back in 2003, now we are pleased to be their partner in making on-site renewable energy the centerpiece of their commitment to a sustainable future,” said David Crane, President and Chief Executive Officer of Princeton, N.J.-based NRG. “The new clean energy facilities in and around Lincoln Financial Field will make it clear to all that renewable energy makes sense, economically, aesthetically and environmentally, for businesses and individuals in and around Philadelphia.”
“The Philadelphia Eagles are proud to announce this new partnership with NRG, a respected leader in the energy field,” said Eagles Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie. “We believe that companies everywhere can find ways to Go Green with business practices that help the environment and the bottom line. Together with NRG, we’re eager to use this project at Lincoln Financial Field to continue our leadership role on environmental issues.”
Added Christina Weiss Lurie, “This is another example of our comprehensive, integrated approach to running the greenest business we can. Adding clean energy sources to our existing recycling and energy conservation efforts is the right way for the Eagles to go.”
The comprehensive system includes the largest solar power system in the NFL and in the Philadelphia area, with more than 11,000 solar panels and three megawatts (MW) of generating capacity. Solar panels along 11th Street and the south façade of Lincoln Financial Field will generate power and visually demonstrate the Eagles’ and NRG’s commitment to renewable power. Fixed solar panels in the parking lot will generate the bulk of the clean, renewable power that will help run the stadium all year long.
Fourteen micro wind-turbines will be placed along the top of the stadium on the north and south sides. The new clean power equipment is positioned in a way that will not interfere with the fans’ enjoyment of the Eagles’ home games.
The renewable energy installation was designed by the DLR Group, which has designed custom solar and wind installations for NRG at several other NFL venues. “The future of sustainable system design at public venues is to seamlessly integrate the renewable energy systems into the architecture of the stadium and adjacent facilities,” said DLR Group Principal Scott Shively, AIA. “The actual onsite power generation system will be an aesthetic part of the design to enhance the fan experience and raise awareness the Eagles’ commitment to sustainable power.”
A new Hyatt Place Omaha hotel designed by DLR Group is slated to break ground in early March. It will be the first Hyatt-branded hotel in Nebraska. The nine-story, 159 room hotel will be on the northwest corner of Jackson Street and 12th Street in the Old Market district of Omaha.
