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INTOXICATING ENERGY SAVINGS
ecoRI news recently featured a comprehensive report on the design, construction, and energy performance of Charlestown Wine and Spirits. Read on….
Intoxicating Energy Savings at Local Package Store
By DAVE FISHER/ecoRI News staff
CHARLESTOWN — The building at 4625 Old Post Road is a green dream come true. The building was designed from the ground up with an eye toward extreme efficiency. Geothermal heating and cooling, computer-controlled lighting, reused and recycled materials used in its construction. The building’s “green cred” is enough to make you want to visit….
The building itself is quite a marvel. Designed by Charlestown’s own Oyster Works
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Up on the Roof
Tommy (LT) and Ryan finishing the tower
The project is about to turn the corner as we finish setting the last of the Climate-Block panels. But first we have to construct the tower and stairwell that will serve the mezzanine areas. Tricky angles, tough cuts, and a fair amount of head scratching, but we got it right.
We constantlly make adjustments in the field and architect Megan Moynihan is often on site (in this case on the roof) working with the team and figuring out the best way to take what is on paper and bring it to life.
Tim Van Wormer and Megan Moynihan
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Lighting
The New Charlestown Package Store will be beautiful and green – with a dramatic interior framed by Douglas Fir timbers, a highly efficient envelope built out of Climate-Block panels, a geothermal heating-cooling-dehumidification system, and very cool lighting.
Dramatic and cool, YES. Easy to run electric wires, NO! All of the wires are run in either the chases built into the wall panels, under the concrete floor in conduit, or in channels cut in the exterior of the roof panels. All of this requires a lot of thought and often it’s best to get together at the construction site and go over the plan. Below our lighting designer, Evelyn Audet, and electrician, Len Capizzano of Century Electric, meet to work out the details.
Wine Storage Floor & Panels
The entire building will be slab on grade with the exception of the wine storage room which has a full basement that will house the geothermal and electrical equipment. The wine storage room will hold up to 900 cases of wine and the floor system had to be designed to carry all the weight. Our structural engineer, Ernie George, consulted old design manuals for ships carrying rum (he also calculated the weight of the wine) and figured on a floor load of 200 lbs per square foot.
Two 7″ x 14″ beams support 12″ I-joists on 16″ centers. To the right Tim Van Wormer and Breck Tully, of T and J Construction, are finishing the floor and laying out the basement stairs.
In the background Ca-Gin Concrete gets ready to pour the footing for the bearing wall in the beer cooler.
The walls and roof of the wine storage room, beer cooler, stair tower, and service entrance will be built entirely of Climate-Block panels and structural beams made of engineered lumber. Below Ryan Gallant, Ed Joanis, and Traves Ogilvie meet with architect Megan Moynihan and engineer Ernie George to go over the details.
Birds Eye View
A bird’s eye view of the emerging NEW Charlestown Package Store! Kurt McCormick, of Delta H, attaches a panel to the timber frame.
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