Sustainability Services Overview Fall 2022

SUSTAINABILITY SERVICES

ENGINEERING | TECHNOLOGY + EQUIPMENT PLANNING COMMISSIONING | SUSTAINABILITY | BUILDING ENCLOSURE

GET TO KNOW US

Since its founding in 1968, SSR has become a leader among engineering firms in designing, consulting, and commissioning projects for public and private clients across the United States and around the world. Whether it’s new construction or modernizing existing spaces, we have the depth of experience required to respond to client needs.

SSR professionals offer a full range of engineering system designs and consulting services required by today’s complex facilities. Our team focuses on providing system solutions

that are operationally flexible, efficient, and sustainable.

Our Sustainability Consulting and Commissioning division, SSRCx, works to position facilities to perform optimally on a sustainable basis. SSRCx helps owners achieve their sustainability goals through a variety of services, including:

• Sustainability Consulting

• Energy Modeling

• Commissioning

• Building Performance Analytics and Optimization

• Net Zero Consulting

• Green Building Certification

Consulting

• Daylight Modeling

• Lifecycle / Carbon Analysis

• Resiliency Planning and Analysis

• Benchmarking and ASHRAE Audits

• Facility Water Consulting

• Sustainability Master Planning

Working across a diverse array of markets and project types, our team of building performance engineers and sustainability consultants partner with our clients to deliver exceptional client experiences.

For over two decades, SSR has served as a onestop shop for our sustainability consulting needs. From strategic planning to project execution, SSR works with its partners through every phase of sustainable developments. As a full-service firm, SSR’s strategic approach coupled with the tenacity to work through any challenge are critical to the success of many of our projects. SSR is more than a partner – they’re a valued resource we can’t live without.

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DENVER

DALLAS

FORT WORTH

NASHVILLE SSR HEADQUARTERS CHICAGO

MEMPHIS

SSR OFFICE LOCATION

ADDITIONAL FIRM RESOURCES

AUSTIN PHOENIX

HOUSTON

DES MOINES NEW ORLEANS

CRESTVIEW

CLEVELAND SARASOTA TAMPA

WASHINGTON DC FT. MYERS

HUNTSVILLE

ATLANTA

CHARLOTTE AUBURN/OPELIKA

WHAT WE DO

ELECTRICAL

Power Distribution

Interior & Exterior Lighting Daylighting

Standby Power Facilities Uninterruptible Power Power Conditioning Coordination Studies

ENVIRONMENTAL

Water Treatment & Distribution

Wastewater Treatment & Collection Water Reclamation/Reuse Integrated Water Planning Financial Analysis Program Management

FIRE PROTECTION

Wet & Dry Sprinkler Systems Clean Agent Systems Foam Systems Hydraulic Modeling

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)

System Design & Implementation

Infrastructure Mapping & Asset Management

Data Migration Mobile & Web-based Geospatial Solutions Location Analytics Training

MECHANICAL

Central Energy Plants Building Automation Systems Energy Management CFD Analysis Geo-Exchange Campus Distribution Systems High Performance HVAC Cogeneration

PLUMBING

Building Water Supply & Sewer Gas Systems Water Use Audits & Management Greywater & Rainwater Systems Process Pure Water Solar Water Heating

STRUCTURAL

Foundations, Deep & Shallow Reinforced, Pre-Stressed, & PostTensioned Concrete Steel Fabrication Failure Analysis Seismic Evaluations & Retrofit

SUSTAINABILITY

Green Building Certification Consulting Sustainability Consulting Building Performance Consulting

TECHNOLOGY + EQUIPMENT PLANNING

Healthcare Technology + Equipment Planning Healthcare Consulting Equipment Planning Communication Systems Design Security Consulting Audiovisual Design Asset Management Procurement Transition Planning Move Management

TRANSPORTATION

Roadways & Bridges Signalization

Airports Port Facilities Roadway Planning & Safety Audits Intelligent Transportation Systems Construction Engineering Inspection

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SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTING SERVICES

GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION CONSULTING

SSR’s proven process for green building certification consulting (LEED, WELL, Fitwel, Living Building Challenge, Green Globes, and others) results in expedited certification achievement and reduced costs. We have consulted on 250+ certified green buildings including new construction, existing buildings, commercial interiors, healthcare, government, sports, education, commercial, and multiple building (volume) projects.

FEASIBILITY STUDIES / GAP ANALYSES

For clients considering a high performance building or project, our feasibility reports provide a snapshot of where projects stand today and present a road map to reaching their sustainability goals.

FACILITY WATER CONSULTING

With increasing cost and limitations on water use and wastewater production, water efficiency is becoming extremely important for many building owners. SSR’s comprehensive approach to facility water consulting begins with a water audit, with the potential for a water efficiency investigation, efficiency implementation, and ongoing periodic water consulting services.

