Rendering of the South Elevation of the $23.3 million Carbon-Neutral Energy Solutions Laboratory at Georgia Institute of Technology.
Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology
The planned 45,000-square-foot (13,716-square-meter) $23.3 million Carbon-Neutral Energy Solutions Laboratory (C-NES) will be a "one-of-a-kind" project with regard to the incorporation of sustainable design techniques and greatly expand and enhance Georgia Institute of Technology's research efforts to create energy efficient products and sustainable energy sources for American industry and consumers. The laboratory is being partially funded with a NIST $11.6 million Construction Grant Program Award
This flexible facility will house cutting-edge energy research efforts including, but not limited to, studies of high efficiency combustion engines, biomass gasification kinetics, biochemical-enzymatic conversion of biomass, and carbon dioxide capture from sources including power plants and combustion engines. The building's design aims to achieve carbon neutrality with net-zero site energy use.
Its innovative nature will exceed the project's initial goal of gold LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council and is currently tracking platinum.
This new facility will provide state-of-the-art space for the investigation of new technologies germane to the mission of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and vital to the national drive for increased efficiency and renewable energy.
The project is expected to be completed by spring 2011.
For further information:
Howard Wertheimer
Georgia Institute of Technology
(404) 385-7604
howard.wertheimer@spaceplan.gatech.edu
