HMC Architects
New Science Building
Folsom Lake College
Folsom, California
Client: HMC Architects
Building Size: 75,000 sf
Project Cost: $48 Million
Services: Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Plumbing Design, Building Technologies, Energy Consulting, Lighting Design
The Folsom Lake College New Science Building will be used for instruction in general education, biology and chemistry. The project includes:
- Classrooms
- Lecture Rooms
- Biology Laboratories
- Organic Chemistry Laboratories
- Inorganic Chemistry Laboratories
- Allied Health Laboratories
- Flex Laboratories
- Wet and Dry Cadaver Rooms
- Autoclaves
- Hazardous Waste Rooms
- Botany Labs
- Instrumentation Rooms
Sustainable Strategies include:
- High Performance Envelope
- Variable Volume Air Distribution for all Non-Lab Spaces
- Variable Volume Lab System
- Lab System Heat Recovery
- Transition Space Load Reduction
- Demand Based Ventilation
- Free Cooling Domestic Hot Water
- High Filtration
- Daylight Autonomy
- Occupancy Lighting and Plug Controls
- Low-Flow Fixtures