ST. JOHN PAUL II NEWMAN CENTER
Omaha, NE
Background
The Planned St. John Paul Newman Center is on track to open in the fall of 2016. It will be a place where students can live in a community supportive of their faith, and where they can spend even their recreation and study time surrounded by a positive, encouraging environment.
The Archdiocese of Omaha is the owner-operator of the 100,000 SF, $13 million student residence center, will include a chapel, apartment-style housing for 164 students, indoor-outdoor fireplace and courtyard, prayer garden, study lounges, a fourth-floor outdoor rooftop deck, social space and a rectory for two priests.
The St. John Paul II Newman Center has been designed with a core principal of being a good steward of God’s resources and gifts. The design strives to respect and conserve our environment, through good fundamentals of design and construction. Some details include:
- A majority of the lighting is LED, reducing energy consumption and maintenance costs.
- Dimming is provided in the resident suites for enhanced occupant comfort and energy savings
- Occupancy sensors are used to foster energy savings when rooms are unoccupied.
- Energy efficient water source heat pump system.
- Low flow plumbing fixtures to reduce water consumption.
- Building management control system which can help reduce energy use.
- Demand controlled ventilation– meaning the building is only bringing in and conditioning the required amount of outdoor air.
Located on the southeast corner of 71st & Pacific Streets provides easy access to bike trails, shopping and entertainment, dining variety, UNO shuttle services and medical facilities.
Construction Team
Owner – Archdiocese of Omaha
Architects – BVH Architects
Mechanical and Electrical Consulting Engineers – Alvine Engineering
General Contractor – Boyd Jones Construction
Engineered Controls began working with the St. John Paul Newman construction team starting in 2015. The building management system will consist of a Honeywell WEBs system architecture and controls a mixture of mechanical and electrical equipment including AHUs, ERVs, WSHPs, CT with HP Loop System, Boilers, Pumps, VFDs, EFs, UHs. Additionally, Engineered Controls will also provide the access control system, intrusion detection system and video surveillance system.
When completed, the Honeywell WEBs network monitors and control in excess of 10,000 points.
Services provided:
- Building Automation and Controls
- VFDs
- 3rd Party Integration
- Access Control
- Intrusion Detection
- Video Surveillance