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Another Top Ten Project, the Exploratorium (first profiled
in Dar Magazine: Issue 9) is an internationally acclaimed
science museum, with a new home on San Francisco's
historic Piers 15 and 17, bringing life to a formerly
dormant section of San Francisco's waterfront.
plumbing design, and fundamental commissioning
for the building. The building is designed to be a net
zero energy and net zero carbon building. It houses an
observatory, public exhibitions, classrooms, programs,
a restaurant and café, a museum store, a national center
for teacher development, event space, laboratory space,
exhibit fabrication spaces and workshops, and ancillary
offices.
reduced to less than half of that of a conventional
museum building - the remainder of the building energy
will be met with a large 1,400-kW solar photovoltaic
system. After Zero Energy operation is confirmed, it will
be the world's largest public Zero Energy museum.
Innovative mechanical and energy efficient system
designs included in the project are: a bay water heat
exchange system; radiant slab heating and cooling;
electric heating allows for the net zero energy. The
building also features a rainwater harvesting system for
toilet flushing.
Another two of Integral Group's projects have also
recently been awarded Petal Certification, a significant
sustainable achievement that is awarded by the
International Living Future Institute. Both UniverCity
Childcare and VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor
Centre achieved Petal Certifications for Site, Materials,
Health and Beauty. UniverCity Childcare will continue to
pursue additional petals in order to achieve the full Living
Building Challenge Certification, and expects to do so by
the end of the year.
In addition to the above awards, Integral Group received
three Illumination Awards of Merit for 2016 for their lighting
design work on the Simon Fraser University Observatory,
L'Occitane en Provence's Vancouver Flagship retail store
for the CBRE Vancouver Office relocation.