Smart Design For Learning

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Kate Tiedemann College of Business Above. Ikon.5 architects reduced solar gain signifi cantly through modern glass technology and invented a glazing unit that supported the design intent and performed signifi cantly better than standard glazing units.

Left. An overhead roof shades the Scholar’s Garden and is pulled away from the exterior wall to allow a naturally ventilating outdoor space, thus keeping the garden cool. This shaded, cool microclimate courtyard affects the general enclosure of the building and reduces the cooling loads on the facility.

spatially intermeshed and ringed with active learning spaces including a trading room, community room, break rooms, and classrooms.

The building applies common sense and technical approaches to sustainable design including the fabrication of furniture from live oak trees found on the site and the use of Forest Stewardship Council certified wood. A building-management system monitors energy consumption, and mechanical systems are designed to minimize energy use while providing optimal comfort control, air quality, and water efficiency. An enclosed sun-lit Scholars’ Garden brings natural daylight into the center of the building. An overhead roof shades the garden and is pulled away from the exterior wall to allow a naturally ventilating outdoor space, thus keeping the Scholar’s Garden cool. This shaded, cool microclimate courtyard affects the general enclosure of the building and reduces the cooling loads on the facility.

The challenge of creating a full-glass building in a subtropical environment is to reduce enough solar gain to minimize the cooling load, thereby reducing energy consumption and carbon byproducts. Ikon.5 architects achieved that reduction significantly through modern glass technology, and invented a glazing unit that supported the design intent and performed significantly better than standard glazing units. The firm created an insulating unit that reflected 74% of solar gain and provided 26% transparency by applying a ceramic coating on the second surface of the first side and a reflective one-way mirror surface on the third surface of the second side.

“The LEED Gold awarded to Lynn Pippenger Hall is a testimony to the sustainable design of the building and a reaffirmation of our values and commitment to the environment,” commented Sridhar Sundaram, dean of the Kate Tiedemann College of Business.

“The work of innovative building projects such as USFSP’s Lynn Pippenger Hall is a fundamental driving force in transforming the way buildings are built, designed, and operated,” said Mahesh Ramanujam, president and CEO of the U.S. Green Building Council. CA