BASF R&D Center II (2016)
Project Data:
Total GFA: 21.000 ㎡
Location: Shanghai, China
Function: Industrial
Standard: DGNB Silver certified
Features: First ever R&D Project in China to receive DGNB certification in China
Scope: PM and Architectural Consulting, DGNB Auditing
Status: completed
Project Summary:
Recently BASF global management set a guideline that ALL new internal construction should be DGNB certified. In order to follow these new, international corporate guidelines the Campus II R&D Building in Shanghai Pudong was the first ever R&D building in China to seek DGNB qualification and received its official certification in 2019.
In order to prepare the building for certification, we need to closely link in with the overall project management. Besides rigorous expectations on documentation and the integration of all consultants and stakeholders - both within the corporation and external - a series of improvements have been suggested and implemented, such as:
- increased efficiency / lower energy consumption of HVAC system
- increased efficiency / lower energy consumption of Lighting System
- restriction of civil materials to non-harmful, VOC-free and related standards regarding chemical composition
- improvements to guarantee barrier-free access throughout the building
- increased acoustical performance in all relevant areas
- reduction of construction waste impact to surrounding area with and outside campus
- additional usability of related outdoor spaces
All measures were targeted to trigger a measurable and obvious improvement to comfort, ease and general user friendliness. Since the project started before the DGNB certification was a decided aim, cost impacts were minimized (and sometimes even overcompensated by considerable lifetime operation savings) and scheduling impacts categorically avoided.