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| Underfloor Air |
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| Developer: Rick
Collins, VP of development with Ryan Companies US Selling Green in the Spec Office Market Building Design & Construction March 2008 Underfloor air distribution is a big selling point, says Collins of Ryan Companies, which will offer UFAD throughout its Two MarketPointe building. “What we are selling [with UFAD] is the ability to provide employees control over the volume of air flow in their personal space. That is not something that’s been available in this market before,” says Collins, who adds that improved indoor air quality and the ability for tenants to reconfigure their space faster and more efficiently also make UFAD a great draw. |
| Developer: Gary
Christensen, The Christensen Corporation Selling Green in the Spec Office Market Building Design & Construction March 2008 For example, the additional cost for underfloor air distribution was offset by requiring less mechanical equipment for air distribution and modular electrical distribution, says Christensen. |
| Developer: Randy
Swearingen, VP of office development with Aardex,
Golden, Colo. Selling Green in the Spec Office Market Building Design & Construction March 2008 For instance, to help cover the additional first costs for the building’s underfloor air distribution system, the team reduced the height of the building by approximately one foot per floor, which “dramatically lowered our building skin cost,” says Swearingen. “Integrated design was a major time and money saver.” |
| 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." |
Developer:
Daniel J. Slack, President of Calamos
Real Estate LLC |
| Developer:
Bob Naito, Heritage Development Article: Green Positioning in Property Development betterbricks.com July 2006 "We discovered that higher energy efficiency, more efficient use of space, maximizing views and daylight, better indoor air quality, raised access floor, and many other features, all turn out to meet green building goals and to make a better office building." |
| Developer:
Christensen Corporation Article: Green and Profitable, a conversation with Gary Christensen, Owner of Christensen Corporation betterbricks.com June 2006 "Every technology has benefits for tenants and owners alike. The underfloor air system saves energy costs for me, it provides better air quality for the tenants, and allows for individual control of ventilation in every exterior office." |
| Developer:
Hines Interests Limited Partnership |
| Developer:
The Beitler Company Article: J. Paul Beitler Interview www.emporis.com “With Dearborn Center...Prime Group Realty Trust chairman Mike Reschke and I decided that we would...incorporate into Dearborn Center as many features that had evolved over the past 10 years as possible...the first things we did…was to design a building that not only has a 14-inch raised floor…but we also put the heating, ventilating and air conditioning under the floor...This meant that businesses could...reconfigure themselves in a very short period of time and in an inexpensive way...So Dearborn Center really, aside from being an absolutely exquisite shell of a building, is equally impressive inside with the technology that it has.” |
| Developer:
Barker Pacific Group |
