The Design-Build Advantage: Maximizing Team Collaboration in Campus Planning

Marta Versprille

Wed, 11/08/2023 - 9:05 am

Username

Marta Versprille

Proposer First Name

Marta

Proposer Email

mversprille@consigli.com

Proposer Last Name

Versprille

Proposer Company/Organization

Consigli Construction Co., Inc.

Proposer Phone

(774) 737-3351

Proposer Job Title

Regional Marketing Coordinator

Boston 2023 Areas of Focus

Proposed Session Description

The University of New Hampshire is a leading higher education institution in sustainability, exemplified by the 1.4-million-gallon Thermal Energy Storage Tank (TES). This project, involving four years of planning and collaboration among faculty, designers, builders and other projects, necessitated careful coordination of critical decisions. The Design/Build approach played a pivotal role, ensuring minimal disruptions and maximum efficiency, ultimately contributing to the project's decarb goals.

Learning Objectives

Understand the key drivers and barriers to implementing a collaborative approach to decarbonization projects in higher education and learn about strategies for overcoming these obstacles.

Learn about the impact of a thermal energy storage (TES) tank and the challenges and opportunities associated with implementing a TES.

Understand how Colleges and Universities can leverage IRA incentives to make decarbonization projects feasible.

Connect carbon neutrality initiatives with campus planning goals to create meaningful placemaking.

Has this session been presented before?

Target Audiences Level of Expertise

Level 2 - Some prior knowledge helpful.

Session Format

Interview or structured conversation among panelists

Collaborative problem-solving session

Session Format Details

One 30-minute conversation with panelists followed by Q&A.

Strongest Content Connection - Boston 2023

Energy Production and Storage

Reviewer 1

Schow, Mark

Proposal #

170

Committee Decision

Rejected

Presenters

Full Description

This presentation will communicate that organizations do not have to wait for a set decarbonization plan to start reducing carbon emissions. On this project, the team opted to add thermal energy storage instead of building a new central chilled water plant which not only saved the University capital but also contributed to their larger decarbonization goals.