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For
over forty years, Tate has driven an innovative, integrated
approach to new building construction and renovation.
Its core messages are synonymous with green building
qualities: systems integration, energy efficiency,
optimum indoor environment quality and cost effectiveness.
Tate is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council,
and supports the goals of creating a healthy environment,
and practicing environmental responsibility in a cost
effective and energy efficient manner.
Recycled Excuses
When the county
was looking to get out of leased office space
back in 2003, Angrisano says, he suggested
the green building as a way to save money,
not the environment....."It's our estimation
that the Sunset Drive Office Building cost somewhere
between nothing and 2 percent additional to be
green, compared to other recently built
county buildings,"...... |
Building
Has Workers' Health in Mind
It
turns out that how your workplace
is designed makes a huge
difference. FOX 26's Melinda
Spaulding shows you a new "green" building in
west Houston that is helping
employees breathe easier
at work. "Ground-level
air conditioning lowers energy demands, has better indoor air quality and lets
workers control their own space temperature." |
Comfort,
Sustainability & Energy Savings
Using Moving Air , November 2007
This paper will
show a very effective way to make
a building more economical, ergonomic
and sustainable by the use of moving
air to provide comfort cooling.
ASHRAE Standard 55 provides for doing
so, provided the air is under direct
personal control of the occupant.
It is known as Task/Ambient Conditioning,
or TAC. The principal has been used
effectively in automobiles and airplanes
for many years. The following will
show that not only will this save
a substantial amount of energy, but
it will also allow individuals to
control their environment and select
the perceived temperature to meet
their varying needs. This will virtually
eliminate the number one complaint
in most offices. By combining the
TAC system with Displacement Ventilation,
additional energy can be saved and
the indoor air quality (IAQ) maximized. |
Army
Green, Environmental Design & Construction,
October 2007
You
might not expect the United States Army to employ
sustainable construction practices. But in fact,
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) adopted
the LEED Green Building Rating System in 2002.
The military version
is called SPiRiT,
which is the acronym
for Sustainable Project
Rating Tool....Category
8 covers Future Missions
and encourages designers
and architects to
develop long-lasting,
durable facilities
amenable to adaptation,
renewal and many
different future
uses. Recommendations
include open floor
plans, service corridors,
interstitial space,
access floors, demountable
walls, modular furniture,
and other adaptable
features. Category
8 also recommends
selecting materials
that are recyclable,
while avoiding composite
materials such as
reinforced plastics
and carpet fibers
and backing. |
HVAC
System Saves State Government $90,000
Annually, September 2007
The
goal for
the 120,000-square-foot
Lewis and
Clark Building
in Jefferson
City, Mo.,
was a Gold
certification
under the
USGBC’s
LEED for
new construction
rating system.
That’s
an ambitious
goal, but
the building,
home to the
Missouri
Department
of Natural
Resources,
did even
better: It
earned a
Platinum
certification,
the first
state office
building
to hit that
mark. ....The
building
saves about
$90,000 in
annual energy
use compared
to conventional
buildings
of similar
size. |
Aging
Like A Fine Wine, Eco-Structure, March 2007
Marking a major milestone
in California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s
Green Building Initiative (www.green.ca.gov),
the California Department of Education Building
has become the first pre-existing, state-owned
U.S. office building to achieve USGBC’s
LEED Platinum rating for Existing Buildings
after already having been certified LEED
Gold for New Construction in 2003....An underfloor
air-distribution system reduces overhead
ductwork and improves airflow delivering
cool air at a higher temperature and lower
velocity cooling to the level around the
workers...In addition to energy savings,
the building's indoor environmental quality
for employees and visitors has been improved
through the use of efficient ventilation
and air distribution. |
Tower
of Tomorrow, CNNMoney.com, December 2006
Under-floor
air distribution improves air quality. Flexible
communal spaces replace fixed individual
stations. Chairs and workstations are ergonomic.
Smart monitors detect the presence of people
and adjust temperature, light, air and sound
as needed. This allows individuals to control
their environment. Our motto: "We don't
heat or cool ghosts." |
Sustainable
Design Reaches a Highmark, architectmag.com,
September 2006
An underfloor air distribution
system (UFAD) with a platform from Tate Access
Floors serves the office spaces. Currently,
about 15 to 20 percent of all new commercial
office space employs a UFAD, according to
Stephen Spinazzola. A UFAD counts toward
one point for LEED because of its ventilation
effectiveness, adds Spinazzola, PE, director
of engineering and a vice president at RTKL.
He was an engineer on the project. |
Green
& Profitable, betterbricks.com, 2006
Gary Christensen is
the owner of Christensen Corporation, a commercial
development firm located in Boise, Idaho.
He’s also one of a handful of developers
in the Northwest who’s focusing on high
performance, sustainable projects. Gary has
successfully figured out how “green”
can mean both sustainable and profitable.
