Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House

ADDRESS: 420 W County Line Rd, Barrington, IL 60010, United States

BUILDING TYPE: Hospitality, Residential

TEAM / TEAM LEAD: Don McLauchlan

TEAM / TEAM LEAD: Don McLauchlan, Caitlin Levitsky

ELARA ROLE: ME Design

AWARDS: ASHRAE Technology Award (International)

Project Highlights & Results

ASHRAE Excellence in Engineering Award; First-Place: Chapter
Converted heating system from steam to hot water
Designed a steam to hot water conversion by installing a high temperature hot water boiler plant to serve the 1956 convectors and a low temperature condensing hot water boiler plant to serve the 1924 cast iron radiators.
Existing piping was reused wherever possible reducing the overall construction cost of the conversion
Occupants/Retreatants experienced notable comfort increase with no complaints of overheating in any of the project areas

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