Applied Research and Development Facility

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    Project update 2013 - Applied Research and Development Facility, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA: The Applied Research and Development (ARD) building, pictured in summer, uses 43 percent less energy for lighting and air-conditioning compared to convention building of same size. (photo credit: Arizona Board of Regents)

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    Project update 2013 - Applied Research and Development Facility, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA: The ARD building interior: natural light abounds through the open design and provides 75 percent of the lighting. (photo credit: Arizona Board of Regents)

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    Project update 2013 - Applied Research and Development Facility, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA: The building is clad in aluminum composite metal panels and northern Arizona sandstone, incorporating many resource-frugal technologies to achieve an advanced level of sustainability. (photo credit: Arizona Board of Regents)

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    Project update 2013 - Applied Research and Development Facility, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA: The ARD building (detail): officially opened in September 2007 as the greenest building at such high altitude. (photo credit: Arizona Board of Regents)

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    Project update 2013 - Applied Research and Development Facility, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA: The Northern Arizona University was included in the Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges for 2012, noting its nine LEED buildings and a number of campus initiatives. (photo credit: Arizona Board of Regents)

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    Project update 2013 - Applied Research and Development Facility, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA: The ARD building’s contemporary expression in form and material integrates well into the physical context of the university. (photo credit: Arizona Board of Regents)

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    Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize 2005 North America (l-r) William Taylor, Karan English, David Wald Hopkins

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    Project entry 2005 - Applied Research and Development Facility, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA: Perspective view across detention basin

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    Project entry 2005 - Applied Research and Development Facility, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA: Perspective view of gallery

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    Project entry 2005 - Applied Research and Development Facility, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA: site plan

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    Project entry 2005 - Applied Research and Development Facility, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA: first floor plan

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    Project entry 2005 - Applied Research and Development Facility, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA: gallery isometric

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    Project entry 2005 - Applied Research and Development Facility, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA: sketch typical section

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    Project entry 2005 - Applied Research and Development Facility, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA: energy strategy

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    Project entry 2005 - Applied Research and Development Facility, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA: gallery environment strategy

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    Project entry 2005 - Applied Research and Development Facility, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA: rain water cycle

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    Project entry 2005 - Applied Research and Development Facility, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA: water strategy

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    Project entry 2005 - Applied Research and Development Facility, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA: Team image

  • Awards Acknowledgement prize 2005–2006 North America

The entry is a showcase for Northern Arizona University (NAU) research and creates an environment fostering interdisciplinary collaboration between a unique collection of ecological departments and labs. The building integrates innovative sustainable strategies including: low embodied energy materials, efficient mechanical systems, and water saving strategies.

By William Taylor - Hopkins Architects, London, ENG and

The Applied R&D building obtained LEED Platinum certification in 2010. It is a showcase for Northern Arizona University (NAU) research and creates an environment fostering interdisciplinary collaboration between a unique collection of ecological departments and labs.

The building integrates a range of innovative sustainable strategies including: low embodied energy materials, passive design optimization, efficient mechanical systems, and water saving strategies.

Applied Research and Development Facility

Project authors

  • William Taylor

    Hopkins Architects

  • Gary Clark

    Hopkins Architects

Project updates

January 24, 2013 | Project Update | Flagstaff, AZ, USA

Sustainability in the City of Seven Wonders

The Northern Arizona University (NAU) Extended Campuses & Arizona Universities Network Building in Flagstaff received Platinum LEED certification in June 2010. The Applied Research and Development (ARD) building uses 43 percent less energy for lighting and air-conditioning compared to convention building of same size. Clad in aluminum composite metal panels and northern Arizona sandstone, the 2,100m2 building incorporates many resource-frugal technologies to achieve an advanced level of sustainability.

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September 30, 2005 | Winners for North America announced | Boston, MA, USA

Prizes awarded to sustainable construction projects in North America

Global Holcim Awards ceremony 2006 - Bangkok, Thailand

USD 220,000 in prize money was presented to the best entries from North America in the first Holcim Awards competition for sustainable construction projects. The competition run by the Swiss-based Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction in collaboration with five of the world’s leading technical universities aims to promote sustainable approaches to the built environment.

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June 16, 2005 | Regional Jury Report – North America | Cambridge, MA, USA

“Highly beneficial collaboration on an interdisciplinary level” – Holcim Awards Jury

The entry presents not only an ambitious effort to harness the resources of natural energy, but also to collaborate on an interdisciplinary level with specialists from other fields to effectively implement such an ambition. The import of expertise could prove highly beneficial to local industry. The project successfully demonstrates a sound and integral implementation of state of the art building technologies, such as passive solar buffer collectors, solar shading, natural ventilation, as well as thermal mass for cooling and nighttime purging.

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April 07, 2005 | Project Entry & Details | Flagstaff, AZ, USA

Project Entry 2005 for North America

The ARD integrates a range of innovative sustainable strategies including: low embodied energy materials (high volume fly ash concrete, high content recycled metals, local ponderosa pine, long life cladding); passive design optimization (passive solar buffer collector, optimized day lighting, natural ventilation, exposed concrete as thermal mass for cooling, night time purging, external shading), efficient mechanical systems (raised floor plenum displacement ventilation system, ultra-low pressure drop central air plant systems with thermal recovery & component bypasses, BMS optimized low energy lighting, BMS controls of ventilation, integrated solar water panels, 20% of electricity generated by PV tracker), and water saving strategies (waterless urinals, ultralow flow toilets, reclaimed water use, no landscape irrigation).

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Flagstaff, AZ, USA