MEP Associates

Central College’s LEED Platinum Design with MEP

Architect: RDg Planning + Design

Photographer: Cameron Campbell

Project Overview
The Central College Education and Psychology Building in Pella, Iowa, competed fall of 2009, is a state-of-the-art 58,000 square foot, $17 million dollar project. Central College is striving for the U.S. Green Building Council’s top rating, Platinum, by utilizing environmentally friendly building practices and energy efficient design.  The Education and Psychology [...]

Posted: November 23rd, 2009

MEP’s Active Chilled Beam Design Project with Barron Area School District

Owner: Barron Area School District, Barron, WI
Contract Manager for the Dadanco Project: The TRANE Company, La Crosse, WI
This is one of Dadanco’s first active chilled beam projects in the U.S.
Analysis: The school has an existing wood chip boiler that makes steam for the school, community center and the hospital across the street so they have [...]

Posted: October 2nd, 2009

Ball State University & MEP: The Largest Geothermal Project in the Nation

Ball State University selected MEP Associates to design the conversion of the campus cooling and heating plant to a district geothermal system.  The geothermal project will achieve the following:

Eliminates 80,000 tons of carbon emissions annually.
Cut energy costs by an estimated $2 million annually.
Reduce approximately half of the current campus carbon footprint.
Eliminate four coal fired boilers built in the 1950s.
Heat [...]

Posted: July 8th, 2009