Kankakee Community College Advanced Technology Education Center (ATEC)

ADDRESS: Kankakee Community College, College Drive, Kankakee, IL 60901, United States

BUILDING TYPE: Laboratory

TEAM / TEAM LEAD:

TEAM / TEAM LEAD: Steve Maze, Claudine Harig, David Morris, Bhupendra Tailor

ELARA ROLE: MEPFPIT Design Engineer

Project Highlights & Results

LEED Gold Designation
Obtained $133,048 Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
(DCEO) incentive
New building design features classrooms and functional, green technology labs;
including wind, solar thermal, solar photovoltaic, and electrical simulation labs
Requires approximately 30% less energy than a baseline ASHRAE 90.1-2004 building
Project designed in 2009 utilizing BIM software
Design included “Roof Labs” where the photovoltaic cells were installed with
walk-out roof access for hands-on student/classroom use and learning.

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