DCAMM Facilities Maintenance Building

LOCATION: Northborough, MA

SIZE: 2,796 sq ft

Currently in design completion, the objective for the New Surplus Properties Facility Building has been to site, plan and design a new facility that will exceed the Commonwealth’s energy and sustainability goals wherever possible for the Surplus Properties group of the Office of Facilities Maintenance and Management (OFMM). The project has a particular focus on sustainability, energy, and resilience. The expectation for the office program area is to achieve Passive House US (PHIUS) certification, LEED Gold certification for the entire building, with net zero carbon and/or net-zero energy use anticipated. Fossil fuels will not be used to power the building, and the building will be sustained by a photo-voltaic array and a ground-source, closed-loop geothermal heating and cooling system. Two structures are planned for the conceptual site development, a 7,450 SF office/ vehicle/storage building, and a 4,000 SF storage building. The building layout for the office/vehicle/storage facility has been developed with the intent of LEED Gold, and Net Zero certification, with Passive House certification as a major goal for the office portion of the building (approximately 2,900 SF).