Koelbel Addition to Leeds School of Business
Renovation and Expansion
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
Photograph © Casey A. Cass and
The University of Colorado
Date: 2007
Cost: $32,000,000
Area: 165,000 GSF
LEED® Gold Certified
The project consisted of a four-story renovation and addition, which
included an atrium, lecture rooms, classrooms, media center and kitchen.
The mechanical design featured custom air handling units with fan wall
technology, VAV, chillers, cooling tower, hydronic heat, variable speed
pumping, atrium smoke control, complete plumbing systems and automatic
fire sprinklers. The electrical design included a new 13.2 kV looped
primary feed, 480V upgrade, new emergency generator and building power
distribution, fire alarm system, voice data and A/V systems.