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Redevelopment of Denver Water’s Operations complex named the year’s most outstanding engineering triumph

Redevelopment of Denver Water’s Operations complex named the year’s most outstanding engineering triumph

Posted by | Jun 18, 2021 | 0 |

IMEG Corp.’s Denver Water Operations Redevelopment project has won the 2021 “Grand Conceptor” Award signifying the year’s most outstanding engineering achievement at the 54th Annual Engineering Excellence Awards Gala (EEA) — a national juried competition from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). The project yielded a 186,000 square foot LEED Platinum, net-zero energy administration building, a 7,400-sf LEED Gold wellness building, a 15,400-sf LEED Gold building renovation, and a 155,000-sf parking structure on the site.

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National Association of Broadcasters headquarters at One M, D.C., features Rockfon ceiling systems

National Association of Broadcasters headquarters at One M, D.C., features Rockfon ceiling systems

Posted by | May 14, 2021 | 0 |

An 11-story, 118,000-square-foot, Class A office building, One M was developed by Monument Realty as a built-to-suit project for The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) in the Capitol Riverfront neighborhood. Serving 150 NAB employees and its membership, Hickok Cole Architects created the interiors for the new headquarters, and selected a combination of Rockfon ceiling systems to support the building project’s sustainability and aesthetic goals, and to achieve the critical balance of light and sound appreciated by broadcasters.

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Denver Water OCR project awarded multiple LEED Green Building certifications

Denver Water OCR project awarded multiple LEED Green Building certifications

Posted by | Mar 3, 2021 | 0 |

Denver Water announced last week that eight buildings in its Operations Complex Redevelopment project have been awarded Platinum, Gold, and Silver levels of LEED certification. “Due to climate change and future uncertainties, innovation, resilience and adaptability are necessary to serve our customers using fewer resources,” said Kate Taft, sustainability manager for Denver Water. “We serve and care for the community and environment that we live in by continually improving our operations.”

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SOLARBAN 70 glass supports net-zero energy design of Newport Beach’s Environmental Nature Center

SOLARBAN 70 glass supports net-zero energy design of Newport Beach’s Environmental Nature Center

Posted by | Mar 2, 2021 | 0 |

The Environmental Nature Center and Preschool (ENC) , a LEED® Platinum Net Zero building designed by LPA, Inc., Irvine, California, is currently pursuing Living Building Challenge (LBC) petal certification. It incorporates operable and clerestory windows fabricated with Solarban® 70 Atlantica® glass to help meet stringent daylighting, energy and occupant comfort requirements.

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Sunnylands employee campus earns LEED Platinum® rating for sustainable design

Sunnylands employee campus earns LEED Platinum® rating for sustainable design

Posted by | Feb 23, 2021 | 0 |

The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands is pleased to announce that its 17-acre employee campus, including administration, archives, and operations buildings, has been awarded LEED® Platinum certification, the U.S. Green Business Council’s highest rating for sustainable design. The Sunnylands employee campus, completed in 2017, is the second new-construction project at the site of the former Annenberg estate in Rancho Mirage, Calif., to achieve a high standard of LEED certification.

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Top 10 states for LEED green building in 2020 show strong adoption by offices, schools and healthcare

Top 10 states for LEED green building in 2020 show strong adoption by offices, schools and healthcare

Posted by | Feb 9, 2021 | 0 |

The USGBC has released its annual list of the top 10 states for LEED green building with Massachusetts ranking first in the nation. LEED is the world’s most widely used green building program and was created by USGBC to set standards and define best practices for high-performing, healthy, green buildings. The top states in 2020 certified a remarkable 1,171 projects with more than 60% representing offices, education and healthcare facilities.

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University of St. Thomas achieves top environmental rating for new residence hall

University of St. Thomas achieves top environmental rating for new residence hall

Posted by | Jan 26, 2021 | 0 |

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has awarded its highest environmental rating – the LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification – to the University of St. Thomas’ Tommie East Residence Hall. The building is the first in the Midwest to certify platinum under the LEED v4 new construction rating system in its category, the sixth in the U.S. and seventh in the world. It marks another step in the university’s larger plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035.

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Columbia Building in Portland, Oregon

Columbia Building in Portland, Oregon

Posted by | Dec 23, 2020 | 0 |

The Columbia Building designed by Skylab supports the City of Portland’s Bureau of Environmental Services. The project accomplished three unique objectives in one single campus site: the creation of a vibrant and efficient workspace; clean on-site stormwater filtration; and a dynamic building that stimulates conversation about the health of the region’s watershed and rivers.

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Cradle to Cradle Certified products

The Cradle to Cradle program certifies products based on five quality categories—material health, material reutilization, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship, and social fairness. Click here to see a list of building supply & materials, as well as other products, that are Cradle to Cradle certified.

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