Sustainability at Jack Nicklaus International Golf Club, Songdo, South Korea

Challenge

Developing high performance design strategies and energy modeling services for a high profile building in South Korea with a goal of achieving LEED certification.

Approach

• The Jack Nicklaus Club House is the focal point of New Songdo City’s environmentally-focused facilities program. Therefore, we developed a comprehensive sustainability design and LEED strategy to ensure the highest level of performance.
• We devised a series of sustainable design features including window improvements, demand controlled ventilation, motors with VFD drives and lighting density reduction.

Results

14% reduction in energy consumption and LEED certification achieved!