Mechanical and plumbing design for this graduate and professional student mixed-use housing project located on the North side of the existing UCSD Mesa Housing. The 618,000 SF project consists of 853 graduate micro apartments. The common areas include a cafe, laundry and lounge spaces, conference rooms, fitness center, pool and hot tub, outdoor sports courts and a community garden. This project also includes a 920 car multi-level above ground concrete parking structure,
which will serve students, faculty and staff residents. This project is LEED Gold certified.
Mechanical System
- No living space air conditioning because all bedrooms have sliding operable windows for natural ventilation
- Extensive building envelope energy modeling
- Variable frequency drives for all pumps and fans
- State-of-the-art Energy Management Control System (EMCS)
- Split system heat pumps for air conditioned common spaces
Plumbing System
- Solvent engineered waster and vent systems—14-story tower
- Duplex domestic cold water booster pump system—14-story tower
- High efficiency condensing natural gas-fired domestic water heaters
- Conventional sanitary waste and vent systems—all buildings, excluding tower
- Domestic cold, hot and hot water return systems
- Natural gas feeding heating boilers, domestic water heater, clothes dryers and café
$177,000,000
618,000 SF, 6 buildings (4-8 stories), 853 Student Apartments, 920 Car Parking Garage
LEED Certification Gold
