Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Field Headquarters
Boston – The American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA) has named Green International Affiliates and Architerra Inc. as winners of its 2017 Silver Engineering Excellence Award for work on a project at the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Field Headquarters in Westborough, Massachusetts.
Green International Affiliates, headquartered in Westford, and Architerra Inc., in Boston, were retained to design the new $21 million wildlife field headquarters overlooking a 1,000-acre wildlife management area.
The 45,000sf building was the first state-owned zero-net energy office building in the commonwealth, and it received the highest LEED rating, Platinum.
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The project’s sustainable design features include: optimum orientation to minimize heating and cooling energy use; use of natural light; geothermal system for radiant heating and cooling; rooftop solar panels; mechanically assisted natural ventilation; heat recovery; extensive onsite storm water management; and sustainable site plan with native species.
This state-of-the-art facility serves as a public destination, promoting conservation education and teaching sustainability.
The 2017 Engineering Excellence Awards were announced at the recent ACEC/MA Engineering Excellence and Awards Gala with emcees Carol Gladstone, Commissioner of the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance and Commissioner Leo Roy of the Department of Conservation and Recreation.
