Prospecting for Silver Striking Platinum: Our First LEED Project
| Autor: | David Graham, Gregory T . Hicks, Steve Adams, Rick Weber, Bryan Bobrick, James MacGillivray, James Wernicke, Morgan Royce, Greg Miller, Susan C. Barnett |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Green Building. 5:78-90 |
| ISSN: | 1943-4618 1552-6100 |
| Popis: | Prospecting demands positive future orientation, hope, sometimes not even knowing what it is you might discover. We were hopeful prospectors on our first LEED project, not exactly sure what we might strike. We sought silver sustainability for the University of New Mexico (UNM) College of Education Building (COE); what we discovered was even more precious and rare, platinum. Getting there entailed chipping away at each sustainable LEED credit until we hit pay dirt, the first publicly-funded and second LEED Platinum building in New Mexico. Gregory T. Hicks & Associates P.C. Architects was contracted by UNM to design a LEED Silver Certified building for its new COE Administration and Classroom Building, Phase 1. All new, state-funded buildings in New Mexico must achieve a minimum LEED Silver certification as mandated by Governor's Executive Order. Two of our staff, Jim MacGillivray and Jay Davis, are LEED APs, and our Principal, Gregory T. Hicks, has taken several USGBC courses, but this being our f... |
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