In This Issue: North Mall Office Building State of Oregon Sustainability Pilot Project Achieves LEED® Gold Certification UC Santa Barbara Develops Groundbreaking Campus Sustainability Plan A Healthy Green Building: Dell Children's Medical Center Understanding Our Impact: Carbon Emissions A Domestic Alternative to Ecotourism Career Opportunities Contact Us Jack Sargent Editor-in-Chief Diana Volovelskay Editor   North Mall Office Building State of Oregon Sustainability Pilot Project Achieves LEED® Gold Certification Bob Schroeder, P.E., LEED® AP, Portland Associate Principal The State of Oregon North Mall Office Building, located on the North Capitol Mall in Salem, Oregon, was selected as the Pilot Project under the Executive Order on Sustainability in the State of Oregon. Glumac provided mechanical and electrical, technology integration and sustainable design for this 115,000 sf, three-story building with one-level of underground parking. Yost Grube Hall provided the architectural services. The sustainable design focus for the building was developed utilizing computational fluid dynamics, energy modeling, daylighting computer analysis, lighting lab modeling, white papers and life cycle analysis.     UC Santa Barbara Develops Groundbreaking Campus Sustainability Plan Glenn Claycomb, P.E., LEED® AP, San Francisco Associate Principal Glumac is a member of a small team helping the University of California, Santa Barbara, (UCSB) develop a Campus Sustainability Plan to be included in their new Long Range Development Plan, which will incorporate the academic and physical planning goals of the campus over the next 15 years. Brightworks Northwest, a Portland-based firm which helps design and implement sustainability programs, assembled a team including Glumac and two specialists in environmental assessment and management systems to respond to UCSB's request for qualifications in March. By June we were at work and in October began a series of workshops on campus. Our approach was to demonstrate the practical application of sustainability concepts to key staff who will develop goals for their own departments and collaborate on writing the Plan itself. A Healthy Green Building: Dell Children's Medical Center Jessica Witcher, Associate/Marketing Director, ccrd partners Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas is a 450,000 sf, 168-bed pediatrics hospital, located near the center of Austin at the former Robert M. Mueller Municipal Airport. Engineering services for the mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection were provided by ccrd partners, Glumac's Metier Alliance partner. This facility is served by an on-site co-generation thermal energy plant, with two electrical utility grids to provide power for the essential electrical system. The hospital was designed under the USGBC guidelines to qualify for LEED® certification, and is anticipated to open in the spring 2007. It is designed for future expansion to ultimately double its original capacity to serve the growing needs of Central Texas.   Understanding Our Impact: Carbon Emissions Sonya Salanti, Portland Marketing Coordinator and Albert Sitorus, Portland Energy Analyst Through everyday activities of using electricity, heating or cooling our offices and driving a car, each of us is responsible for adding carbon dioxide and other emissions into the air we all breathe. Carbon emissions are measured as both direct and indirect emissions. Direct carbon emission refers to the energy each individual consumes in the form of fossil fuels and electricity that we use for transportation, heating, cooling and lighting. Indirect carbon emission refers to the energy consumed in producing the materials we use in our daily lives (such as food, clothing, office supplies, computers, furniture, and all of the associated packaging). The average American produces ten tons of direct carbon emissions and 14 tons of indirect carbon emissions per year for a total of 24 tons of carbon emissions, per person, per year. Carbon dioxide emissions are the leading cause of global climate change. What are carbon offsets? A Domestic Alternative to Ecotourism                        Vancouver Hilton Hotel, Vancouver, Canada Kirk Davis, P.E., LEED® AP, Portland Principal Ecotourism. The mere mention immediately conjures up images of wide beaches with azure water complete with eco-friendly scuba diving and non-invasive hiking expeditions. A recent Google web search on "ecotourism" resulted in 4,100,000 hits. But nestled between the exotic states of Oregon and Washington the banks of the Columbia River offer a domestic alternative to ecotourism. According to Travel and Leisure magazine, even domestic destinations can be eco-friendly.   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! 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