Schneider Electric RaleighHub

HEAPY provided engineering design and commissioning services for Schneider Electric’s new central Carolinas facility. The project re-purposed an existing big box retail space with a complete renovation and new interior layout that transforms the space into a central regional hub, featuring ADVANCED RESEARCH LABORATORIES, collaborative office spaces, a regional warehouse, and a shipping center. Lab spaces include R&D, product development, testing, and customer support functions.

Scope included the renovation of existing systems with significant upgrades and modifications to adapt the building to the new functions. Systems included new air handling, new lab exhaust with energy recovery, new boiler plant, lab compressed air system, controls, electrical power, and metering, as well as all associated building infrastructure and support systems.

The facility utilizes Schneider Electric Digital Energy’s best-in-class Building Automation System components, lighting controls, and energy metering devices, which work with their supervisory smart buildings platform, ExoStruxure. As a sustainable and high performing space, the systems are setup with sequence of operations based around ASHRAE Guideline 36 to include static pressure resets, supply air temperature resets, and comparative enthalpy economization.

ENERGY METERING will be used after full occupancy to determine the amount of renewable energy credits (RECs) and future photovoltaic (PV) needed to offset electricity and carbon to meet Schneider Electric’s goal of CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2025. The commissioning team assisted in these goals by leading and facilitating the commissioning process between the mechanical contractor, owner’s agent, local controls installation team, and equipment suppliers. During the commissioning process, our team helped validate system performance and tuned the controls to ensure peak efficiency while packaged equipment and critical space needs were maintained.