Facilities Support Center, NASA AFRC- LEED Platinum

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The Facilities Support Center (FSC) is a LEED Platinum, state-of-the-art facility.  The FSC consolidates three departments across the NASA AFRC campus into one building. The 36,000 square foot masonry and steel-framed building includes:

• Office space
• Conference and meeting areas
• Workshop, lab and warehouse space

The FSC was designed entirely using BIM. (Building Information Modeling) We created 3D visuals of the building before construction began.  As a result,  there was precise coordination of all disciplines, resulting in maximum efficiency.

The FSC was designed with a number of sustainable strategies, including:

• A building orientation maximizing daylight while minimizing solar heat gain.
• Photovoltaic panels supply approximately 30% of the building’s total energy use.
• LED lighting fixtures to reduce power consumption.
• Direct/indirect evaporative cooling to assist in cooling.
• Use of materials high in recycled content and/or produced near the project site.
• Efficient plumbing fixtures.
• Grey water reclamation system.
• Native/adaptive landscape planting.

As a result of these strategies, the FSC was able to earn a LEED Platinum rating in a harsh desert environment.  Most noteworthy, this project was designed to set the standard for new construction at NASA AFRC over the course of the 20-Year Master Plan.

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