PROJECT INFO

• Building Type: Federal courthouse building consisting of courtrooms, offices, parking, holding cells, judge’s chambers, and mechanical rooms
• Architect: BOOR/A
• Owner: General Service Administration – Region 10
• Size: 565,300 square feet
• Cost: $106.6 million construction cost

Special Features

• Cooling provided by water-cooled, centrifugal chillers with smaller, water-cooled, reciprocating chiller to provide maximum turn-down capability
• Heating provided by natural gas-fired, water-tube boilers with smaller, natural gas-fired condensing type boilers to serve base loads and provide maximum turndown capability
• Off-hour cooling operation provided by condenser water loop with water-cooled AC units
• Space temperature control provided by central station, dual duct, variable volume air handling units
• Multiple, high-efficiency gas water heaters
• High performance suspended, indirect luminaries in offices and administrative areas
• Custom designed air diffusers for integration into interior architecture

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN ELEMENTS

Achieved:

Energy efficiency 20% better than code

PAE ROLE

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Energy Modeling

Architectural Lighting Design
(via Luma Lighting Design)