Pierre Federal Building and United States Courthouse

PIERRE FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE

Pierre, Connecticut, United States

RETROFIT

ORIGINAL

OWNER –

DEVELOPER –

DESIGN ARCHITECT –

EXECUTIVE ARCHITECT –

ENGINEER –

CONSTRUCTION MANAGER –

GENERAL CONTRACTOR –

FACADE CONSULTANT Curtainwall Design Consulting

FACADE CONTRACTOR Harmon, Inc.

ENERGY USE INTENSITY –

COMPLETION 2012

BUILDING TYPE Courthouse

Height –

Floors 4

GFA 104,782 ft²9,735 m²

RETROFIT TYPE Re-Clad

RETROFIT FACADE DESIGN

Highly-Glazed curtainwall ( > 50% glass)

CERTIFIED + RATINGS

LEED Silver
Energy Star

PRE-PROJECT GOALS

Operational energy performance
Security

PRE-RETROFIT DESIGN STUDIES

Whole- building energy modeling
Daylighting design
Facade systems commissioning plan

OTHER SYSTEMS INCLUDED IN THE RETROFIT

EXTENT OF THE FACADE INTERVENTION

Original facade was replaced with a new one

DESCRIPTION
The Pierre Federal building is an office and courthouse in Pierre, South Dakota, USA. The building was originally constructed in 1965, and the facade was retrofitted in 2011. The retrofit involved mainly replacing the windows and granite spandrel panels with a new high-performance highly glazed curtain wall.

OWNER

DEVELOPER

DESIGN ARCHITECT

EXECUTIVE ARCHITECT

ENGINEER

CONSTRUCTION MANAGER

GENERAL CONTRACTOR

FACADE CONSULTANT

FACADE CONTRACTOR

OTHER CONSULTANT/CONTRIBUTOR

ENERGY USE INTENSITY –

COMPLETION 1965

BUILDING TYPE –

Height –

Floors –

GFA –

ORIGINAL FACADE DESIGN

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