NET ZERO CONSULTING

To achieve a net zero energy building, a project team utilizes a holistic approach to reducing the energy consumption, starting with the building’s physical location, moving through best practices for architectural and structural design, and highly efficient mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design. The final energy consumption estimate is then offset with a renewable energy system. SSR consults to our clients in designing their projects for Net Zero energy.

ENERGY MODELING

SSR’s energy modeling services can be used as an integral design tool to help your team achieve energy and cost savings goals. Typically, a baseline model is built, against which the project’s design can be compared and contrasted. Options for building envelope and systems can be compared to determine potential energy savings and inform the owner and design team.

DAYLIGHT MODELING

SSR provides modeling and consulting services to help our clients optimize daylighting in built environments to help create a connection to the outdoors for building users, maintain circadian rhythms, reduce glare, and optimize controls for energy efficiency.

LIFECYCLE AND CARBON ANALYSIS

Reducing carbon emissions and embodied carbon is important to managing global climate change. SSR provides lifecycle analysis and carbon reduction consulting for various building systems to help our clients achieve their carbon reduction goals.

RESILIENCY ASSESSMENTS & CONSULTING

Building owners face many challenges in the long term reliability of their properties and campuses. SSR has deep expertise in assessing the resiliency of buildings and infrastructure to a range of factors including climate change, grid disruptions, and extreme weather events. We consult to our clients on potential risks and mitigation measures to help increase the sustainability of their portfolios.

BENCHMARKING & ASHRAE ENERGY AUDITS

An engineering energy audit/analysis strives to help facility managers and owners of existing buildings understand their building’s energy use characteristics while providing recommendations for energy and cost savings. This process offers a chance to benchmark performance against peers through the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager Tool. Following the guidelines provided in ASHRAE’s Procedures for Commercial Building Energy Audits, an owner can choose between Level I (Walk-through Analysis), Level II (Energy Survey and Engineering Analysis), or Level III Energy Audit (Detailed Analysis of Capital Intensive Modifications).

COMMISSIONING SERVICES

SSR has been in the facility commissioning business for over 20 years, having commissioned over 2,500 new and existing building projects employing new building commissioning, retro-commissioning, and monitoring-based commissioning. SSR understands the importance of systems and equipment function and integration to optimize a building for longevity and energy performance. Our Cx process consistently helps to deliver better performing buildings to our clients.

CHASE CENTER

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

The Chase Center showcases our team’s ability to manage the sustainability consulting on a multi-building, multi-phase project, with a joint-venture partner. This project has a team of over 50 design consultants, requiring very tightly managed communication and project management from our team. Our scope of work on this project included LEED consulting and energy modeling for the Golden State Warrior’s new arena, retail space, two office towers, and fit-out of the office towers.

To successfully accomplish the project scope, SSR partnered with a small business enterprise based in San Francisco. Similar to our approach for other projects our joint-venture partner accomplishes much of the work locally, with support and technical expertise from SSR.

The arena achieved LEED Gold certification and the Office Towers have achieved LEED and WELL certification.

GULCH CROSSING

NASHVILLE, TN

Gulch Crossing is a LEED certified mixed-use facility located in the thriving Gulch neighborhood of Nashville. This eight-story project makes smart use of its urban site, locating a five-level parking garage underneath the building. The building consists of Class A office space, retail, and restaurants. Building access is provided through elevator lobbies in the parking garage, as well as street-level main entrances for pedestrians. The facility is designed to promote living, working, shopping, and dining within a single walkable community. Neighboring mixed use projects will support this goal. SSR served as the sustainability and LEED consultant for the project.

CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL HEADQUARTERS

NASHVILLE, TN

Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation headquarters is an 11-story, 323,990 SF Class A office building in a thriving area near downtown Nashville. The building is owned and operated by Caterpillar Financial Products Division and houses office space and a full-service dining and fitness center for it’s over 1,100 employees. The facility was the first privately owned commercial office building in the state of Tennessee to achieve LEED® for Existing Buildings certification and has been re-certified Gold every five years since.

METHODIST OLIVE BRANCH HOSPITAL

OLIVE BRANCH, MS

Methodist Olive Branch Hospital is a 216,000 SF, 100-bed hospital and features an innovative, high performance design. The facility is a full service hospital featuring emergency services, obstetrics, cardiology (including open heart), a diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac cath lab, and MRI. The project was designed and constructed under an integrated project delivery team. The hospital design employed sustainability strategies in site design, water and energy efficiency, materials, and indoor environmental quality. This facility was the first inpatient facility in the U.S. to achieve LEED® for Healthcare Gold certification. Methodist Olive Branch Hospital has remained high performing throughout its occupancy, achieving and maintaining Energy Star certification.

MEDICAL CITY PLANO SARAH CONNON CANCER HOSPITAL

PLANO, TX

HCA’s Sarah Connon Cancer Hospital is a 115,000 SF patient tower with 90 patient beds and includes additional operating and recovery rooms as well as expanded oncology services for the hospital. SSR provided comprehensive sustainability consulting efforts on this project, including LEED certification consulting, energy modeling, commissioning, and monitoring-based commissioning.

