This afternoon I attended a specialty update system on the weighting system that is the underlying methodology behind the allocation of points in the upcoming 2012 LEED system. For those unaware, the USGBC is currently working to develop the next version of the LEED green building certification system, which is planned for release in 2012 and implementation in 2013. The public comment period for the 2nd draft of the LEED 2012 system closed recently. The Degenkolb Sustainability ...
Posted by Matthew Comber on October 7, 2011 5:34 PM
Day 2 of the Greenbuild conference started for me at an education session learning about cool roofs and efforts of another major structural firm in embodied carbon accounting. The cool roof portion of the session consisted of a presentation about the reduction in energy required for buildings to manage their internal air temperatures in hot climates that can be realized by using cool roof systems. Cool roof systems are basically highly reflective roofing systems that reflect sunlight away ...
Posted by Matthew Comber on October 6, 2011 5:08 PM
The second half of day 1 of the Greenbuild conference was spent attending the final education session for the day and keeping myself occupied in the expo hall. The education session I attended was an overview of green building codes and a discussion on green building code implementation & enforcement as well as incentivizing better performance. The first half hour of this session consisted of an overview of the levels of green building incentives and code mandates ...
Posted by Matthew Comber on October 6, 2011 4:42 PM
Greetings everyone from the 2011 annual Greenbuild Conference and Expo, hosted by USGBC (the organization responsible for the LEED building sustainability rating system). This year's Greenbuild conference is being held in Toronto, Ontario. The conference is packed with representatives from all walks of life within the green building community including everyone from engineers/architects/designers to owners to policy-makers to investors to attorneys and the list goes on. I’ll be writing the next few days about what is happening ...
Posted by Matthew Comber on October 5, 2011 10:36 PM
Degenkolb project managers Holly Razzano, Ray Pugliesi, and Gina Sandoval attended the grand opening of Stanford University's latest signature building, the William H. Neukom Law building. The building, named after Stanford law alum and SF Giants Managing General Partner, Bill Neukom, sets a new standard for collaborative, integrated education. Building features include a towering rotunda that echoes the campus's main entry way as well as a faculty garden, informal meeting spaces, faculty offices, student lounges, and the Mills ...
Posted by Laurie on May 24, 2011 7:22 PM
Congrats to the design team for UC Santa Cruz Cowell Student Health Center achieving LEED Gold!
Degenkolb provided full structural engineering design and construction administration services for the complete
renovation, seismic strengthening and expansion of the University’s student health center. The original building
was a 30,000 square foot building designed and built in the late 1960s. Degenkolb also worked on the design of a new 10,000 square-foot two-story addition plus the interconnecting bridge.
The seismic strengthening was designed to meet the Basic ...
Posted by Shafaq Chawla on January 24, 2011 10:58 PM