His high standards—for design, for materials
and for building performance—are well-known
among his colleagues. |
Green
Positioning in Property Development, www.BetterBricks.com
Every building needs
a tenant, every investor needs property to
buy, and every business needs a place to
operate. Naturally, it’s up to realtors
to match them up. For some, location is a
top priority. Others want their rent to be
as affordable as possible. And now, as green
(a.k.a. sustainable) building has quickly
begun to transform from niche market to a
mainstream component of the design and construction
industry, commercial realtors and developers
are finding a new set of environmental criteria
for tenants to consider. |
Green
Building Report: Raised Floors - A Green Building
Advantage, Building Operating Management,
May 2004
"In 1993, the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental
Protection occupied the newly constructed
Rachel Carson State Office Building, a traditional
16-story government office structure. When
it was designed in the early 1980s, green
buildings were unheard of. Raised- floor
systems were used extensively in computer
rooms....A look at what the Carson building
missed shows how raised floors can help make
a design both green and cost- effective." |
Why
Build Green?, Vermont Green Building Network
"The benefits
of 'building green' are explored, including
conservation of natural resources, creating
healthier environments through better indoor
air quality and raised flooring, and the
reduction of overall operating costs." |
Lewis
& Clarke to Dedicate Another Green Building,
April 2005, The Business Journal
"Howard Hall is
expected to consume 40 percent less energy
than a typical building of the same size,
thanks in large part to raised-floor displacement
ventilation and night cooling systems." |
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University - 'Green' Design Gets Test
Drive, Craig Barner, March 2005, Midwest
Construction
"Sustainable
design concepts were incorporated into
this building in part because "green"
engineering is hot. 'The goal is to use
20% less energy in the EDC due to its
design vs a similar structure with conventional
approach', Baehr said (Sr. Project Manager
at NU). 'Significant savings and flexibility
will be realized because ventilation
is provided via the building's raised
floor/ distribution system" |
Green
Building Costs & Financial
Benefits', October 2003, Barr
Foundation, Massachusetts Technology
Collaborative
"There is growing
recognition of the large health and productivity
costs imposed by poor indoor
environmental quality (IEQ) in commercial
buildings—estimated variously at up
to hundreds
of billions of dollars per year.....some
relevant attributes common in green buildings
that promote healthier work environments:
Generally improved thermal comfort and better
ventilation
— especially in buildings that use
underfloor air for spaceconditioning." |
Green
Ideas for Energy Efficient HVAC Systems, Phil
Sheridan, September 2003, Buildings Magazine
"As more projects
stress sustainability and energy conservation,
owners are rethinking the basics of building
design to balance long-term functional and
operational efficiency with sensitivity to
the environment and resource use. Raised-floor
ventilation systems, a staple of computer
rooms for decades, have also been adapted
successfully for various building types. Instead
of trying to control a room’s entire
air volume from the ceiling, a raised-floor
system needs to provide circulation only
at the level occupied by people. With a smaller
volume of air to displace, the system requires
less energy to achieve the same circulation
rate." |
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William
McDonough, Heidi Schwartz, June 2003,
Today's Facility Manager
"In 1996, he
became the only individual to receive
the Presidential Award for Sustainable
Development, the nation's highest environmental
honor. McDonough has been recognized as
a "Hero for the Planet" by
Time (2/22/99).......Our use of raised
floors on a large scale is a real serious
idea. We've had thousands of architects
come through our buildings to witness
our use of raised flooring. We're seeing
raised flooring as the standard in Silicon
Valley. It allows us to use nighttime
air, so everybody has fresh air. It's
a marvelous thing." |
Green
Design Grows Up, Regina Raiford Babcock, May
2003, Buildings Magazine
"Real World Examples
of High-performance Buildings Cut Costs and
Please End users....According to Crawley,
while the majority of interest in the site
stems from design professionals, increasingly
building owners have shown interest in energy-efficient
design....A good portion of my job [in environmental
health and safety] was to limit the liability
of our institution. There are so many things
in this building that were thought out thoroughly,”
says Wolfe-Cragin. For example, carpet tiles
and a raised flooring system were used for
increased flexibility, and low-VOC paints
and adhesives limit the occurrence of indoor
air quality complaints." |
The
Capital's Crown Jewel, December 2003, McGraw
Hill Construction
"Located at the
easterly terminus of Capitol Park, the project
is a multi-block, mixed-use office development
that consolidates three major departments
of state government.....The project’s
features respond to energy efficiency and
green building standards established in Assembly
Bill 2432....It makes use of abundant natural
lighting and even allows employees to control
their own environment by adjusting a unique
under-floor air distribution system." |
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Driving
Green at American Honda, July 2003, Buildings
Magazine
"The Northwest
Regional Facility is a multi-use building,
containing 18,825 square feet of office
space; a 25,103-square-foot training center;
and a parts warehouse that is 168,960
square feet in size. It’s rare
for industrial facilities to be built
with the environment in mind, a fact
that the U.S. Green Building Council
also recognized when it awarded the facility
its Gold LEED rating in September 2002......Office
occupants can make adjustments for personal
comfort because external vents and raised
access flooring draw air from outside,
filter it, and adjust it to the proper
temperature.." |
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