107 Hermes Building Design Advantages

107 Hermes is designed for research, development, and light manufacturing related to clean-energy and environmental technologies in New York State.

Community facilities for tenants include shared common business facilities, conference facilities, and convenience retail that provide places to meet other STEP tenants and that create a sense of place. The building is configured to support a flexible multi-tenant concept to facilitate a variety of tenant functions including:

• business offices
• research lab space
• scale-up light manufacturing or pilot plant
• light manufacturing

Scale-up and light manufacturing operations typically use the single story, high-bay building space whereas the office functions can occur in a multistory configuration. Laboratory operations can occur in either high-bay or multistory space depending on mechanical and utility support requirements. Common areas, including the conference rooms, toilet facilities, entrance lobby, elevator, stairways, and lunch/break facilities, will be provided within the multistory component. A business center including mail, copy, and other business services, including building management, could also be provided in a common area if tenant demand supported the operation.

The building will be clustered with future buildings in a manner that will form properly-scaled outdoor “people places” to achieve a campus-like look and feel and to conserve a meaningful open space around each neighborhood.

Technology meets green

107 Hermes is a LEED^TM Silver Certified Design. LEED^TM is a program developed by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). This program is the most widely accepted system in the United States to assist architects, engineers, contractors, and building owners and operators in creating “green” or “sustainable” buildings. LEED is a voluntary program that brings the construction sector beyond the minimum requirements of building and life safety codes. Ultimately, LEED buildings are better buildings in terms of energy and resource use and result in healthier environments for building occupants. The LEED^TM rating system has become the definitive standard for what constitutes a Green Building.