Collingwood General Marine Hospital
Additional Info
Award Winner : ModSpace
Architectural Excellence : The challenge was to design, build and install a two-storey modular office building that would architecturally blend with the existing hospital. The hospital is the largest employer in the small town of Collingwood and needed a quick space solution to meet their expanding needs. The most convenient space available for the new modular building was the existing parking lot on the north end of the hospital, just south of a retaining pond and small park. In order to maximize space the architect decided to design a cantilevered second floor (on all 4 sides). ModSpace quickly had it structurally designed and approved by the customer and their architect.
Cost Energy Effectiveness : The geothermal products used were 100% recyclable and environmentally friendly. The equipment is the most energy efficient product available on the market as it uses renewable energy as the power source, and the refrigerant is environmentally friendly. The efficiency of the product is 400 percent resulting in prompt return on investment of time and capital costs.
The increase in costs to include green building techniques was eliminated because the geothermal portion of this project was funded by Industry Canada through the Community Adjustment Fund. Canadian government incentive programs cover capital expenditures immediately so payback begins immediately. This was the case with the Collingwood General and Marine Hospital. CGMH applied for and received $231,000.00.
Design Firm Name : Tacoma Engineers, RME Engineering and Johnson Cont
Occupied Date : 4/20/2010
Production Start Date : 1/3/2010
Project Location City : Collingwood
Project Location State Name : ON
Technical Innovation : The finished two story modular complex includes a geothermal design that incorporates heat pumps throughout the building. Nine geothermal boreholes were drilled 300 feet into an adjacent field 170 feet away and extending back to the underside of the new modular building’s mechanical room.
The piping product used for the earth loop heat transfer system is non-biodegradable HDPE plastic that has no environmental impact when used for this purpose. The heat transfer solution is a biodegradable, non-toxic mixture of either water and corn alcohol or polypropylene glycol. The indoor piping products are also non-toxic and recyclable. In fact, all the off cuts of the pipe system are completely reusable. There is no waste. Geothermal heating and cooling systems offer many benefits from the environmental stand point as well; clean—no green house gas emissions, safe—no open flames, not affected by the weather outside the home or building, and the energy source is completely renewable.
Total Square Feet : 8320