The paper, "Driving Performance and Transparency in Green Building Products and Materials," also examines tools, such as sustainable product certifications, lifecycle analyses (LCAs), and environmental product declarations (EPDs), that can be used for evaluating and selecting environmentally preferable products.
K. Hovnanian Homes in Tampa, Fla. has earned the Florida Green Building Coalition (FGBC) "Green Builder of the Year" award from among 91 builders who participated in the FGBC Green Home Certification program in 2011. With 174 homes certified under the FGBC program, K. Hovnanian claimed the "most homes certifed" award. The award was announced on September 13th at the FGBC annual GreenTrends Conference in Palm Beach Gardens. Photo: George Schulmeyer (L) from K. Hovnanian in Tampa accepting the award with FGBC Certifying Agent Joe Weaver, Cool Green Consulting in Apollo Beach, Fla.
Global digital performance marketing agency iProspect has successfully settled into their new home in Fort Worth’s Cultural District, off West 7th Street. Making the transition from the historic Stockyards location to this revitalized area of the city afforded iProspect a space for their rapidly expanding company growth.
VLK Architects, designer of the new office location, truly appreciated the opportunity to work with such an innovative company. “Working with such an imaginative client as iProspect allowed VLK to get progressive with our design,” says VLK Senior Associate Sloan
Harris. “When you’re allowed to work with a blank slate, you can explore different materials and systems that wouldn’t normally comply with a typical office program, which allowed us to really show our chops in this space.”
The 2012 Atlanta Downtown Design Excellence Award (ADDEA) application process is now open! This annual award, presented by Central Atlanta Progress and Atlanta Magazine, recognizes newly created and renovated Downtown spaces that demonstrate excellence in design in four categories: Hotel, Office, Bar/Restaurant/Retail and Community/Residential.
Office Renovation For Architecture Firm Achieves LEED PlatinumWhen architecture and design firm Perkins+Will decided to consolidate its two Atlanta offices to 1315 Peachtree Street in the heart of Midtown Atlanta, general contractor Brasfield & Gorrie was selected to renovate the property, a circa 1985 building that had once been the home of an investment firm. Because Perkins+Will’s commitment to environmental responsibility was the guiding principal in the renovation, sustainable design and construction were paramount.
The $11.5 million renovation began with the demolition of all existing finishes, removal of 2,000 square feet of post-tensioned concrete, and recladding of the exterior glass curtain wall. This was followed by the erection of a modern steel structure on the front of the building, removal and replacement of all mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems, and a complete build-out of the interior.
Of the many challenges inherent in the project, one of the most significant was keeping the Fulton County Library, a long-standing first-floor tenant, operable and safe throughout the process. Removing and replacing the exterior skin while keeping a tenant operational was a phasing and scheduling challenge that Brasfield & Gorrie overcame by constructing temporary waterproof exterior partitions to protect the interior space from the elements.
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