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H O KE N E R GY R E S E A R C H FA C I L I T I E S

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“ We should free America from its dependence on foreign oil. We must take concrete steps to move us toward energy independence including requiring that 20 percent of the nation’s power supply portfolio come from renewable sources like wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energy by 2020, and that a percentage of our nation’s fuel supply is provided by renewable fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel.”

- Barack Obama,

President of the United States

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E N E R GY R E S E A R C H FA C I L I T I E SA S A M P L E O F O U R P R O J E C T S C U R R E N T L Y I N D E S I G N

O R R E C E N T L Y C O M P L E T E D

K AUST

King Abdullah Universityof Science and Technology

K AVLI

California Institute of Technology, Kavli Nanoscience Institute

RTI

Research Triangle Institute, Science and Engineering Building

DANFORTH

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels

U-CHICAGO

William Eckhardt Research Center

SRI

Stanford Research Institute

U-W YOMING

Energy Innovation Center

WEI

Wisconsin Energy Institute

To secure the energy future of the United States,the Department of Energy has embarked on a mission to provide the facilities necessary to carry out paradigm shifting research

into new sources of energy,

alternative energy, energy storage

and transmission and energy

effi ciency.

At present, the short-term future for energy production appears to be a mix of fossil fuels, nuclear, wind, solar, water, biofuels and other emerging technologies. Achieving diversity in the energy supply will help reduce dependence on foreign sources, improve our carbon footprint and have a major infl uence on climate change. All of these actions together will provide an overall, systemic and incremental

improvement in our energy future, but none of these approaches provides the type of paradigm shift required to make substantial long-term impact by providing our nation with the leverage required to shape energy politics for decades to come.

As a leader in the design of facilities for energy research, HOK is witness to a broad range

of initiatives being under taken by

corporations, governments and

universities around the world. We are acutely aware of these trends and can offer a unique perspective on the forces and priorities being pursued in a highly competitive energy sector – and the impact of these forces on new projects. We know that to affect real and

permanent change in how energy is produced and consumed, researchers around the world are beginning to focus on three areas that have the promise of yielding signifi cant breakthroughs capable of changing our energy destiny: production diversity,

high-effi ciency transmission

and energy storage in the transportation, infrastructure, natural resources and power generation markets.

We have observed several key indicators of this shifting focus, including the drive to create more effi cient batteries for the transportation sector. This area has received a great deal of recent attention as the U.S. auto industry attempts to

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reinvent itself in the shadow of bankruptcies and competition from foreign producers who have built an early lead in hybrid vehicles. At the same time, there has been a rise in investment by both the government and auto industry in new companies which are actively producing new electric vehicles that have the potential to reshape how cars are made and distributed, as well as the energy sources they run on.

Replacing the internal combustion engine has become a national priority, as transportation is the biggest consumer of foreign oil in the U.S. Focusing on this priority will have the greatest impact on our energy future.

EN ERGY R ES E A RC H : T H E C H A L L EN G E

HOK is proud to be

involved in the design

of more than 2.5

million square feet

of research space to

support renewable

or bioenergy-related

research.

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Governments and corporations around the world have recognized that whoever owns battery technology and production owns the future of transportation, and by default, will dominate the next generation of vehicles. Nanotechnology is critical to the future of energy research because, in order to produce high-density lightweight batteries, new materials and production techniques are required. Solving the challenges of the adverse reactions resulting from the attempts at new battery production will require interdisciplinary research capability typically found in advanced materials laboratories, nanotechnology, molecular engineering and synthetic chemistry applications for bottom-up materials assembly. This particular resolution will be found in the engineering side of quantum mechanics.

The reach of applied nanotechnology also extends into the production of more effi cient solar cells, including advanced substrate materials that are fl exible with greater transmission effi ciency, yielding higher energy densities from active solar power. The tools being used to create these technologies come from the semi-conductor industry, which holds the potential for a reposition of energy production away from fossil fuels and more toward renewable sources. Harnessing the power of the “American Consumer” to harness the sun could be the greatest innovation of the 21st Century, and the key to making it happen lies in creating trans-disciplinary research

environments with strong

capabilities in applied physics and

engineering.

N A N OT EC H N O LO GY A N D T H E F U T U R E O F EN ERGY R ES E A RC H

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To realize our future without the internal combustion engine, the world will need to improve both sources of power production and the effi ciency of the transmission grid. If the primary source of energy for our cars and trucks is to be electricity, infrastructure improvements are vital to making it practical. Improving energy production is a long-term investment requiring the kind of catalyst created by a wholesale shift to alternative sources and electric vehicles.

