Terminal One at John F. Kennedy International Airport

For the completed 650,000 sf Terminal One passenger facility at JFK International Airport, LORING provided complete mechanical, electrical, HVAC, plumbing and fire protection design services. In addition, our scope of work included design of the building transportation systems such as elevators, escalators and moving walks, as well as coordination and documentation of all telecommunications systems, closed circuit TV, flight information display systems, and other special systems. The new terminal houses Japan Airlines, Korean Air, Lufthansa and Air France. It accommodates 11 aircraft parking gates. The structure, comprised of two levels with a partial third level, features spacious departure areas, including a 90-foot-wide check-in lobby, retail space, a food court, new boarding lounges, an area for domestic baggage claim, and automated baggage handling system, airline operations and maintenance facilities, moving walkways, and an airline club level on the airside of the security checkpoint. In addition, Terminal One features Federal Inspection Service facilities for the Immigration and Naturalization Service and U.S. Customs Service. These facilities include offices, laboratories and search rooms. Sustainable Design During the early stages of design we modeled the terminal in order to evaluate the various HVAC and electrical system alternatives and the effect of alternative building envelope systems on the HVAC systems. Our goal was to optimize the peak design loads and the annual energy usage; we analyzed the effect of alternative building envelope systems (e.g. skylights and percentage of glass) on the peak cooling load in the summer, the electric energy for lighting, and the heating in the winter. We were able to optimize the total annual energy usage and the life cycle cost of energy for this facility by taking advantage of a certain amount of daylighting. The modeling allowed the Architect the flexibility of dealing with the aesthetics of the building exterior and the engineer to optimize the mechanical and electrical systems, thus providing both an architecturally significant building and an energy efficient building. Awarded Grand Award American Consulting Engineers Council (ACEC) 1999 Engineering Excellence Award Building Support Systems Awarded First Prize New York Association of Consulting Engineers 1999 Award for Engineering Excellence Design of Mechanical and Electrical Systems

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