MEP/FP Design
Technology
Design
Energy &
Sustainability
Commissioning
BIM/VDC
Advisory
Arc Flash and
Short Circuit
Coordination
Studies
Computational
Fluid Dynamics
Modeling
Wheaton College Pine Hall
The new, 45,000 SF, Passive House residence hall houses 178 students in a mixture of singles and doubles while using 70% less energy than if it was built to meet the current building code. It features ample common areas: there is a 2,000 SF first floor all campus gathering space, along with multiple study areas in the residential wings.
AHA provided MEP/FP Design, Technology Design, along with a solar photovoltaics study services. The infrastructure systems meet PHIUS criteria, and is approximately 70% more energy-efficient than buildings that meet the standard state code Pine Hall won the 2020 PHIUS Passive House Projects Competition: Schools and The Architects Newspaper Best of Design Awards: Editor’s Pick in the Green Building category.