Falls Church, VA
Office
334200
Major Renovation
Energy Modeling
LEED-CI
Northrop Grumman recently relocated their corporate headquarters to Northern Virginia. This move included a full building major renovation of the mechanical and electrical systems at the existing facility. As part of this process SBP performed and energy model of the proposed fit-out to demonstrate compliance with LEED Energy & Atmosphere Credit 1.3 for Optimized Energy Performance – HVAC. The project was approved for all (10) available EAc1.3 points by the GBCI and was awarded a LEED Gold Certification.
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High efficiency fixtures lighting fixtures with occupancy and daylighting controls
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Low temperature chilled water with high efficiency low part-load variable flow controls
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Chilled water temperature reset according to outside air temperature
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Free cooling heat exchanger
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Energy recovery heat exchanger for outside air unit
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Airside economizers, static pressure reset controls and supply air temperatures reset
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Fan powered boxes powered with high efficiency electronically commutated motors (ECMs)