Irving Institute for Energy and Society

Merit Award // Excellence in Architecture Design

Architect // Goody Clancy

GC // Turner Construction Company

Civil Engineer // Engineering Ventures

Structural Engineer // LeMessurier

MEP/FP Engineer // vanZelm

AV/IT/Security/Acoustics Engineer // Acentech

Landscape Architect // Michael Van Valkenbirgh Associates

Lighting Design // Horton Lees Brogden

Sustainability Consultant // TransSolar

Building Envelope Consulting // 3ive

Cost Consultant // Faithful + Gould

Description

The Irving Institute for Energy and Society is a new entity at DartmouthCollege. It seeks toadvance a positive energy future through education and research encompassing thetechnical, political, policy, ethical, and social aspects of energy. The Institute’s new buildingbrings together faculty and students from across the campus to collaborate on diverseresearch projects. The design prioritizes interdisciplinary collaboration, maximum flexibility,exemplary energy performance, and serving as a tool for sustainable design research andeducation. The Institute’s new home has the highest energy performance on campus. It isnet-zero-ready and targets an EUI of 18kBtu/sf/yr—an 88% reduction below the 2030baseline—thanks to design strategies including natural ventilation, radiant heating/cooling,extensive daylighting, integrated/automatic sun-shading, and a robust envelope. Thebuilding is a teaching and research tool; it encourages occupants to connect their ownbehavior with the building’s energy performance, and operations data will fuel futureinstitute research.

Jury Comments

Jurors felt the Irving Institute significantly improved this campus’s environs. While relating well to the context of traditional buildings, a bold brush stroke of contrasting clarity in a glass lantern provides a strong visual terminus to Tuck Mall. The jury further appreciated how this new building worked as an ensemble with an existing building - to frame a dynamic, welcoming, and sociable interior atrium space while giving a new front to the existing Murdough Hall. The moves represented solid place-making that is at play here.

As a campus beacon, the jury also admired the robust high performance – net-zero ready, thoughtful passive strategies, an 88% reduction of EUI 2030 baseline – demonstrating attributes of a better way. The Institute is the highest-performing building on campus and is poised to inspire future generations of leaders to make needed change in this world. From the project description:

“The design prioritizes interdisciplinary collaboration, maximum flexibility, and exemplary energy performance, and the building serves as a tool for sustainable design research and education.”

The jury recognizes Irving Institute of Energy and Society with a Merit Award.

Photo credit: Chuck Choi