In This Issue: Pasadena City Hall Pursues LEED® Certification for an Historic Landmark Renovation Everything You Need to Know about Photovoltaics without Being an Engineer Auckland Zoo: A Passion for Ecological Sustainability Award Winning Engineering Design Glumac Opens New Office in Downtown Los Angeles Career Opportunities Contact Us Jack Sargent Editor-in-Chief Diana Volovelskay Editor    Pasadena City Hall Pursues LEED® Certification for an Historic Landmark Renovation Rich Wells, P.E., LEED® AP, San Francisco Associate Principal Glumac provided mechanical, plumbing and fire protection engineering services for the seismic upgrade and rehabilitation of the historically significant city hall in Pasadena's Civic Center. The three-story building was completed in 1927 and is designated as a Cultural Heritage Landmark in the National Register of Historic Places.     Everything You Need to Know about Photovoltaics without Being an Engineer Herb Knieriem, P.E., LEED® AP, Certified Energy Manager Photovoltaics (PV) is a solid-state technology that converts solar radiation directly into electrical power, with no moving parts, requiring no fuel, and creating virtually no pollutants over its life cycle. As long as the sun is shining, energy can be developed directly by use of a PV module. Auckland Zoo: A Passion for Ecological Sustainability Glumac's Metier Alliance partner, Lincolne Scott, integrates sustainable design into the construction of the new Auckland Zoo Entry Complex.   Award Winning Engineering Design Craig Corson, Associate in the San Francisco office received the ASHRAE Golden Gate Chapter First Place 2005 Technology Award for his presentation on Glumac's design of one of the first Cogeneration Plants in San Francisco, located at One Market Plaza. Crystal Watson, LEED® AP, Mechanical Designer in the Portland office was one of the main student researchers as part of the team "Dr. Spolek and Students" for Portland State University. The university received the BEST Award for the team's studies in Stormwater Management from The Office of Sustainability of the City of Portland. On behalf of the Portland office, Kirk Davis, P.E., LEED® AP, Managing Principal, received the Portland General Electric Award for Environmental Leadership and Support of Renewable Power. Glumac Opens New Office in Downtown Los Angeles The opening of our new downtown Los Angeles office this July marks Glumac's sixth west coast location. The office is headed up by Edwin Lee, Managing Director with 21 years of mechanical engineering experience along with Mechanical Engineer David Summers, Associate. Edwin was previously with Glumac in Irvine, and David was previously with Glumac in Portland.   Career Opportunities Glumac is looking for talented, creative, energetic professionals to participate in our continued success. If you are interested in sustainability and working with other talented people, we want to talk to you. We offer outstanding compensation and benefits. Send your resume to careers@glumac.com today! Contact Us! Contact us at the numbers below or via email at: info@glumac.com Seattle - 206.262.1010 1325 4th Avenue, #1515 Seattle, WA 98101 Portland - 503.227.5280 320 SW Washington Street, #200 Portland, OR 97204 Sacramento - 916.934.5103 910 Glenn Drive Folsom, CA 95630 Las Vegas - 702.990.3686 3960 Howard Hughes Parkway, #500 Las Vegas, NV 89169 San Francisco - 415.398.7667 150 California Street, 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Irvine - 949.833.8190 16735 Von Karman Avenue, #250 Irvine, CA 92606 Los Angeles - 213.239.8866 617 West 7th Street, #500 Los Angeles, CA 90017 Silicon Valley - 408.720.8904 525 Del Rey Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 We want to keep you up to date on relevant engineering news that may affect the way you design, build and maintain your buildings. We value your privacy. If you choose not to receive future newsletters from us, simply click here to unsubscribe and type "unsubscribe" in the subject line. If this newsletter was forwarded to you, you may click here to subscribe.