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It's not easy being green...But it's worth the effort: Five Minutes with Brad Nies, Director of Elements Division at BNIM |
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 03:54 |
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2007-02-15
By: Melina Neet
Was there an initial challenge to Green Building and what has reversed that?
Six years ago, we were invited to a project for a state university and, during the interview process, they said, "Leave your sustainable design thinkers at home." Right? That building took three years or so to build. They came back to us at the end of construction and said, "Our competitors are getting LEED-certified buildings. We'd like to know how to get the building we just completed LEED certified." The business model has been slow to pick up. Originally, the interest was in energy savings, but as these things have been put into practice, there have been studies showing the financial benefits. If you look at schools, (you see) 20 percent better test performance. In hospitals, (you see) people leaving two-and-a-half days earlier. In the retail market, (you see) increase in sales per square foot for green building. Factories increase production. Office buildings (have up to) 16 percent productivity increase.
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Source: Ingram's Magazine, February 2007, "Q & A" |
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BIM, Boomers & Building Green |
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 03:54 |
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2007-02-15
By: John Austin
While it may not qualify as a "boom", it only takes a quick tour around the metro area to see that the Kansas City construction industry is hard at work. From the northland to the southside to eastern Jackson to western Wyandotte county, from office parks to shopping districts, the metro area is building.
Indeed, 2006 was a good year, with the construction industry reporting some of the highest rates of job growth in the region. So, how is 2007 shaping up and what are some of the issues and challenges the building and construction industry will be facing in the coming year?
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Source: Ingram's Magazine, February 2007, "Trends and Issues" |
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Last Updated on Sunday, 06 September 2009 21:59 |
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Wal-Mart Opens Energy-Efficient Supercenter in Kansas City |
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 03:54 |
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2007-01-24
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. opened the first in a series of more efficient stores last week in Kansas City, Missouri. The new store will use 20 percent less energy than a typical Wal-Mart Supercenter. The store integrates "industry-leading" heating, cooling, and refrigeration systems to reduce energy use. The systems reclaim the heat rejected by the refrigeration system and put it to use in the heating, ventilating, and air conditioning system, which also relies on a water source heat pump for heating and cooling towers for cooling. Other energy-saving technologies in the new store include a top-of-the-line dehumidification system and quick-closing doors to seal air in areas such as the garden center....
For more information, go to Wal-Mart Opens Energy-Efficient Supercenter in Kansas City
Source: A Consumer's Guide to Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, January 24, 2007 |
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Last Updated on Sunday, 06 September 2009 21:56 |
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Green + Design-Build = Solid Public Investment |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 20 August 2008 04:11 |
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2007-02-01
By: Kira Gould, Assoc. AIA
Selected as part of a design competition, the team of McCownGordon Construction and 360 Architecture was chosen to turn their proposal into the Sunset Drive Office Building for Johnson County offices in Olathe, Kans. They worked with the Johnson County Facilities Department to develop a project to showcase sustainable design and responsible investment of public funds. Neal Angrisano, AIA, the deputy director of the Johnson County Facilities Management Department, is passionate about the topic. "I don't think it's responsible for any publicly funded building to be anything less than highly environmentally sensitive," he says. "The economics alone prove that building green is, by far, the best use of tax payer dollars."…
For more information, go to Green + Design-Build = Solid Public Investment
Source: AIA COTEnotes, Winter 2007, Newsletter of the Committee on the Environment (COTE) |
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Last Updated on Sunday, 06 September 2009 21:57 |
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The Path to Platinum |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 13:29 |
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By: Ken Shulman
2006-12-15
After 25 years spent practicing sustainable architecture, BNIM earns the highest rating under LEED – a tool the Kansas City firm's own efforts helped to create.
More than mere sentimental marker, the former Mast headquarters serves as a milestone for BNIM, one of the pioneers of green design. The package of concepts they employed for the first time there – the reliance on natural light, the narrow footprint and east-west orientation, the gray concrete used to reduce embedded energy, the attention to ventilation, conservation, and site protection – still constitutes the core elements of the firm's greenest works. They also speak to its role in defining and refining the myriad elements that characterize sustainable design today.
"I prefer not to use words like first or longest or best when talking about design," says Mark Shapiro – former head of the department of architecture at Kansas State University, who became a BNIM principal in 2004 – downplaying the firm's role as green groundbreaker. "The idea isn't to be the first one across the finish line. It's to stay in the race and to continue to get better as you go."…
For more information, go to The Path to Platinum
Source: Metropolis Magazine, December 2006 |
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