Duquesne University Energy Center
Duquesne University Energy Center
BUILDING OWNER
Plum Corporation Warehouse Renovations
ARCHITECT
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225 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412.762.3122
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
- $300 million
- Anticipated Completion Marsh 2015
- 33 stories, 802,000sf
- 3 sub-grade parking levels to accommodate 135 vehicles
- LEED Platinum”Greenest Skyrise in the world”
- Raides floor through entire building
- Geothermal wells
- Solar Chimney
- 5 varieties of curtain wall
AWARDS
- 1991 – Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Award
- 2002 – National Masonry Institute – Golden Trowel Best Restoration Award Winner
- 2003 – Historic Preservation Award
- 2003 – Western PA Golden Trowel Award – Best in Category
Duquesne University – Energy Center Chiller Expansion
Jendoco Construction served as the general contractor for the construction of the state of the art Energy Center Chiller Expansion. This facility was located underneath the existing parking garage and presented unique challenges with material deliveries due to the lack of lay-down space. This necessitated extensive coordination between the building trades in order to get the equipment in prior to enclosing the building.
The energy center used state of the art technology from the Trane Corporation to create ice during off peak energy consumption hours and then to utilize this ice to create chilled water during the peak cooling hours. This results in substantial energy savings for the University. Duquesne is the first university on the East coast to employ this technology.
