Proximity Hotel
Multi-family I Greensboro, NC
THE HEROES
Owner: Dennis Quaintance
Architect: Centrepoint Architecture – Raleigh, NC
Contractor: Weaver Cooke Construction, LLC
Greensboro, NC
THE CALL
Become the first hotel to achieve LEED® Platinum Status without compromising one iota of the guest’s total experience. And create a timeless structure that will stand the test of time.
PERFORMANCE
Metromont worked closely with the architect and owner up front to ensure we could provide the exact look they envisioned. Our thermal-efficient precast panels helped the hotel use 36.5% less energy than a conventional hotel and the panel width fell in line perfectly with the specs of the hotel rooms. In the end, we helped Proximity achieve what no other hotel has done to date: LEED® Platinum Certification.
QUOTE
“The Challenge for Proximity Hotel was to design it as a 1930’s “Cut and Sew” textile Factory while maximizing its sustainability performance at every turn. The speed, cost, efficiency and versatility of precast sandwich panels were the ideal solution for this project and helped Proximity achieve the status as the first LEED® Platinum Hotel.”
F. Thomas Murphy, AIA, Centrepoint Architecture
PROJECT DETAILS
- First LEED® Platinum Hotel
- Built to use 40% less energy and 30% less water than a comparable hotel
- AAA Four Diamond, 147-room luxury hotel
- Proximity’s oversized guest rooms and suites have 50 square-foot windows,
- 100 solar panels on the roof generate energy to heat water
- Abundant natural lighting, including large energy-efficient “operable” windows (7’-4” square windows in guest rooms), connects guests to the outdoors by achieving a direct line of sight to the outdoor environment.
- Concrete contains 4% fly ash (224,000 pounds), the mineral residue left after the combustion of coal that is diverted from landfills.
- 87% of construction waste was recycled, diverting 1,535 tons of debris from landfills.
ARCHITECTURAL FINISHES
- Reveals and Sandblasting
- Pigmented concrete mix design
SUSTAINABILITY HIGHLIGHTS
- Use of local regional materials
- Recycled content, including fly ash and steel
- Use of thermal efficient mass wall building system with continuous Insulation to meet and exceed ASHRAE Energy Standard
- Large panels minimize air infiltration