To gain immediate impact that will make the electric vehicle future practical and yield near-term results, research needs to focus on improving the effi ciency of power transmission through the implementation of incremental technologies. While nanotechnology may hold the

promise of newer more effi cient materials, more immediate impacts will come from the development of “smart electrical grids” and the prevention of loss in transmission. If all we did was improve the effi ciency of power transmission by 10%, there would be an immediate boost in power generation capacity that would buy us the time to move to a more diverse energy base.

The primary tools for this research are computational. A better understanding of consumption habits and schedules, production demands, distribution and uses has the potential to conserve enough energy from existing generation resources to power at least a portion of our electric vehicle fl eet. It is within reason to envision a day when every house has a charging station for their

electric vehicle that is monitored by the grid, and optimizes charging times. If the future involves exchanging batteries at what are now gas stations, those charging devices could be active in optimizing demand to conserve energy.

HOK is a leader in research

facilities for the energy and

nanotechnology sectors. We know the energy industry intimately, having worked with major energy companies, universities, governments and private research institutes on everything ranging from fossil fuels to alternative energy development. We have a track

record of creating highly-

functional and innovative

facilities for paradigm-shifting

research to occur.

EF FI CI EN T EN ERGY T R A N S M IS S IO N

S IZ E5,500,000 sq. ft.

S ERV I C ESMaster Planning, Architectural Design, Laboratory Programming/Planning/Design, MEP Engineering, Structural Engineering, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Sustainable Design

AWA R DS2011 R&D Magazine “Lab of the Year”

4 L E E D - N C P L AT I N U M

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K I N G A B D U L L A H U N I V E R S I T Y O F S C I E N C E A N D T E C H N O L O G Y ( K A U S T )

KAUST is a transformative

new international graduate

research universitythat brings

together the world’s best minds

around humanity’s most urgent

scientific and technological

challenges.

Open to men and women from

around the world, the university

was conceived of by King

Abdullah as part of an effort to

quickly expand Saudi Arabia’s

economy beyond fossil fuels.

Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

KAUST was envisioned as an entirely new kind of research university, spurring innovation and creativity through a fundamentally different model of organizational structure. KAUST identifi ed four strategic research thrusts and complementary interdisciplinary research centers that apply science and technology to problems of human need and social advancement. Research focuses on the following four thrusts: Energy, Water, Environment, Food and Agriculture. Research centers are developed to support the research thrusts and include: • KAUST Catalysis Center• Clean Combustion Research

Center• Plant Stress Genomics Research

Center• Solar and Photovoltaics

Engineering Research Center• Center for Water Desalination

and Reuse• KAUST Advanced Membranes

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and Porous Materials Center• Red Sea Research Center

The fl exibility of the universal lab neighborhood allows the co-location of a broad range of multidisciplinary labs with greatly varying environmental and technical requirements.

In support of KAUST’s mission of environmental stewardship, HOK designed the campus to rigorous sustainability standards. The campus received a LEED Platinum certification; the largest LEED Platinum project in the world.

KAUST is one of the world’s fi rst research universities to build an integrated economic development and technology commercialization program on one campus. Both the organization and the facilities are in place to rapidly take ideas from basic research through commercialization.

K A U S T

KAUST labs for energy research are

designed for fl exibility,

utilizing a “high hat”

center section to

accommodate semi-

scale up research

activities

S IZ E15,000 sq. ft.

S ERV I C ESArchitectural Design, Laboratory Programming/Planning/Design

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C A L I F O R N I A I N S T I T U T E O F T E C H N O L O G YK AV L I N A N O S C I E N C E I N S T I T U T E

HOK programmed, designed and

developed centralized, multi-

user laboratories for research

in nanostructure synthesis,

fabrication and characterization.

The facility also incorporates

a virtual conferencing facility,

office space and collaborative

interaction space into an existing

building.

Pasadena, California

The primary goal of the Kavli Nanoscience Institute is to bring together research laboratories in order to encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration in the concentrated areas of nanobiotechnology and nanophotonics.

HOK designed centralized multi-user laboratories in which to conduct research in nanostructure synthesis, fabrication and characterization. The facility accommodates multiple modalities of imaging including SEM, Cryo-SEM and STEM with special measures taken to control acoustics, vibration and electromagnetic interferences.