The Medical City Plano- Sarah Cannon Cancer Hospital is the first LEED v4 for Healthcare Gold certified project in the United States. This was achieved by implementing practical and measurable strategies and solutions in areas including sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality.

BELMONT UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

NASHVILLE, TN

JANET AYERS ACADEMIC CENTER

RANDALL & SADIE BASKIN CENTER

The Janet Ayers Academic Center, home to Belmont’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, College of Sciences and Mathematics, and College of Theology and Christian Ministry, employed sustainable design and construction practices to optimize building performance, reduce impacts to the environment, and lower operational costs. The building is LEED® Platinum certified, making Belmont the first university in Tennessee and the first LEED for New Construction project in Nashville to achieve that level.

The LEED® Gold certified Baskin Center houses Belmont’s College of Law and features a furnished trial courtroom with state-of-the-art AV equipment, a two-story law library, more than a dozen classrooms, an appellate courtroom, and a Grand Lobby Rotunda area. The 71,000 SF building sits atop a five-level underground parking garage and is served by a geothermal heating and cooling system.

R. MILTON AND DENISE JOHNSON CENTER

TALL HALL

This facility is home to Harrington Place Dining, Belmont’s campus dining facility, the Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business, and programs in media studies and motion pictures. The 134,000 SF building sits atop a more than 1,000-space parking garage. The project is served by a geothermal heating and cooling system as well as a composting system that converts food and cardboard waste into enriched soil additives, thereby reducing energy and waste. The project achieved LEED® Gold certification.

Tall Hall is a 243,000 SF residence hall on Belmont’s campus and home to 610 upperclassmen. The building features one wing of suite style rooms and one wing of apartment style rooms. Additionally, a small fitness studio is located in the basement. The project achieved LEED® Gold certification.

DPR CONSTRUCTION

NASHVILLE, TN

When DPR Construction decided to convert an existing warehouse into a Class A open office concept, an opportunity to strive for lofty goals presented itself- WELL Building Platinum and LEED certification for the new office. From the beginning, they relied on an engaged project team to see these goals to fruition. SSR was brought on to serve as the MEP design engineer and sustainability consultant for the project.

Creative solutions were implemented to meet the project’s WELL Building and LEED objectives. Sustainable design elements including abundant natural light, a wellness room with a daylighting system, sit-to-stand desks, and natural wood features were incorporated throughout the space. Earning credits in the various WELL Building categories, DPR implemented unique features and policies related to nourishment, mind, and movement among others. It not only provides a modern and well-beingfocused environment, but also provides an opportunity for WELL Building certification education and as a showcase of their capabilities for future clients.

I-55 WELCOME CENTER

MEMPHIS, TN

The I-55 Welcome Center was designed as a Net Zero Energy building, giving it the potential to produce as much energy on-site as it utilizes on an annual basis. SSR served as the sustainability consultant, energy modeler, MEP engineer, and civil engineer for the project. To achieve a Net Zero design, a high performance design process was implemented from the Concept Phase through Construction Documents, with Commissioning occurring during the C/A and warranty phases. The building utilizes the site design, massing, high efficiency enclosure systems, optimized HVAC and lighting systems, and smart controls to achieve a high level of energy efficiency.

GAILLARD CENTER

CHARLESTON, SC

The City of Charleston reconstructed and expanded the Gaillard Center which features the 1,800-seat Martha and John M. Rivers Performance Hall, a 15,000 SF exhibition hall, and three floors of City offices. The Gaillard Center was sustainably designed and constructed and achieved LEED® certification. The project is part of the Gaillard Center Arts Precinct, partially funded by the National Endowment for the arts, which includes open-air public performance spaces and artistic infrastructure. The Gaillard Center is the home for performing arts events, dance recitals, touring and local theatre, lectures, and community events.

STANLEY J. ROSKOWSKI U.S. COURTHOUSE

ROCKFORD, IL

Covering more than 210,000 SF on 5.5 acres, the Roszkowski U.S. Courthouse contains five courtrooms and offices for the U.S. Courts and other court-related agencies. The courthouse also provides 52 secured indoor parking spaces and 18 outdoor spaces for federal agency use. The courthouse features a forest consisting of 104 crab apple trees planted on an orchard-like grid, visually aligned to complement the architecture of the courthouse. These features were granted the Art in Architecture award. The project is LEED Gold certified.

NATIONAL SECURITY CAMPUS

KANSAS CITY, MO

The new National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) National Security Campus in Kansas City, MO, protects some of the nation’s premier security assets. The facility’s nearly 2,500 workers manufacture non-nuclear mechanical, electronic, and engineered materials for national defense systems. The project includes nearly 1.5 million SF of manufacturing spaces, laboratories, office space, and warehouses. This project is LEED Gold certified.