This vignette is piece of a multi-part series that will highlight the work being done surrounding Washington State Executive Order 20-01. The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) has been working closely with Washington State for nearly two years to support agencies in their development of Zero Energy projects. ILFI has developed a toolkit of resources for project teams in the state to help them understand definitions around Zero Energy, build powerful teams, and set appropriate targets in order to make designing and building to Zero Energy a feasible goal. Each vignette will shine a light on a project, meeting, or event wherein Zero Energy work was the forefront of the conversation as teams work diligently to implement the Executive Order and achieve their Zero Energy goals.
Project Name: Labor and Industry (L&I) / Department of Agriculture (WSDA) Safety & Health Lab & Training Center
Project Stage: Schematic Design
Event: Owners Workshop 1
Date: February 13, 2020
Agency Contacts: Reuben Amamilo (LNI), Maurice Perigo (LNI)
Attendees: Design Team, Agency project manager, Facilities, Agency Staff
Keywords: zero energy, local government
Summary: LNI kicked off its owners workshop series by introducing: Lab Modules/Layouts, Structural, LEED, Energy Options, Water, and Site/Parking Configurations.
Highlights:
• The workshop began by clearly stating the Executive Order requiring achievement of Zero Energy and reductions in embodied carbon, and how these goals apply to the project
• The design team shared examples of existing projects with high-performance systems in the same geographic region
• The group identified opportunities related to specific conditions of the building program
• The group reinforced the need to maintain cost balance, constructability and health/safety in any decision
• The group provided information in different forms, which made it accessible to different thinking/learning types: diagrams, photos, metrics, pro/con lists, tables, narratives, physical models
• Agency representatives vocally validated the State’s goal of achieving zero energy, stating that it is possible and shall be pursued.
“In this project, we have an opportunity to marry a state-of-the-art lab facility with the State’s highest sustainability goals.”
Maurice Perigo, LNI
Next Steps: The next workshop will take a deeper dive into the building program and site layout to better understand the operational functions and site conditions that must be addressed.
