Acuity Brand Lighting, Engineering and Technology Center, Decatur, Ga.
Retrofit Team
Architect: Homer Lewis & Associates Inc., Conyers, Ga., (678) 210-7007
Metal Panel Installer: National Panel Systems, Wexford, Pa.
Metal Panel Dealer: Peachtree Protective Covers, Hiram, Ga.
Materials
The following Intercept Entyre metal wall panels were used on the project:
- Color, Grey Velvet; Square Footage, 9,010; Finish, Smooth; Coating, Sundance Mica
- Color, Silversmith; Square Footage, 3,600; Finish, Smooth; Coating, Sundance Mica
Peachtree Protective Covers’ team was tasked with revitalizing the tired, damaged brick façade. Because the envelope was possibly leaking, the team chose to damp-proof it. The Intercept Modular Metal Panel System was chosen because of its rainscreen performance and aesthetics. Intercept Entyre panels prevent entrapped moisture, material degradation and mold with well-vented wall cavities. The horizontal joint design provides cavity venting at the base of each panel course, ensuring continuous pressure and temperature equalization at every panel reveal.
The Intercept Entyre system requires little field prep and functions with nearly any substrate. Acuity Brands’ Jimmy Suttles, director of Facilities Engineering, cited price and efficient delivery time as the key factors behind the decision to use the Intercept system.
Metal Wall Panel Manufacturer: CENTRIA
The Retrofit
The 167,000-square-foot building, which had been vacant for 20 years, now is a workplace for about 200 software and electrical engineers.
“This multi-year investment will help Acuity Brands foster a cutting-edge work environment for our people that will accelerate our collaboration and innovation processes, as well as help us retain and attract world-class talent,” says Vernon J. Nagel, Acuity’s president, chairman and CEO.
Acuity Brand Lighting’s team was so impressed with the results they added a feature wall at the entrance of the $11 million Engineering and Technology Center, using nearly 8,000 feet of Intercept panels.
Photo: CENTRIA