RENAISSANCE LEARNING, INC. MADISON LOCATION

PLANNING DESIGN BUILD, INC. HEADQUARTERS LOCATION

901 Deming Way, Madison, WI

Owner-occupied office building.

73,000 s.f., three-story building on 4.6 acre suburban office park site

Completed, December 1998.

Green Benefits:

• Enhanced corporate image
• Preservation of homestead site for corporate park
• Enhanced employee productivity
• Reduced energy consumption and lower energy bills
• Increased marketing opportunities (Open House on Green/Sustainable Building)

Site:

• Native plant prairie meadow
• Protected large Oak, Ash and Hickory trees on site

Energy Efficiency:

• Daylighting
• Exhaust Air Heat Recovery
• High Efficiency Boilers
• Dimmable Electronic Ballasts
• Dimming Sensors
• Task Lighting
• High Efficiency motors on fans, pumps and chiller
• Waterside Economizer allows for cooling without the use of a compressor
• Variable frequency drives on fans and pumps
• High Performance Tinted Glass which screens out solar heat gain while allowing visible light transmittance

Indoor Environmental Quality:

• High Ceilings & Large Windows allow more natural light
• Reeded Glass interior windows promote light sharing into interior spaces
• Rooftop Clerestory allows natural light into central work areas
• Skylights over work surfaces provides natural light for high task areas
• Cork flooring located in the interior design studio, is soft and durable under foot and has innate acoustic and thermal properties
• Carpeting and interior wall finishes are occupant friendly containing negligible VOC's
• Indirect lighting provides a better quality of lighting and a pleasing work environment
• Fixed outdoor air quantity independent of building loads provides more fresh air and a healthier indoor environment

Materials:

• Carpeting with superior wear resistance and degradation resulting in less carpeting in land fills
• Cork flooring processed using no harmful chemicals
• Carpet backing manufactured with both PVC and Chlorine-Free materials

Construction/Operations:

Owner:   Athena Holdings, LLC.

Architect:   Planning Design Build, Inc.
(608) 836-8055

Contractor: Planning Design Build, Inc.
(608) 836-8055

Structural Engineer: Planning Design Build, Inc.
(608) 836-8055

Mechanical Engineer: Planning Design Build, Inc.
(608) 836-8055

Electrical Engineer: Planning Design Build, Inc.
(608) 836-8055

Plumbing Engineer: Planning Design Build, Inc.
(608) 836-8055