Bakar BioEnginuity Hub, University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Business Type
Rehabilitation and conversion of landmark museum into laboratory and bioscience facility
Size
95,000 square feet
Architect
MBH Architects
Owner
University of California Berkeley
Certifications
- LEED Gold
A rehabilitation and conversion of landmark museum into laboratory and bioscience facility.
Through careful planning, extensive coordination, and constant reassessment of strategies, the design and engineering teams fit a new program and energy-efficient mechanical, engineering, and plumbing infrastructure within the highly unorthodox space while protecting its historic fabric.
The space can now be used for cutting-edge research by graduate students, established biotech companies, and life science start-ups in the community.
Special Features
All-electric building
20% better than California Energy Code
Energy Usage Intensity (EUI) of 78 kBtu/sq. ft./yr, a 35% reduction when compared to the LEED baseline and 65% reduction when compared to similar labs in the Labs21 database
HVAC system makes use of a fully manifolded supply and ventilation air system that provides healthy and safe ventilation
The chilled and heated hot water is generated by a modular air-source heat pump (ASHP) that can operate simultaneously in high-efficiency and heat-recovery mode
The fully manifolded HVAC design consolidates and simplifies maintenance with single Air Handling Unit (AHU), exhaust fan system, and plant generating heated and chilled water
HVAC design makes project more cost and space efficient with N+1 system redundancy provided for each of the systems