Configuration analysis: an energy and first cost analysis of a large office building

Conference · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983 · Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5058521

Mangnusson, M

In response to the need to minimize energy use in the new Social Security Administration, Northeast Program Service Center (SSA/NEPSC), now under construction in Jamaica, Queens, New York an analysis of building configuration was undertaken. The one million square foot SSA/NEPSC federal office building was originally designed for a competition won by the joint venture firms of The Gruzen Partnership and The Ehrenkrantz Group, architects and planners, and Syska and Hennessy, mechanical and electrical engineers. When completed, the building will have 3600 employees within a 900,000 GSF, eleven story structure that will form the centerpiece of the Jamaica, Queens revitalization plan. Although substantially redesigned from the competition, two important requirements for the final building design remained: low construction cost ($70/SF-1981, New York) and low yearly energy use (45,000 /SF/YR). The strict construction cost limitations necessitated extensive value engineering of the major building systems. including the configuration.

• Research Organization: The Ehrenkrantz Group, New York, New York
• OSTI ID: 5058521
• Report Number(s): CONF-830622-
• Journal Information: Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States), Vol. 6; Conference: American Solar Energy Society meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 1 Jun 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
OFFICE BUILDINGS
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
CONFIGURATION
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
ENERGY AUDITS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
NEW YORK CITY
AUDITS
BUILDINGS
EFFICIENCY
FEDERAL REGION II
NEW YORK
NORTH AMERICA
USA
320102* - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Office Buildings- (-1987)