Service: Lighting Design
Town of Innisfil
Innisfil Public Library
The Town of Innisfil lies on the western shore of Lake Simcoe, some 80 kilometres north of Toronto. From its beginnings as a lumber region, it evolved into a cottage community and then into a rural residential centre, as more and more cottagers turned their properties into year-round homes.
Today, permanent residents account for over 90% of the population, supported by expanded municipal services such as the community library.
HH Angus’ scope for this library renewal and expansion project included upgrading existing and adding new HVAC, plumbing, electrical and lighting systems in both the renovated and new spaces.
The site consisted of 11,500 ft2 (1,068m2) of existing space and an adjoining new construction of 11,000 ft2 (1,022m2).
SERVICES
Mechanical Engineering | Electrical Engineering | Lighting Design
PROJECT FEATURES
Size: 11,500 ft2 renovation and 11,000 ft2 of new construction | Status: Completed 2015
LOCATION
Innisfil, Ontario
KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
Innovative-mechanical, electrical and lighting design for the library | Upgraded and added new HVAC, plumbing, electrical and lighting in both renovated and new spaces
RBC/CBRE
180 Wellington West Refresh
Built almost 40 years ago, the office tower at 180 Wellington Street West is situated in the downtown Toronto core. To accommodate increased occupancy, the 12-storey building needed a refresh and new office space. Tenant retrofits were performed on 11 floors of office space to increase floor space and to improve tenant comfort. The first floor was fitted for amenities.
HH Angus provided mechanical and electrical design for the base building and interior upgrades to primary air handling systems, electrical distributions, and to washrooms throughout the floors.
Our project scope included 150,000 ft2 of tenant fitout, building recladding and base building upgrades, fire alarm replacement, perimeter fan coil system replacement, emergency power system and normal power system upgrades, as well as humidification system upgrades.
The key design challenge was how to answer the client’s expressed desire for increased visual transparency of the building’s exterior without creating a major penalty in energy efficiency. The design team recommended a solution, and we worked with the Architect to determine appropriate curtain wall components to achieve the client’s goal.
The building has been certified LEED EB Platinum.
SERVICES
Mechanical Engineering | Electrical Engineering | Lighting Design
PROJECT FEATURES
Size: 150,000 ft2 | Status: Completed 2013
LOCATION
Toronto, Ontario
KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
M&E for base building | Interior upgrades to primary air handling systems, electrical distributions, and washrooms | New perimeter glazing | Reduced energy consumption | LEED EB Platinum certified
Benefiting the client
Our design included more perimeter glazing and daylighting without an energy penalty, and decreased lighting density by 7 watts/ft2.
Reducing energy costs
We designed a whole new lighting layout for the entire building, complete with photometrics, LED technology, daylight harvesting and occupancy controls help reduce lighting density.
St. Michael’s Hospital
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
The Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute is home to some 200 researchers, working in sophisticated laboratories and front-line clinical settings to explore both the basic dynamics of disease and the best ways to improve patient outcomes. Research is carried out in such diverse areas as multiple sclerosis, pregnancy, pediatrics and musculoskeletal disease.
A 9-storey 335,000 ft2 facility, the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute comprises the Keenan Research Centre and the Li Ka Shing Centre in Healthcare Education. This concrete structure is enveloped in a double-layer glass curtain wall, with a profile that reflects the academic excellence and leading-edge technology of the research and education programs within.
The research component is housed on the 209 Victoria Street site and the education component is on the 38 Shuter Street site. Linking the two sites over the Victoria Laneway is a connection housing elevators, a feature stairway, double-height lounges, conference rooms and kitchenette spaces, all designed as collision points in the building to promote information interactions and exchanges of knowledge and ideas.
The animal facility (vivarium) for larger animals includes environmentally-controlled holding areas. The animal waste disposal system cage contains washing and operating facilities, as well as an isolation area for animals entering the facility.
- Total Wet Lab Area - 3 floors at 15,000 ft2 each = 45,000 ft2
- Approximately 30% of the Research building is Wet Lab
- Vivarium on 8th floor - approximately 20,000 ft2
- Approximately 12% of research building is vivarium.
Rather than constructing small individual labs, the laboratory spaces are open concept in design, with high ceilings, to improve user comfort and access to daylight. We met the engineering challenge of designing for installation of ductwork in greatly reduced ceiling space, while still ensuring adequate air volume changes. Centrally located alcoves for dry bench work included fume hoods and lab space, designed with flexibility in mind for future uses. Likewise, the cooling system allows for spot cooling to accommodate varying equipment loads, depending on use of the space.
