Sarasota County Fire Station #12: Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota County Fire Station #12 located in Sarasota County, Florida consists of deconstruction of the existing 3,773 sq. ft. building built in 1968 and construction of new 9,300 sq. ft., two-story LEED Certified fire station situated within an 18,050 SF lot. The Fire Station will serve as a Disaster Deployment Center built to withstand Category 5 hurricane winds. The facility is scheduled to open in 2010 and will provide Fire and EMS services.
The building shall be designed toward meeting the 2030 Challenge Resolution #2006-157 with minimum delivered fossil-fuel energy consumption performance standard being one-half the U.S. average for that building type as defined by the U.S. Department of Energy. This project will incorporate the use of flexible fuels per the Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Resolution #2005-278 of Sarasota County.
Construction is comprised of spread foundations and reinforced concrete masonry walls, elevated precast floor systems, integral colored flooring, and pre-engineered metal roof framing/ panels. The exterior is a combination of jumbo brick, portland cement plaster and metal panels. The bay area features fast acting 4-fold sideways-acting 14 ft. square door systems.
The following LEED approaches are incorporated into the Design:
- Use of highly reflective cool paving and roof surfaces
- A solar water heater system, Installation of a rainwater
- Cistern collection system for bay washing and toilet flushing
- High efficiency split system HVAC units yielding 6/10 Energy and Atmosphere (EA) points
- A water use reduction of 70%+ over baseline 1992 EPA standards
- Low VOC materials.