The facility is based on a “Molecular Foundry” concept. It includes many of the basic tools needed for both top-down and bottom-up nanotechnology explorations, as well as

The Kavli Nanoscience Institute brings

together multiple

research laboratories,

encouraging

cross-disciplinary

collaboration across

several areas.

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C A L I F O R N I A I N S T I T U T E O F T E C H N O L O G Y

providing space for instrument development, characterization, imaging and some metrology operations.

HOK’s design supports research into the development of key enabling technologies that are dependent on finding new, more efficient materials for alternative energy. For instance, the creation of nanostructures that increase the surface area of lithium ions or even pure lithium (in a moisture and oxygen free environment) is one of the keys to the development of an electric car that drives 300 miles on a single charge.

The laboratory includes Class 100 and Class 1,000 cleanroom space, special measures to control for vibration and environmental conditions, and MEP and HVAC systems designed to accommodate state-of-the-art equipment with specific shielding needs.

S IZ E78,000 sq. ft.

S ERV I C ESFacility Programming,Architectural Design

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R E S E A R C H T R I A N G L E I N S T I T U T ES C I E N C E A N D E N G I N E E R I N G B U I L D I N G

HOK designed the new

Science and Engineering

Building for Research Triangle

Institute (RTI), an independent

research organization. RTI

sought to reinforce its master

plan by positioning this new

building on its central mall and

accommodating future phases

in a more logical, additive

manner. The facility houses

clean energy research.

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

With research programs in energy technology, analytical chemistry and nanotechnology, the laboratories were built and equipped to the exact specifications of those disciplines.

Primarily laboratory space (80 percent) including high-bay labs, the building consists of two wings, and was planned with future growth in mind. One wing is occupied by current programs, and the other will be outfitted as needed to accommodate new or expanded programs.

The laboratories are highly modular, allowing them to grow and change with RTI’s research needs. Lab areas include: • Energy Technology Labs• Nanotechnology Lab• Exposure Analysis Research Lab• Microanalytical Science Labs• Electron Microscopy Labs• Analytical Chemistry Labs

The Science and Engineering Building at RTI facilitates scientists

and engineers

researching and

developing solutions

to energy-related

problems.

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R E S E A R C H T R I A N G L E I N S T I T U T E

RTI’s Energy Researchers are scientists and engineers who conduct applied research and development to solve challenging energy-related problems faced by the power, chemical, and petroleum refining industries, as well as the transportation sector. They work with a variety of industry and government clients to develop technologies that seek to generate cleaner and more efficient sources of energy.

HOK’s design for the facility supports a special vibration-free slab to accommodate a new environmental scanning electron microscope.

S IZ E162,000 sq. ft.

S ERV I C ESProgramming, Master Planning, Site Planning, Lab Planning/Design, Architect of Record, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Sustainable Design

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With a major objective to create

a research institute that would

put St. Louis at the forefront

of plant science discovery, six

organizations in the St. Louis

region formed a partnership

and challenged HOK (with NGP)

to create a highly-interactive

flexible, sustainable, world-class

plant science institute that

includes the new Enterprise

Rent-a-Car Institute for

Renewable Fuels.

D A N F O R T H P L A N T S C I E N C E C E N T E RENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE FUELS

St. Louis, Missouri

By providing research space to attract and retain the brightest talents, designers set a precedent that would allow for maximum collaboration, interaction and creativity. The three-story building includes facilities for conference and staff amenities, as well as greenhouses with a large headhouse with plant growth chambers and growth rooms. The open, flexible labs are placed in two, three-story blocks with a large atrium between. The light-filled atrium holds balconies, lounges, meeting rooms and interactive space. Food service, dining, fitness center and a 300-seat auditorium round out the employee amenities. The Center has consistently been ranked as one of the top 10 research institutes to work in the world, according to Science magazine.

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is helping to put

St. Louis at the

forefront of plant

science discovery in

a fl exible, sustainable

and interactive

Institute.

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In February, 2007, Jack and Susan Taylor gave a $25 million gift to the Danforth Center to create the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels. The Institute has expanded the scientific expertise of the Danforth Center to speed up development of plant-based renewable biofuels. These fuels will decrease the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and reduce the current dependency on fossil fuels in future years.

HOK was the Architect of Record for the plant science research facility, completed in 2001, and most recently provided design services for the laboratory fit-ups to support the new Center for Advanced Biofuels Systems (CABS). The CABS project is made possible by a recently awarded $15 million in grants from the US Department of Energy (DOE) in which the Plant Science Center was asked to be home to one of 46 new, multi-million dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs). The EFRCs will pursue advanced scientific research on energy, including increasing the thermodynamic and kinetic efficiency for select plant and algal-based fuel production systems.

