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High Performance Buildings: Your Client’s Financial Asset.

There’s a movement out there. As the value of energy increases, it can no longer be an afterthought. Using an integrated energy design approach will not only save your client operating costs that go straight to their bottom-line, it will also position your firm as a leader in an increasingly competitive design market. Better still, integrated design strategies can result in enhanced productivity, lure employees, clients and tenants. While your clients may not ask for integrated design specifically, delivering a building that smartly manages energy is increasingly key in today’s marketplace. MORE>>

2030 Challenge

In response to global climate change, key leaders of the building design industry have established a goal of “zero net energy” buildings by the year 2030. In May 2007, representatives of the AIA, ASHRAE, IESNA, and the U.S. Green Building Council, supported by representatives of the U.S. Department of Energy, finalized an agreement of understanding that they hope will result in carbon-neutral buildings. MORE >

Integrated Design Lab Network

Northwest architects and engineers have advisory resources close to home to help them incorporate high performance building practices into their commercial building designs. MORE >

2008 BETTERBRICKS AWARDS
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INTEGRATED DESIGN MEETS REAL WORLD
Design team discusses how they achieved 62% more efficiency and daylit 95% of occupied hours in the Mount Angel theology building.

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