Peter W. Rodino Federal Building, USA: The high-performance building modernisation of the Peter W. Rodino Federal Building in Newark,New Jersey received a 2010 Design Excellence Citation Award in Engineering from the US General Services Administration. Read more.
Villa Regional Mall, Pretoria, South Africa: The Villa Regional Mall in Pretoria will provide a complex for over 300 retailers. Construction began in January 2009 and will reach practical completion at the end of August 2011. From the outset of the project, the client wanted an environmentally sustainable building. Read more.
Transbay Transit Center, San Francisco, USA: The Transbay Transit Center and Tower will create a single hub for all bus and rapid transit services in the San Francisco Bay area. Envisioned as the Grand Central Station of the West Coast, the facility will eventually serve as the northern terminal for a high-speed rail link from Los Angeles. Read more.
Continuous Improvements in Domestic Energy Efficiency: WSP Sweden has numerous examples of how our expert contribution has resulted in improvement in sustainable construction and energy optimisation.
This work is informed by our efforts to return to finished construction projects and learn from the “in-use” phase. As an example, in 2008, at the design stage of an 11-apartment housing block in Malmö, called Bygg Vesta, WSP predicted the energy demand for domestic hot water, heating and property maintenance would be 65kWh/m2. Our follow-up analysis in 2010, when the building was in use, revealed that the building was very close to this target.
On a later project, an apartment block with 59 apartments in Kajutan, Hammarby, WSP advised on the installation of a very efficient Voltaire ventilation system with exhaust, and supply and heat recovery (at a rate of 90%). This system, combined with better insulation and energy effi cient windows, resulted in an energy use projection of 55kWhm2. In-use measurements will be available in 2011, but energy savings of 30% are expected.
Elsewhere, WSP has participated in the high-profile Brogården project in Alingsas where 300 apartments of a 1 million home programme are being converted to Passivhaus standards. The long-term goal of the refurbishment is to halve the energy required both for heat and lighting.
Our engineers recommended the installation of a heating system with a recovery rate of 85%; solar heating and wood burners will provide energy for domestic hot water and the peak heating that will be needed for warming.
Small-scale wind turbines will also be installed in the area. So far, energy consumption has been reduced from 216kWh/m2 to 94kWh/m2, with a further target of 92kWh/m2. Visit WSP Sweden's webite.
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