Northwood Turf Building

Project Description

New construction and addition to an existing building (60,000 sq.ft.) New turf building and lecture hall. Primary Boiler Plants replaced in existing building to accommodate the new addition. Combination of Direct and Indirect lighting in the Turf Building, Power distribution and Lighting controls.

Project Details

• In 1959 Northwood University (N.U.) became a reality when Dr. Arthur E. Turner and Dr. R. Gary Stauffer enrolled its first 100 students at Northwood Institute
  • In 2011, Northwood University wanted to add a new Turf Building/Auditorium addition to the Bennett Athletic Performance & Wellness center.
• Designed and certified as a LEED building.
• Apollo Engineering was hired to provide Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing construction documents for the New Turf building along with the Auditorium.
• Apollo designed the lighting layout and lighting controls.
  • A mixture of direct and indirect lighting fixtures was designed to allow for exceptional lighting in the turf building while keeping the cost of the project lower.
  • Lighting controls throughout the turf building and Auditorium.
  • Inverter system design for emergency lighting in the turf building.
• A hybrid boiler system was designed to provide hot water heating into the Turf Building and Auditorium.
  • This system lowered the upfront cost by using one condensing and one non condensing boiler, without compromising the system design.
  • Heating piping was run from the existing boiler room to the hot water terminal units in the new Turf Building addition.
• The project was a 60,000 sq.ft. addition and the schools gas bill did not go up.