Multipurpose building certified LEED® Gold in Treviso

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Galdi offers packaging solutions for food products in paper packaging. The company has always focused on people and innovation. In fact, continually updating skills and attracting the best talents are key to maintaining and developing the company’s competitiveness. Opened in 2021, Galdi Village, a place to fill, is the new building that flanks Galdi’s production headquarters. A place dedicated to innovation, people and the territory, where creativity, dynamism and welfare meet to bring new ideas to life. Its spaces will host different experiential moments – from social and cultural initiatives to events dedicated to higher education and networking – making the building a multipurpose center serving the growth of Galdi and the territory.
A great deal of attention is paid to quality of life. The building was designed according to energy and environmental efficiency criteria of the LEED® protocol, that defines the most stringent requirements for eco-friendly buildings. The indoor environment was designed to ensure the best conditions in terms of air quality, thermo-hygrometric comfort and lighting. Windowed components with low solar factor ensure maximum comfort in indoor environments.
LED luminaires are also dimmed through daylight sensors.
The building has achieved LEED® v4 BD+C: New Construction certification by reaching the “Gold” level.

SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES OF THE LEED® CERTIFIED MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING.

1.    Air handling units equipped with high-efficiency heat recovery
2.    Outdoor air flow rates according to Ashrae 62.1:2010
3.    Sanitary equipment with reduced potable water flow rate
4.    Photovoltaic panels on the roof
5.    Roofing materials and exterior finish with high SRI
6.    Energy-efficient exterior envelope
7.    LED light fixtures and dimming of artificial versus natural light
8.    Sustainable site waste management and indoor air quality control during construction phase
9.    Interior spaces with high benefit over exterior views and natural light
10. Use of materials with high recycled content and low VOC content and VOC emission.

CERTIFICATION

Rating system: LEED® v4 BD+C: New Construction
Certification level: 65/110 points, LEED® Gold

Below is the percentage contribution to the total certification score for each category. Also on the side, the score achieved compared to the total score that can be acquired for each category.

ACTIVITIES

LEED® Team Management during the design phase.

Project team management activities through:
– Guidance on selection of materials and equipment in accordance with LEED® requirements.
– Approval of project documentation in accordance with LEED® requirements.
– Management of the project on LEED®online

LEED® Team Management during the construction phase

Construction team management activities through:
– LEED® approval of materials and equipment
– Management for the implementation of construction plans
– Project management on LEED®online portal

Fundamental and enhcanced commissioning

Commissioning is an activity whose primary purpose is to ensure that buildings and facilities are designed, constructed and delivered according to the client’s requirements. The benefits of the process, if implemented on time, are:
– increases in occupant productivity
– containment of construction costs
– shorter plant commissioning times
Enhanced commissioning, added to fundamental commissioning, involves the preparation of documentation to support the following plant management and the implementation of plant testing at 10 months after occupancy.

Energy modelling

energy model activity allows for the comparison of two models of the same building, baseline and proposed, the former built according to Ashrae 90.1 Appendix G and the latter in accordance with the project. The result is a snapshot of the building’s consumption. The comparison between the two models allow to calculate a percentage savings in energy cost.

Thermal  comfort

In order to ensure the optimal conditions of thermal-hygrometric comfort and indoor air quality, it is necessary to ensure conditions conforming to at least class B according to ISO 7730:2005 in terms of PMV (Expected Mean Rating) and PPD (Expected Percentage Dissatisfied).
A calculation report was prepared showing that the design of the building-plant system was done taking into account all the parameters affecting comfort. This allowed to achieve the PMV and PPD values required to achieve class B according to ISO 7730:2005.

Daylight modelling

Simulation of daylight in regularly occupied spaces. The higher the percentage of spaces that meet the requirements in terms of daylight contribution, the higher the score that can be obtained.

LCA analysis

A building life cycle assessment that, using a structured and internationally standardized method, allows the quantification of potential impacts on the environment and human health by distinguishing them into different categories.
For each of these categories, the percentage reductions in environmental impact obtained by comparing the proposed project with a reference model (equivalent to the design model in shape, size and orientation built using traditional building materials) were calculated.

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