{"48988":{"#nid":"48988","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Construction Grant to Help Fund Carbon-Neutral Energy Solutions Laboratory","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new Georgia Tech laboratory\nbuilding designed to research energy efficiency will itself become a study in\nsustainability. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. Commerce Department\u2019s\nNational Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Jan. 8 awarded the\nGeorgia Tech Research Corporation $11.6 million to construct the Carbon-Neutral\nEnergy Solutions Laboratory (C-NES). With a total budget of $23.3 million, the\n45,000-square-foot facility will house several energy research efforts. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom the design and construction to\ndaily operation, Capital Planning and Space Management intends for the\nlaboratory to achieve carbon neutrality with net-zero site energy use, defined\nas zero net energy consumption and zero carbon emissions annually. By\neffectively using several energy-saving designs\u2014including a full photovoltaic\narray\u2014the facility can achieve harvest energy on-site and achieve carbon\nneutrality without purchasing carbon offset credits, according to Howard Wertheimer,\ndirector of Capital Planning and Space Management. The project is targeting a\nLEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification,\nexceeding the Gold certification targeted by all new building construction on\nTech\u2019s campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research focus of the facility\nwill be sustainable energy solutions, including high-efficiency combustion\nengines, biomass gasification kinetics, biochemical-enzymatic conversion of\nbiomass materials, and capture of carbon dioxide from power plants and\ncombustion engines. Target completion date for the project is spring 2011. The\nlab will be located at the North Avenue Research Area (NARA), in the same\ncampus as the Combustion Lab, Structures Lab and Food Processing Technology\nBuilding.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen complete, this facility will\nbe the most sustainably designed and constructed building at Georgia Tech, and\none of the most sustainably designed research facilities in the country,\u201d\nWertheimer said. The project has already been contracted with design-build team.\nHDR CUH2A, a Princeton, New Jersey\u2013based architectural firm, leads the design\nand Gilbane Construction leads the construction activities. Target completion\ndate is set for spring 2011.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe schematic design was completed\nprior to the initial NIST announcement in June, and has already been recognized\nfor design excellence by the New Jersey chapter of the American Institute of\nArchitects (AIA), who awarded the building\u2019s design the NJ AIA Merit Award. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ENIST awarded more than $123 million\nin American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants to 11 universities and one\nnon-profit organization. \u201cThese awards will create jobs by helping to fund 12\nmajor, shovel-ready construction projects,\u201d U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke\nsaid. \u201cThese new, state-of-the-art facilities will help keep the United States\nat the forefront of scientific and technological innovation and will support\neconomic growth.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ELEED, developed by the U.S. Green\nBuilding Council, provides a suite of standards for environmentally sustainable\nconstruction in six major categories: sustainable sites, water efficiency,\nenergy and atmosphere, materials and resources, innovation and design process,\nand indoor environmental quality. Upon completion, projects are certified in\nfour categories, ranging from Certified to Platinum.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"A new Georgia Tech laboratory building designed to research energy efficiency will itself become a study in sustainability.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"C-NES lab aiming for carbon neutral operation."}],"uid":"27191","created_gmt":"2010-01-15 17:40:33","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:04:08","author":"Robert Nesmith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-01-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-01-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"48987":{"id":"48987","type":"image","title":"C-NES Elevation","body":null,"created":"1449175408","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:43:28","changed":"1475894463","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:03","alt":"C-NES Elevation","file":{"fid":"190144","name":"C-NES-Elevation.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/C-NES-Elevation.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/C-NES-Elevation.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":183143,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/C-NES-Elevation.jpg?itok=Ow9WV_Gl"}}},"media_ids":["48987"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.nist.gov\/recovery","title":"National Institute of Standards and Technology Recovery Act Information"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.space.gatech.edu\/","title":"Capital Planning and Space Management"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8260","name":"C-NES"},{"id":"8259","name":"Carbon-Neutral Energy Solutions Laboratory"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOffice of Capital Planning and Space Management\u003C\/strong\u003E, (404) 894-3563\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}