D O N A L D D A N F O R T H P L A N T S C I E N C E C E N T E R

S IZ E266,000 sq. ft.

S ERV I C ESArchitectural Design, Laboratory Planning/Programming/Design, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture

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U N I V E R S I T Y O F C H I C A G OW I L L I A M E C K H A R D T R E S E A R C H C E N T E R ( W E R C )

The University of Chicago

selected HOK to design the

new state-of-the-art WERC

to house engineering-based

research labs and support space

for the University’s Physical

Sciences Division’s applied and

theoretical research programs.

A series of “Enabling” projects

will clear the way for the new

facility through a series of

phased, coordinated space

and departmental moves.

Chicago, Illinois

Phase 1 of the new Center will be comprised of research, support and administrative facilities for Molecular Engineering; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Physics and Computer Sciences; and four physical sciences institutes including the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, the Computation Institute, the Enrico Fermi Institute and the James Franck Institute.

In addition to the administrative and research spaces, the new facility will house 10,000 square feet of clean-room space and related support and core facilities including imaging, synthesis, SIMS, optical and other physical science laboratories.

The new building will provide many advantages to both Argonne

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U N I V E R S I T Y O F C H I C A G O

National Laboratory (ANL) and the University, including the ability to recruit outstanding scientists, co-locate scientists within Argonne-defined space on campus, and enable Argonne to augment its own strategic interests in molecular engineering as well as their broader scientific agenda by gaining access to the University’s programs in physical, biomedical, and social sciences.

Construction is scheduled to begin in fall 2010, with the entire project scheduled to be complete in spring 2014.

S US TA IN A B L E S T R AT EGIES

• Site habitat protection• Stormwater harvesting• Alternative transportation• Heat wheel energy recovery• Chilled beams

S IZ E40,000 sq. ft.

S ERV I C ESArchitectural Design, Lab Design/Planning/Programming

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HOK’s design for this state

of the art lab and research

facility incorporates vernacular

architecture and creates a

positive image for SRI as well as

the City of St. Petersburg.

SRI’s mission includes new

wave-generated and algae-

based energy technologies.

S TA N F O R D R E S E A R C H I N S T I T U T E ( S R I ) - F L O R I D AC E N T E R F O R O C E A N T E C H N O L O G Y

St. Petersburg Florida

located in the City of St. Petersburg’s port area adjacent to the wharf, the facility can support between 65-100 employees in a safe, efficient and tour-friendly environment. The site can accommodate a potential expansion of up to 100,000 square feet.

A partnership of the city, Pinellas County and the state provided funding and land to build the new facility. A dilapidated and underutilized warehouse was demolished to accommodate the two-story facility.

This research center plans a partnership with neighboring University of South Florida’s Center for Ocean Technology to

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develop and market products for port security and environmental science. Researchers can develop and test technologies such as the innovative buoy-mounted, wave-powered generator that can generate electricity directly from the motion of waves. Additionally, a research program for developing biofuel from micro-organisms in sea mud is planned.

The new building includes laboratory space for developing advanced marine sensors and port security technologies, a state-of-the-art marine operations and deployment shop, and specialized classroom, meeting and office space to support training, conferences, and daily operations.

S R I - F L O R I D A

S IZ E53,500 sq. ft.

C O M P L E T I O N2012

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U N I V E R S I T Y O F W Y O M I N GE N E R G Y I N N O VAT I O N C E N T E R

Laramie, Wyoming

HOK’s design for the facility

creates an environment similar

to that found in the energy

industry or national laboratories

by blurring the boundaries of

traditional academia; providing

flexible labs and cutting-edge

technologies such as real-time

3D-visualization. Sophisticated

AV linking allows the University

to leverage strategic campus

and global partnerships with

other institutions and industries.

S IZ E105,000 sq. ft

C O M P L E T I O N2012

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W I S C O N S I NE N E R G Y I N S T I T U T E

Madison, Wisconsin

The first of its kind, WEI will

be a world-class facility for

multidisciplinary programs

in alternative and bio-energy

research. Adaptable laboratory

facilities support training and

outreach activities focused on

creating economically viable

and environmentally sustainable

alternative energy resources,

such as the conversion of plant

biomass into cellulosic ethanol.

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