Category: LEED

Roedingsmarkt 20 – a 115,000 square foot office building located in Hamburg, Germany – achieved LEED Silver under Core and Shell. Enersim, Ltd. did the energy modeling for the project.

Isagen S.A. – one of the largest producers and distributors of electricity in Colombia – has a new corporate headquarters. Located in Medellin. The building achieved a LEED Gold rating by the USGBC by deploying a number of building operation conservation measures including:
•fixed and movable shading
•daylight harvesting
•occupancy sensors controlling lights and HVAC
•elevator energy production
•rainwater collection

Additionally, 96% of the waste and residue generated by the building’s construction was recycled, with the building itself using products with recycled material content, including steel, aluminum, concrete, drywall and wood.

Enersim, Ltd. performed the energy modeling for the project.

A 76,592 square foot multistory high-rise located in Medellin, Colombia for the Grupo Suramericana SA insurance company. Certified Gold under LEED-NC v2009 in 2014.

Extraordinary energy savings were achieved through use of fixed shading devices and lighting controls including motion sensors, dimmers and timers for all workstations.

Enersim, Ltd. performed the whole building energy modeling for the project.

A 14,467 square foot multistory high-rise office complex located in Antioquia, Colombia for Grupo Record. Currently under review for LEED-NC v2009.

Enersim, Ltd. performed the whole building energy modeling for the project.

The Yamaha Corporation’s new building in Medellin, Colombia was recently granted LEED Gold by the USGBC. The building is multipurpose and includes a museum, offices and an auditorium. Enersim, Ltd. performed the energy modeling for the project.

Hanesbrands’ sock manufacturing facility in San Juan Opico, El Salvador, opened in March 2009. This 450,000-square-foot facility has 1,000 employees who knit, bleach, dye, board, and pack millions of pairs of socks annually. The facility was designed with a variety of features to save energy, including:

• Skylights to maximize the use of natural light.
• Daylight harvesting, which is the use of digital photo sensors to detect daylight levels and automatically adjust the interior electric lighting to create a balance.
• LED technology for task lighting for work that requires a higher light level.

These lighting features alone will avoid nearly 4 million kilowatt-hours per year, saving approximately $380,000 per year.

The facility is one of the first LEED-certified apparel manufacturing facilities in the world.

Enerim, Ltd. performed the energy modeling for the project.

The Holiday Inn® Hotel & Suites Columbia-Airport in Columbia, South Carolina was just awarded LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. Enersim, Ltd. performed the whole building energy simulation.

Getting a LEED Gold certification for the use of sustainable green-building techniques is a hard enough thing to achieve that, when you can do it for a historic renovation project, you’re in pretty exclusive company. Boston’s First Church of Christ, Scientist. A 1905 structure at President Lincoln’s Cottage in Washington, DC. The Council on Foreign Relations HQ in the capitol… to name a few prominent examples.

While it’s hard to win the certification for a single project, it’s even rarer to garner the certification for a multi-building campus to get that certification across it’s entire expanse.

[NOTE: Christian Stalberg, principal at Enersim, Ltd., performed the energy modeling for all five buildings.]

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