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Kansas City, Kansas
Science and Technology Center
This facility features the following green attributes:
LEED-NC 2.0 Gold
Green Power
Water Management Plan
Native Landscaping
Region 7 Laboratory
Total Facility Area: 71,955 gross square feet (GSF)
Estimated Personnel: 110 persons
Energy Consumption: 20,077,019,600 Btu per year
Btu per GSF per Year: 279,022
Total Water Consumption: 2,413,964 gallons per year
Gallons per GSF per Year: 33.5
All energy and water data are reported as of FY 2010.
Description
The Science and Technology Center houses the laboratory for EPA Region 7. The 20-year lease for this build-to-suit facility was awarded a design-build contract in August 2000.
Unique Environmental Features
- John Begley received a fiscal year (FY) 2010 Reporter of the Year Award for consistently submitting timely, accurate invoice packages and energy data reporting forms and being attentive to any necessary follow-up items.
- On
October 28, 2004, EPA's Kansas City Science and Technology Center was designated
as a Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Saver Showcase Facility. Developed
on a former brownfield site, the facility was constructed to preserve natural
resources, ensure occupancy health, and serve as a sustainable model for future
laboratory design. As a result of the features described below, the Kansas
City Science and Technology Center was 28 percent more energy-efficient than
EPA's other comparable new laboratories in FY 2004. See DOE's Federal
Showcase Award Winners
for more information. This facility also garnered an honorable mention in
2004 in the Sustainable Design/Green Buildings category of the federal Closing
the Circle Awards given by the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive.
Green Power
- EPA offsets 100 percent of the electricity consumption at the Region 7 laboratory with renewable energy certificates (RECs) purchased through the Agency's current blanket green power contract. Learn more about EPA's current and past blanket green power contracts.
Green Building
- On August 4, 2003, the Kansas City Science and Technology Center received
the Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design
2.0 for New Construction (LEED®-NC)
Gold certification for including attributes such as daylighting, low-flow
plumbing fixtures, and wood products from certified sustainable sources
in the building design.
- The solicitation for offers (SFO) for this facility included green language to ensure that the facility and all its construction features promote energy efficiency and environmentally preferable materials and design. The SFO encouraged contractors to address energy and water conservation and other environmental factors. See the Kansas City Science and Technology Center Green Lease Rider for more information.
- The design competition for the laboratory resulted in an extraordinarily thoughtful and energy conserving mechanical system design which included variable air volume (VAV) fume hoods, a run-around-loop heat recovery system, and VAV heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems for the office and support areas. Energy modeling was then performed on this mechanical system design, and additional recommendations were developed and implemented that further improved energy efficiency. These additional efficiency improvements included zoned carbon dioxide sensors, plate and frame exchanger heat recovery, and the addition of a variable frequency drive chiller.
Water Conservation
- EPA completed a revision of its water management plan for the Science and Technology Center (PDF) (25 pp, 355K, About PDF) in August 2010. The previous plan (PDF) (20 pp, 503K, About PDF), which is superseded by the revision, was completed in November 2008.
- A unique graywater collection and reuse system collects rainwater from the roof, air handler condensate discharge, and water rejected from a reverse osmosis system used to generate pure water for laboratory experiments. The graywater is first settled in a sediment tank, and then stored in a large underground tank before being reused in the building to flush toilets and as cooling tower makeup water. The graywater collection system reduces site runoff by 40 percent, and has the potential to generate over 500,000 gallons of water annually to offset the demand on the city water supply.
- As part of the condensate recovery system, in FY 2006 the laboratory began collecting air handler condensate water to add to the rainwater storage tank for reuse throughout the building.
- The laboratory has also developed a deionized water recycling system so that less water will be required and processed for scientific procedures for the regional office.
Stormwater Management
- A roof capture system collects rainwater for reuse at the facility, as described under Water Conservation above.
Archive
For More Information About This Facility
You will need Adobe Reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA's PDF page to learn more.
For a complete overview of the environmental features of this facility, read EPA's Green Future for Laboratories: A Case Study of the Kansas City Science and Technology Center (PDF) (20 pp, 3.7MB). You can also order a hard copy of this report by requesting document number EPA-200-F-03-001 from the National Service Center for Environmental Publications.
For a summary of the facility's environmental features, view the Sustainable Facilities at EPA: Science and Technology Center, Kansas City, Kansas (PDF) (4 pp, 2.8MB) fact sheet.
Website: www.epa.gov/region7
Chris Taylor (taylor.christopher@epa.gov)
901 N. 5th Street
Kansas City, Kansas 66101
Phone: (913) 551-7736
Fax: (913) 551-9736
Cathy Berlow (berlow.cathy@epa.gov)
Ronald Reagan Building (3204R)
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: (202) 564-3739