| education
national institute of health, washington
dc
| VALUE: |
N.A |
| ARCHITECT: |
RTKL |
| CLIENT: |
NIH |
| PARTNERS: |
AEI Engineers (MEP) and Judy
Heerwegan (Biophilia) |
| COMPLETION: |
1st stage (BOD) completed
September 2002 |
| EXPERIENCE: |
MEP and Structural Engineering,
Sustainability Consultants and Landscape Architecture
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Battle McCarthy was retained to
develop a sustainable campus masterplan and building
design for the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
medical campus in Bethesda, Maryland. NIH is a
world leader in medical and clinical research,
so the approach focused on integrating environmental,
financial and health concerns.
Battle McCarthy was brought on
board, with an overall team managed by RTKL, to
develop a sustainable design strategy for the
overall site and buildings on-campus. Opportunities
explored include:
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Ecological restoration of the site |
| • |
Water conservation and reclamation |
| • |
Energy efficiency for buildings |
| • |
Renewable energy production on-site |
| • |
Transport options |
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Waste Recycling |
| • |
Life-Cycle costing |
During this process we identified
the need for a tailor made sustainable indexing
system (SAM), that combines the benefits of LEED
(USA) BREEAM (UK) and specific NIH needs (Health).
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