Alexandria Renew Enterprises Environmental Center

Alexandria, VA

Client: Rust Orling

Completion Date: 2016

ARenew Enterprises, also known as AlexRenew, operates one of the most advanced wastewater reclamation facilities in the United States. Serving 350,000 people in the City of Alexandria and part of Fairfax County, ARenew processes an average of 13.5 billion gallons of wastewater every year. In 2014, ARenew released its plan for a six story, LEED Platinum and Energy Star certified building at 1800 Limerick Street. Adjacent to the new building would be a synthetic turf athletic field on top of the 18-million gallon Nutrient Management Facility holding tanks.

Polysonics provided multi-faceted conference, training and education rooms interior acoustics, HD video presentation and speech reinforcement and audio playback systems, HD video conferencing, AV remote control systems and building wide digital signage design for the environmental center. Included in the design were seventy-nine offices, eight small, five medium, and one large conference rooms, along with two large training areas, an education area and main lobby.