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Florida
State University Life Sciences and Research Center/Tallahassee,
Florida
USGBC
LEED® Certified
Architects
Elliot Marshall Innes, PA/Tallahassee, Florida
Owner
Florida Board of Education/Tallahassee, Florida
Size/Cost
152,200 sf/$50 million
TLC Services
S/MEP/LEED modeling
The
five-story building was designed to complement the adjacent
FSU Medical School building, which was also a TLC project.
Inside are teaching, research, and animal research laboratories,
classrooms, office space and an auditorium/lecture hall.
In keeping with the life science education theme, there’s
also a rooftop research greenhouse and a ground-floor
cloister garden. Due to all of the lab spaces, indoor
air quality was a major design focus. Ventilation is critical
to eliminate the build-up of potentially harmful fumes
and particulates. The building’s mechanical system
is designed to maintain a positive interior pressure to
minimize the infiltration of unconditioned air. Dedicated
high-velocity rooftop exhaust fans serve the lab spaces
while variable exhaust terminal units maintain minimum
exhaust flow for each lab. The amount of supply air entering
the labs is monitored and controlled automatically. The
supply air is modulated to track the exhaust air requirements
so the labs are 100% exhausted to the outside. All of
the lab spaces maintain a negative pressure in respect
to the corridors and adjacent spaces in order to minimize
the spread of odors and contaminated air. The fume hoods,
snorkels and room exhaust are equipped with separate air
valves. The lab animal areas are provided with 100% outside
air systems. Dedicated high-velocity rooftop exhaust fans
serve the animal lab spaces with constant exhaust flow
for each space maintained at a constant level. All lab
animal spaces are designed to maintain a minimum of 20
air changes per hour. In the lecture hall, the air distribution
system is designed to monitor indoor carbon dioxide levels
in order to reduce the need to condition outdoor air during
periods of low occupancy. |