The vertical transportation work at Li Ka Shing featured eight passenger elevators (two being future cars and one a parking shuttle), as well as one service elevator.
SERVICES
Mechanical Engineering | Electrical Engineering | Vertical Transportation | Communications | Security | Lighting Design | Vertical Transportation Design
PROJECT FEATURES
Size: 335,000 ft2 | Status: Completed 2011
LOCATION
Toronto, Ontario
KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
9 storey facility | Double-layer glass curtain wall | 20,000 ft2 animal vivarium for large animals |45,000 ft2 of wet lab space | Special lighting design incorporated for grand staircase and bridge connecting Li Ka Shing to St. Michael's Hospital | Vertical transportation featured 8 passenger elevators and one service elevator
Lighting to maximize common spaces
Special lighting design features for the building included the grand staircase and the bridge connecting Li Ka Shing to St. Michael’s Hospital. The lighting is controlled by a building-wide automation system.
Ontario College of Art & Design University
Professional Gallery
The OCAD Gallery is the flagship professional gallery for the Ontario College of Art and Design, Canada’s largest and oldest educational institution for art and design. It serves as an experimental curatorial platform for art, design and new media.
HH Angus was tasked with the mechanical, electrical and lighting design for this 755 m2/8,200 ft2 facility. It includes gallery space, a media lounge, permanent art collection and storage, administration support services and shipping and receiving areas.
This project provided interesting design challenges to protect the art from potential water leakage from the tenants on the floor above. The ceiling is covered in a white waterproof membrane, which made recessed luminaires impractical.
The ceiling beams have a dual purpose – to support the track luminaires and to create an artistic industrial feel for the space. The track is two circuit to allow for maximum flexibility. LED track heads are 3500K with a CRI above 93 to enhance the colour of artwork in the exhibits. The track heads were chosen to allow for multiple and varied beams spreads, to enhance each exhibit and to provide flexibility by accommodating different lensing and media. Suspended linear LED luminaires were used in non-gallery spaces. Various power and data systems were used throughout the premises.
The heating and ventilation systems were designed to meet the mechanical requirements for a Class ‘A’ Art Gallery. The mechanical requirements for the Gallery consist of controlled humidification levels and temperature range. To achieve the requirements, a separate dedicated standalone mechanical air conditioning/humidification system was designed for the space. An indoor dry cooler and a series of heat pumps are located throughout the facility. Each heat pump has an associated electric humidifier and associated condensate pumps.
SERVICES
Mechanical Engineering | Electrical Engineering | Lighting Design
PROJECT FEATURES
Size: 8,200 ft2 | Status: Completed 2017
LOCATION
Toronto, Ontario
KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
Water leakage mitigation | LED luminaires | Power and data systems | Controlled humidification | Heating and ventilation systems for Class A Art Gallery standard
Meeting Project Goals
The OCAD project was delivered under budget and met LEED certification requirements.
Custom Lighting Requirements
A central dimmable lighting control system was incorporated. The lighting control was divided into multiple zones to satisfy the custom needs of the Gallery.
Durham Region Transit
Oshawa Bus Maintenance Facility
Durham Region needed to accommodate the repair/maintenance requirements of its fleet of buses with a facility that would be integrated into an existing building. The project is on track for LEED® Silver Certification.
The project features a state-of-the-art Transit Control Centre on the second floor for regional bus and GTAA connection communications. Highlights include state-of-the-art ventilation and exhaust systems, fuel/fluid dispensing, a vacuum cleaning system, parts dispensing, tire storage/ servicing, lubrication stations, paint booths and a bus wash station. The mechanical design scope included plumbing, fire protection, HVAC, controls and process systems and services. The building was designed to reduce energy and water demand and includes for rainwater storage facilities.
The electrical scope included normal and emergency power systems, fire alarm, state-of-the-art LED lighting and integrated IT System (incorporating time management, clock system, Presto system, communication systems and various radio systems). Durham Region building standards also required design of a lightning protection scheme.
SERVICES
Mechanical Engineering | Electrical Engineering | IT | Security and Communications Design | Lighting Design
PROJECT FEATURES
Size: 60,000 ft2 - 5500 m2 | Status: Completed 2016
LOCATION
Oshawa, Ontario
KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
State of the art ventilation and exhaust | Controls & process systems and services | Additional design for lighting protection scheme | Energy use reduction strategies | Rainwater storage | Designed to achieve LEED Silver