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GEORGIA TECH’S KENDEDA BUILDING – Continued from page 31
Radiant heating and cooling takes time to generate the Navigating a new system and building the new insights
desired effect; therefore, the building’s operators will have into the operational model is a challenge for a campus
to factor the lag time into their operations procedures environment that has well established operational respon-
to ensure that occupants are comfortable. Occupants sibilities and structure. These are the types of challenges
themselves will experience temperature set points that that The Kendeda Building project will need to overcome
are different that conventional buildings. For example, to achieve Living Building Challenge certification.
the building will have a set point of 78 degrees in the
summer, which would normally be too high in conven- Using the information that the building produces will
tional buildings. However, the combined impact of the help Georgia Tech better understand building usage and
radiant effect of the slab, dehumidified ventilation air, and how occupants affect a building’s energy performance.
variable speed ceiling fans in every space will result is a Understanding that the data for this analysis comes from
space that is more comfortable than traditional setpoints. many different systems, and the need for integrated sys-
tems and systematic data modeling continues to chal-
In order to reduce the amount of solar needed to offset the lenge the building industry. The coordination for this level
energy budget, every system and component was evalu- of integration begins in the design concept phase and
ated for optimizing energy usage. The audio visual (AV) must continue through construction.
systems were designed with centralized AV-over-IP technol-
ogy that utilizes more than 50% less energy than traditional For more information: livingbuilding.gatech.edu
switched systems. When the energy usage is reduced to
these levels, even something as small as the building’s Donny Walker leads Newcomb Boyd’s Intelligent
coffee cart could throw off the energy budget. The coffee Building Systems group. He has over 20 years of
station was outfitted with a submeter to better understand experience in engineering and project manage-
what this energy profile looks like throughout the day and ment, with responsibilities in communications,
allow for better energy modeling opportunities in the future. security and integrated building automation
systems. His experience includes aviation, health care and
To manage the data from all of the systems and provide judicial facilities, advanced technology developments, data
a single pane of glass for analysis and dashboarding, centers, mixed-use developments and college campuses. His
The Kendeda Building has a smart building platform that background encompasses over 150 projects specializing in an
normalizes all of the data utilizing Haystack data tagging. integrated design with network-enabled systems.
This allows the analytics engine to consume data from
any system and compare it against the building’s energy Shan Arora is the Director of The Kendeda
model for understanding actual usage versus the pre- Building for Innovative Sustainable Design. He is
dicted model. responsible for programmatic and operational
oversight and coordinates efforts to ensure the
This platform builds on the existing building automation operation and certification of the building under
and metering systems provided for the campus. However, LBC standards. Shan champions sustainable design in the built
this is also a new operational system for the campus. environment throughout the Southeast.

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