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Panelist Include:
▪️ Chris Cieslak, COO - Green Building Alliance (Moderator)
▪️ Scot MacTaggart - Chief Innovation Officer, Dagostino Electronic Services
▪️ Brian C. Guzek, Vice President, Corporate Strategy - Duquesne Light Company
▪️ Aurora Sharrard, Executive Director of Sustainability - University of Pittsburgh
▪️ Elaine Evosevic-Lozada, Relationship Manager - Sustainable Energy Fund (C-PACE Program Administrator)
Entry level shipping container home - rooftop gardening.
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Office Depot tasked us with creating a trade show booth for them at the 2012 Greenbuild expo in San Francisco. The results were pretty impressive. To read more about this activation, visit: boxmanstudios.com/office_depot/
Imagery provided by Nikki Ritcher twitter.com/NRitcherPhoto
Starbird Youth Center, a Redevelopment Agency project, has been awarded SILVER LEED® certification, established by the U.S. Green Building Council and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI).
The 3,840 square feet center was constructed with extensive use of recycled materials. It also boasts windows designed to capture sunrays, clerstory windows that allow the hot air to escape from the building, as well as a climate-controlled system that is maintained by a large fan to draw in air in the evening to cool down the building in the summer and a radiant floor heating system to heat the building in the winter. The Center’s large windows naturally illuminate the classrooms and lounge where neighborhood youth are tutored and socialize.
The total cost of the project was approximately $3.2 million, including $2.6 million from the San Jose Redevelopment Agency and $550,000 from Park Trust Funds.
This San Jose Redevelopment Agency photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the San Jose Redevelopment Agency.
Office Depot tasked us with creating a trade show booth for them at the 2012 Greenbuild expo in San Francisco. The results were pretty impressive. To read more about this activation, visit: boxmanstudios.com/office_depot/
Imagery provided by Nikki Ritcher twitter.com/NRitcherPhoto
Office Depot tasked us with creating a trade show booth for them at the 2012 Greenbuild expo in San Francisco. The results were pretty impressive. To read more about this activation, visit: boxmanstudios.com/office_depot/
Imagery provided by Nikki Ritcher twitter.com/NRitcherPhoto
Office Depot tasked us with creating a trade show booth for them at the 2012 Greenbuild expo in San Francisco. The results were pretty impressive. To read more about this activation, visit: boxmanstudios.com/office_depot/
Imagery provided by Nikki Ritcher twitter.com/NRitcherPhoto
Extensive Roof With A Rainwater Harvesting and Drip Irrigation System from Jay R. Smith Mfg Co.
For more information about Jay R. Smith Mfg. Co.'s Green Building Products, please visit www.jrsmith.com/green_building
Intensive Roof with Rainwater Harvesting and Irrigation System from Jay R. Smith Mfg Co.
For more information about Jay R. Smith Mfg. Co.'s Green Building Products, please visit www.jrsmith.com/green_building
From: Angela Enos
Date: Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:36 PM
Subject: Building Green in Oliver Springs, TN
My husband, Eric Enos, is building the home of our dreams. He has always wanted to build this home, but wanted some acreage to build it on. We finally found a beautiful wooded 5 acre parcel in Oliver Springs with spectacular views of the Cumberland Mountains. We broke ground in late May 2010 which included 3 months of excavating. We now have a structure with the roof sheathing in place, waiting on the standing seam metal roof to be installed soon.
Eric has always been interested in designing a maintenance free, energy efficient home for his family. Our home he designed is a simple ranch style, split bedroom plan with living and kitchen space in the center and a 3 car garage. The bedroom wings are 10’ ceilings and the center is 16’, with windows at the top for natural light. The wings and west side will be earth sheltered to take advantage of the sub-grade geo-thermal conditions.
Our house is not your conventional stick framed home, instead it is made of Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF). ICF building is gaining popularity with the Green movement as it’s rated as very energy efficient. We used Nudura Insulated Concrete forms with a 12 inch core of concrete.
The roof will be a standing seam metal roof which provides insulation and is long lasting, maintenance free. We are using 5” of closed cell foam applied to the underside of roof to provide conditioned attic space.
Optimization of awning/over-hangs on the front and rear of the house are added to take advantage of the seasonal solar conditions by blocking direct sun in the summer and permitting sunlight in the winter.
We are using a high-efficiency tanked water heater for whole house use.
The heating will be in-floor radiant heating system using a 11kw tankless water heater. The cooling unit is a high efficiency mini-split concealed duct A/C system totaling 1.5 ton to condition entire 2400 sq ft living space.
The floors in the home will be 6 inches of concrete died dark brown with various stones such as granite, ammonite, agate, petrified wood, and chunks of bronze inlayed into the concrete. Then the entire slab will be ground and polished. These floors will have an in-floor hydronic radiant heating system with multi-zone capability. The floors will be thermally bridged from the earth beneath them through the use of 2” XPS (Extruded Poly-Styrene) foam board to prevent heat sinking.
