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Performance/Green Building Consulting Services
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| Chu
& Gassman is proud to introduce consulting
services in the fields of sustainability and
green building practices. Our team of seven,
and growing, LEEDŽ Accredited Professionals
provides consulting services with the drive
for the application of new, emerging sustainable
building technologies and is backed by the
firm's 29 years of design and construction
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| Chu
& Gassman is a member company of the US Green Building
Council, as well as a Sponsor of the New Jersey
Chapter, and is capable of providing a wealth of
knowledge and experience in the applicability of
sustainable building practices to your projects.
Our Engineers will realistically apply the US Green
Building Council's LEEDŽ Certification process to
projects without compromising the original design
intent or adding unwarranted additional scope. |
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at Chu & Gassman are aware that we should all be
striving to save energy and natural resources wherever
possible in an effort to attain a sustainable symbiotic
relationship with our environment. We are also committed
to finding the best value for our clients based
on their budget and scope requirements.
Our services include: |
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LEEDŽ
Project Management |
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& Gassman is able to provide project management
support for a wide range of services to help
projects meet LEEDŽ requirements at whichever
level of certification best suits our client's
needs. We are well versed in the latest projects,
strategies, news, and technologies. |
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Facility
Management Support / Energy Reduction Consulting
Services |
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& Gassman will work with your facilities'
management team to identify, and implement,
strategies to reduce the overall energy profile
of your building, and create a healthier energy
efficient environment for the space occupants. |
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Design
Consultation and Technical Services |
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& Gassman's Green Building Consulting Service
is a comprehensive, professional resource
that will meet your unique consulting and
technical needs, regardless of the type and
scope of the project, or level of LEEDŽ Certification
that you are trying to attain. |
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Sustainable
Design Reports, Studies, and Guidelines |
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team of engineers is able to survey existing
buildings, or review new design projects,
and produce any reports, studies, and guidelines
that are applicable to introduce or emphasize
sustainability to the design and operation
of the projects. |
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Design
Charrette Facilitation |
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team can host and lead design Charrettes,
which facilitate sustainable building practices
from the kick-off of the project. From inception
through completion, the basis of design documents
and objectives in sustainability will be realistically
applied, which will result in ease of registration
of your project with the USGBC. |
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Specification
Assistance |
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engineers can help operation and design professionals
specify a broad range of sustainable materials
and equipment for use in design and currently
operating buildings. We are able to integrate
LEEDŽ requirements into the all of the project
documentation in an effort to ensure compliance
by Contractors. |
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Commissioning
Authority (CxA) |
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Engineering staff will provide Commissioning
Authority services that are required throughout
a LEED project by providing secondary and
QA/QC reviews of the design intent, design
documents at each submittal phase, and during
construction through the review of shop drawings
and required performance based submittals.
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Mechanical,
Electrical, Plumbing, and Instrumentation
Design Services |
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green consulting services, combined with our
mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and instrumentation
design services can provide a complete package
of high performance building systems in an
effort to attain realistic goals in sustainability.
Our twenty nine years of experience in these
engineering disciplines ensures that our client
will get the results that they require. |
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Building
Energy Analysis |
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Engineering staff can provide Energy Modeling
services using one of several programs at
our disposal, depending on the scope of the
project. Our modeling services can produce
documentation required by the LEEDŽ Certification
process, or other documentation as requested
by the client. The energy modeling may be
utilized to optimize building designs, or
system types and implementation strategies
in order to maximize the value and minimize
the energy consumption of the proposed project.
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Our
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New
Jersey SCC Elementary School No. 5
East Orange, New Jersey
Contract No. ES-0018-Z01 |
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Chu
& Gassman is responsible for the design and
commissioning of the HVAC, Electrical Power
Distribution, Lighting, Fire Protection, and
Plumbing systems for a new Elementary School
in East Orange New Jersey. This new school
is to accommodate 567 students from Pre-Kindergarten
through the 5th Grade. The three (3) story,
81,470 sq. ft. facility will feature Science,
Computer, Writing and Speaking Laboratories,
Art and Music rooms, Cafeteria, Auditorium,
and a Gymnasium.
The HVAC design incorporates high efficiency
modular condensing boilers to provide hot
water for building heating systems while operating
at peak efficiency at part load conditions.
The buildings heating system consists of perimeter
hot water fin tubes, hot water coils in roof
mounted air handling units, and unit heaters
in the gymnasium.
In order to take advantage of clean burning
natural gas in the summer and minimize the
use of electricity during peak demand times,
the building's air conditioning system consists
of a direct fired absorption chiller plant
to provide cooling water to the roof mounted
air handling units. Fans and pumps utilize
the flexibility of variable frequency drives
to further increase the energy performance
of the building. The building is designed
to be 100% CFC free with small ceiling mounted
air conditioning units located in the electrical
and computer rooms operating on green refrigerants.
All occupied areas are provided with variable
air volume systems in order to provide greater
control for occupant comfort in the building.
In conjunction, the ventilation system is
designed to provide superior indoor air quality
during and after construction.
Lighting design throughout the building complies
with or exceeds the ASHRAE 90.1 standard required
Lighting Power Densities. In addition, advanced
lighting controls were utilized throughout
the building in order to eliminate wasted
electricity in perimeter spaces that can utilize
natural day-lighting. Occupancy sensors have
been specified to further save energy in intermittently
occupied spaces, or in situations where occupants
have left the space with the lights on.
The plumbing design is in accordance with
the National Plumbing Code and International
Building Code to provide high efficiency and
the most economical facility. The plumbing
design incorporates low flow fixture units
and metering valves to reduce water consumption
and reduce the impact to the municipal waste
water treatment. The complete plumbing system
includes: gas, water supply, waste, roof drainage,
and fuel oil piping.
The fire protection system is designed in
accordance with the International Building
Code, local requirements and the NFPA related
code. The fire protection system includes:
sprinklers for the whole building, standpipes
in the stairways, a deluge system, fire pump,
and a chemical fire suppression.
Chu & Gassman also performed a building energy
simulation using VisualDOE 4.0. By constructing
these computer models, energy savings totaling
20% above the ASHRAE 90.1 Budget Building
Design will be realized following the commissioning
of the building.
Overall, the building facilities have been
developed to achieve a minimum of 26 LEED
credits and attain a LEED Certification from
the US Green Building Council. |
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