| Masterplanning
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:
| • |
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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