An existing 1950s Army National Guard Hangar in South Burlington, Vt., was stripped down to its steel and concrete skeleton in hopes of designing a sustainable, high-performance structure for Heritage Aviation. The structure is known as the Fixed Base Operator, Burlington, Vt.-based Trex Cullins & Partners Architects was the architect and genertal contractor on the project.
and genertal contractor on the project. Deland, Fla.-based Kingspan Insulated Panel Inc.’s Designwall 1000 and Designwall 2000 provided a thermally improved building envelope solution to help reduce energy consumption. CEO Chris Hill has stated that he hopes Heritage’s annual energy consumption will be reduced from 1 million kWh to 600,000 kWh.
The Fixed Base Operator has since been recognized by Efficiency Vermont for winning the Best of the Best in Commercial Building Design and Construction in 2010 and also received the Hertzel N. Pasackow Architectural Excellence Award.
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