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Lake Anne workshop surfaces split between condominium owners and association on HVAC options

Fairfax County Architectural Review Board · March 12, 2026
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In a lengthy March 12 workshop, Lake Anne representatives presented HVAC options after RELAC ceased operations; residents and architects urged delay and a centralized approach, citing ventilation, historic-overlay integrity and condominium governance concerns.

At a March 12 working session of the Fairfax County Architectural Review Board, Lake Anne of Reston representatives presented feasibility work on replacing the community’s chilled-water service, and a large turnout of residents raised technical, preservation and governance objections to proposals for balcony-mounted mini‑split heat pumps.

Ken Castiva of Wish Danny Associates described the study of multiple options and said the most promising approaches identified to date would be individual, lower‑profile systems for Keyside and Chimney House and a different approach for the 16‑story Herren House. He outlined trade-offs,…

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