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CURTAIN WALL REPLACEMENT BOOKS LEED GOLD
FOR HARVARD’S TOZZER ANTHROPOLOGY LIBRARY
No one wants to spend time reading, researching, and studying in a dark, musty
library. That’s exactly what had become of the deteriorated Tozzer Library at Harvard
University, the nation’s oldest anthropology library. The school looked to update the
space with a $12 million renovation of the existing 24,800-sf library and a two-story,
10,000-sf addition. For the project, Wausau Window and Wall Systems developed
custom-engineered windows and a curtain wall system that were installed in a staggered
pattern as a sloped system to create a naturally illuminated interior light well.
The system was based on Wausau’s INvision unitized curtain wall. The natural light
and insulated, thermal-regulating windows helped the project achieve LEED Gold.
Wausau Window and Wall Systems
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ENERGY-SAVING SYSTEM SHEDS NEW LIGHT
ON BOSTON’S TD GARDEN ARENA
In 2013, the owners of the 755,000-sf TD Garden arena in Boston—Delaware
North and the Jacobs family—determined that the building’s lighting
and control system, in place since the facility opened in 1995, could no
longer keep up with new technologies. They retained Sylvania Lighting Solutions,
which took a single-source approach to the problem. SLS replaced
what had been a mix of metal halide and fl uorescent lights with 16,000
energy-saving Osram LED luminaires, operating on 3,000 circuits controlled
by SLS’s Encelium Light Management System. The system also connects
to 200 non-lighting control points. Last year, TD Garden’s owners asked
SLS to further tweak the system for even greater effi ciency. SLS installed
software that allows for wireless control. It also rescaled the LEDs to better
match their positioning and usage. Ongoing adjustments will accommodate
the arena’s expansion plans, which call for a 10,000-sf addition to its
entrance and 64,000 sf of new space to fl oors three through nine.
Sylvania Lighting Solutions
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT USES
METAL WALL PANELS FOR MODERN FLARE
The Building Team for the $27 million, 78,000-sf Mother Arnetta Crawford Housing
project in Bronx, N.Y., decided to forgo its original plans for a brick-and-block
structure and opted for the clean, modern lines and custom colors offered by
Dri-Design. The 0.08-inch-thick aluminum wall panels in four shades of gray and
cream give the building a smooth, luminous look. Dri-Design provides a true dry
joint, pressure-equalized rainscreen system without the use of caulk, sealant,
or gaskets. This means the building will not get any material streaks or stains.
Of the 84 rental units, fi ve were designed to be fully accessible for the mobility
impaired; two are accessible for the vision impaired. The design architect was
Michael Depasquale RA Architect & Planner.
Dri-Design
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