energy/green buildings

• Des Plaines Casino LEED Certification, Des Plaines, IL: Management of project movement toward LEED certification under the new LEED v.3 system. Currently registered with GBCI and pursuing the goal of base-level certification for all site and structural elements at a negligible cost premium. Projected for completion in 2011.
• 900 North Michigan Green Roof East, Chicago, IL: Project management of a 15,000-square-foot green roof topping nine stories on the building's east side. Includes a 700-square-foot terrace and a variety of irrigated sedums, grasses, trees, and flowering perennials. Proceeding in conjunction with lower-level structural retrofits and a 9th-floor office reconfiguration. Projected for completion in fall 2010.
• Hotel Energy Reduction Consulting, Chicago, IL: Leadership in strategically reducing energy consumption for the Four Seasons and Ritz Carlton hotels based on the ownership's carbon emissions targets. Ongoing.
• Century Park West Solar Installation, Los Angeles, CA: Project management of 495 kW AC-CEC rated photovoltaic installation on the upper level of a parking structure. Includes 2,200 Sharp PV panels over approximately an acre of parking deck. Completed in February 2010.
• MGM Tower Solar Installation, Los Angeles, CA: Project management of 431 kW AC-CEC rated photovoltaic installation on the upper level of a parking structure — the third largest PV system in the city at the time of installation. Includes over 1,400 Schott PV panels. Completed in December 2009.
• The Residences at 900 Green Roof, Chicago, IL: Managed the installation of a 14,000 sf intensive green roof in conjunction with the Residences at 900 redevelopment. The roof garden extends over the west side of the building over office and parking structure uses. Includes recreational roof deck terrace surrounded by 20,000 regional plantings. Complete Spring 2008.

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