LOTT Clean Water Alliance

LOTT Clean Water Alliance

Hunter Douglas Architectural USA as 2010

The Project The new LOTT Water Alliance Center in Olympia, WA is a $13.5-million, 32,500-square-foot, LEED Platinum certified facility, designed by Miller Hull Partnership of Seattle. This innovative new facility treats wastewater for more than 85,000 residents that live in Lacey, Olympia, Turnwater, and Thurston counties ("LOTT"). The LOTT Alliance Regional Services Center not only treats water, but harvests energy from the water-treatment process, and educates the public on water conservation. Reclaimed or "treated" water is returned to the community to use for irrigation as well as industrial and manufacturing use.


This project was a winner of the 2010 AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) Awards, which honors excellence in sustainable design.


The Challenge Miller Hull, had the mission of creating a new four-story regional services facility to house administrative offices, an emergency operations center, boardroom, and an education center that would complement its surroundings.


The team aimed to design a facility that would actively engage the public, setting it apart from traditional wastewater treatment plants that are separated from their communities. The architectural team was looking for shading solutions to meet multiple needs: 1) to control daylight entering the workspace on the western elevation of the building, and 2) to manage thermal heat gain on the southern elevation, while maintaining outward visibility.


The Solution Hunter Douglas Contract Solar Control provided MakroBlind™ Louvered Shades to meet the daylighting goals of the project.


"The exterior and interior shades are motorized with a sophisticated control system that tracks the sun and has scheduling capabilities," said Matthew Craven, Territory Manager, Hunter Douglas Contract. "Each MakroBlind installed in the facility has sun sensors integrated into the product to manage daylight and solar heat gain. When the sunlight goes below a certain level, the blinds are retracted to provide greater visibility."


The 150 mm exterior shades cover the whole window opening to minimize solar heat gain, reducing the need for air conditioning. The 80 mm interior shades allow the light to enter deeper into the space, providing gradient lighting and reducing the need for artificial lighting. The shading applications, along with several other sustainable elements of the project, will result in an overall energy reduction of 50% over typical buildings, and significant cost savings over the facility’s lifetime.

Project Spotlight
Product Spotlight
News
Nokha Village Community Centre by Sanjay Puri Architects is an architectural oasis in the desert
18 Mar 2024 News
Nokha Village Community Centre by Sanjay Puri Architects is an architectural oasis in the desert

Mumbai-based Sanjay Puri Architects has completed the Nokha Village Community Centre, an architectur... More

Square and Tourist Office: Emerging finalist in Mies van der Rohe Awards 2024
15 Mar 2024 News
Square and Tourist Office: Emerging finalist in Mies van der Rohe Awards 2024

In this Archello series, we look at each of the seven nominated projects (five architecture finalist... More

25 best mosaic wall tile manufacturers
15 Mar 2024 Specification
25 best mosaic wall tile manufacturers

Mosaic wall tiles are produced in an enormous range of colors, shapes and finishes, and from a varie... More

Introducing Partner Motion Facades
15 Mar 2024 Partner News
Introducing Partner Motion Facades

Motion Facades specializes in supplying advanced facade systems for luxury real estate projects. Its... More

Bergendy Cooke, Grégoire Du Pasquier, Ruth Baleiko and Mathew Albores join Archello Awards 2024 jury panel
15 Mar 2024 Archello Awards
Bergendy Cooke, Grégoire Du Pasquier, Ruth Baleiko and Mathew Albores join Archello Awards 2024 jury panel

Architects Bergendy Cooke, Grégoire Du Pasquier, Ruth Baleiko and Mathew Albores have been an... More

JSWD completes new office complex in Bonn unified by triangular facade elements
14 Mar 2024 News
JSWD completes new office complex in Bonn unified by triangular facade elements

International architectural firm JSWD has completed the Neuer Kanzlerplatz office complex in the cit... More

Archello Awards 2024 expands with 'Firm Awards'
14 Mar 2024 Archello Awards
Archello Awards 2024 expands with 'Firm Awards'

Today Archello introduces a new set of Firm Awards categories to widen the scope of the Archello Awa... More

Studio Egret West develops plans for new Passivhaus homes
13 Mar 2024 News
Studio Egret West develops plans for new Passivhaus homes

London-based multidisciplinary architecture and design practice Studio Egret West has developed plan... More