Kings Bay naval base, on the Georgia-Florida border, has been the U.S. Navy hub for nuclear ballistic missile submarines since the 1980s, says the team submission, with operations halted for the first time to enable an estimated $627M upgrade of its unique drydock and other infrastructure that was completed last year.
The Microsoft Thermal Energy Center, a groundbreaking geothermal heating and cooling system that serves the buildings of the tech giant’s 72-acre East Campus Modernization outside Seattle, was truly two exotic jobs wrapped into one.
The 20 projects recognized here are the result of a nearly yearlong effort by ENR editors and roughly 100 construction industry members who judged contest entries at various stages.
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Buildings that meet the newer ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2022 would see an average of 9.8% in site energy savings compared to those that only meet the 2019 standard, an agency analysis estimates.