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The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design

Atlanta, GA

Business Type

Academic building with classrooms, labs, auditorium, and community spaces

Size

42,500 square feet

The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design at Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the first fully certified Living Buildings (along with Net Positive Energy and Net Positive Water) in a hot and humid climate zone.

Architect

Lord Aeck Sargent and The Miller Hull Partnership

Owner

Georgia Institute of Technology, Donor: The Kendeda Fund

Sustainability

Certifications

  • Net-Zero Water
  • Pursuing Beyond Net-Zero Energy
  • Living Building
  • Net-Zero Energy

Progress Report

As of current energy modeling, EUI is 30

Special features

  • The building produces 120% of the energy it uses onsite
  • The building uses campus chilled water loop as its heat source in the winter via a heat recovery chiller
  • Radiant flooring distributes heating and cooling efficiently
  • 330 kW of rooftop photovoltaic panels create a net positive solar array
  • Onsite energy storage
  • Air curtains at doorways act as a barrier to outside air coming in
  • Condenser water heat recovery
  • Rainwater reclamation for potable uses
  • Composting toilets

Media Coverage

Architect's Newspaper: These four exhibitions envision a cleaner, greener, and more equitable future

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PropModo: Living, Power-Producing Buildings That Go Beyond Sustainability

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Architect Magazine: Advances in Wood Construction and Sustainability: Reimagining the Future of the Built Environment

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New York Times: Sustainability Advocates Ask: Why Demolish When You Can Deconstruct?

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Wall Street Journal: Can Energy-Producing Buildings Work in Swampy South? Atlanta Is Trying

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Metropolis: Year in Review: 9 Sustainable Standouts

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ENR: ENR Southeast Announces 2020 Best Projects Award Winners

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Architectural Record: Miller Hull Partnership and Lord Aeck Sargent Complete Ultra-Sustainable Building at Georgia Tech

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Clean Technica: Regenerative Architecture Pushes Building Industry To Be More Climate Conscious

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Treehugger: Why We Have to Start Considering Organizational Carbon Emissions

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Metropolis: Tools and Resources from the Metropolis Perspective: Sustainability Symposium

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Metal Architecture: A Living-Learning Laboratory

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Metropolis: Georgia Tech’s Kendeda Building Sets a High Bar for Regenerative Design

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Atlanta Magazine: A structure that produces more energy than it uses? In the deep south? Welcome to the Kendeda building.

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