Gulf Building: the most energy efficient office building in the Rocky Mountain region

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982 · Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6657674

Randle, D

Located on 26 acres southeast of Denver, the 250,000 square foot structure will be the most energy-efficient building in the Rocky Mountain region. The Gulf Building is designed to advance and demonstrate the state of the art in energy conscious building design. With a predicted annual energy consumption level of only 16,5000 Btu/GSF/y, the complex requires about one-fourth the energy of a comparable conventional building built today, and about one-tenth that of a comparable building of ten years ago. The two primary energy-conserving design features of the new building are the use of daylight in conjunction with automatically controlled shading devices to reduce lighting requirements, and the use of a double skin envelope to buffer the occupied space from outside weather conditions.

• Research Organization: Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, Denver, CO
• OSTI ID: 6657674
• Report Number(s): CONF-820629-Vol.5-Pt.2
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320102* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Office Buildings-- (-1987)
BUILDINGS
COLORADO
DAYLIGHTING
DESIGN
DOUBLE ENVELOPE BUILDINGS
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
FEDERAL REGION VIII
NORTH AMERICA
OFFICE BUILDINGS
SHADING
USA