Deep Dive: Designing a High-Performance Pool and Community Center in Boston
This session explores the design process of the new all-electric, high performance Grove Hall Community Center. It will showcase how community engagement, energy and daylight modeling, and replicable building science strategies came together to optimize the design of the spaces, enclosure, and systems. The presenters will discuss how they overcame the unique challenges of designing the indoor swimming pool, while highlighting broader relevance and workflows that are effective in meeting Mass Save and Specialized Code requirements for institutional buildings.
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Describe how a community process can inform project design from early stages through detailed design.
Discuss ways in which MEP systems can achieve both thermal comfort and energy and carbon reductions, and how this approach can apply to other projects.
Identify ways to promote durability, thermal performance, and moisture control within the building envelope for high humidity spaces such as aquatic centers.
Explore how energy modeling and interdisciplinary coordination can inform the design and guide a project through the Mass Save Path 1 pathway.
This session is pre-approved for 1 credit hour toward AIA (LU|HSW), LEED (BD+C, ID+C), WELL, MA CSL, and NARI certification. Those who attend a full day of the conference are additionally eligible for credit toward Phius and RESNET certification.