Under Floor Ventilation Maintains Comfort for Library Addition
Patrick Baldwin-McCurdy fields daily indoor air temperature complaints from employees and students; however, Seattle University’s lead buildings control technician rarely hears HVAC complaints from the college’s new library addition featuring under floor air distribution (UFAD).
The $55 million project included the construction of a new three-story, 33,000-square-foot teaching, learning, and research center addition and the renovation of the university’s 92,700-square-foot, 45-year-old A.A. Lemieux library. The centerpiece of a successful university capital campaign, the complex is now called The Lemieux Library & McGoldrick Learning Commons. It boasts a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Gold certification.