All of the appliances will be Energy Star rated.
Provisions for a future grid tied PV (Photo-Voltaic) solar system have also been installed. The panels themselves will be installed on a free standing concrete wall away from the home for ease of maintenance and so they will not present future water problems/issues for the roof. This method also preserves the aesthetics of the home.
Overall the house is extensively using maintenance free materials including concrete, stone exterior and 24 ga standing seam metal roof.
We would love to hear from you to see what you think. We are already experiencing trials and tribulations and would love to show American that it can be done!!
Thank you for you time,
Eric and Angie Enos
Stafford Associates, Dr. Eugene F. Stafford Building, is a Data Center and Office Building located on Long Island at 21 Bennetts Road in Setauket, New York. The facility incorporates many green features and anticipates a LEED Silver certification, LEED elements incorporated into the building include:
Preferred parking for hybrid vehicles & those carpooling – encourages use of these means of transportation which lowers greenhouse gas emissions
Rainwater collection for site irrigation – lowers the buildings demand for potable water
20% + of site left as open space – help maintain habitat for natural ecosystem
Cut off light fixtures – maintains dark sky
Waterless urinals, dual flush toilets & low flow fixtures – lowers buildings demand for potable water
Implementation of Construction Waste Management Plan – encourages the reuse & recycling of Construction waste & keeps useable material from the landfill
Use of SIPs (Structurally Insulated Panels) – tighter more efficient building envelope, lowers energy demand and associated pollution
Tighter building envelope and innovative building systems – approximate 30% less energy use and carbon footprint than typical building construction
Recycled content in building materials – reduces need for virgin materials and associated environmental costs
Local/regional content in building materials – supports local economy while reducing impact of transporting materials to the site
Low VOC materials – healthier indoor air for building occupants
CO2 monitoring – healthier indoor air for building occupants
The building itself is 30,000 sq. ft. and has many house like qualities to give clients, tenants and employees the sense that they are working with a family owned business. The building is adorned with rich earth tones throughout which can be found in the black marble steps with orange veins to the mahogany in the Stafford lobby, the deep brown accented carpets and natural wall coverings. Craftsmanship and high technology are infused throughout the building from the hand crafted railings in the center atriums to the Tier 3 Data Center that boasts concurrently maintainable site infrastructure guaranteeing 99.982% availability.
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From: Angela Enos
Date: Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:36 PM
Subject: Building Green in Oliver Springs, TN
My husband, Eric Enos, is building the home of our dreams. He has always wanted to build this home, but wanted some acreage to build it on. We finally found a beautiful wooded 5 acre parcel in Oliver Springs with spectacular views of the Cumberland Mountains. We broke ground in late May 2010 which included 3 months of excavating. We now have a structure with the roof sheathing in place, waiting on the standing seam metal roof to be installed soon.
Eric has always been interested in designing a maintenance free, energy efficient home for his family. Our home he designed is a simple ranch style, split bedroom plan with living and kitchen space in the center and a 3 car garage. The bedroom wings are 10’ ceilings and the center is 16’, with windows at the top for natural light. The wings and west side will be earth sheltered to take advantage of the sub-grade geo-thermal conditions.
Our house is not your conventional stick framed home, instead it is made of Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF). ICF building is gaining popularity with the Green movement as it’s rated as very energy efficient. We used Nudura Insulated Concrete forms with a 12 inch core of concrete.
The roof will be a standing seam metal roof which provides insulation and is long lasting, maintenance free. We are using 5” of closed cell foam applied to the underside of roof to provide conditioned attic space.
Optimization of awning/over-hangs on the front and rear of the house are added to take advantage of the seasonal solar conditions by blocking direct sun in the summer and permitting sunlight in the winter.
We are using a high-efficiency tanked water heater for whole house use.
The heating will be in-floor radiant heating system using a 11kw tankless water heater. The cooling unit is a high efficiency mini-split concealed duct A/C system totaling 1.5 ton to condition entire 2400 sq ft living space.
The floors in the home will be 6 inches of concrete died dark brown with various stones such as granite, ammonite, agate, petrified wood, and chunks of bronze inlayed into the concrete. Then the entire slab will be ground and polished. These floors will have an in-floor hydronic radiant heating system with multi-zone capability. The floors will be thermally bridged from the earth beneath them through the use of 2” XPS (Extruded Poly-Styrene) foam board to prevent heat sinking.
All of the appliances will be Energy Star rated.
Provisions for a future grid tied PV (Photo-Voltaic) solar system have also been installed. The panels themselves will be installed on a free standing concrete wall away from the home for ease of maintenance and so they will not present future water problems/issues for the roof. This method also preserves the aesthetics of the home.
Overall the house is extensively using maintenance free materials including concrete, stone exterior and 24 ga standing seam metal roof.
We would love to hear from you to see what you think. We are already experiencing trials and tribulations and would love to show American that it can be done!!
Thank you for you time,
Eric and Angie Enos