In This Issue: Platinum Performance: The Armory Building, Portland Center Stage LEED® Gold Benefits Beginning to Shine in Toyota Buildings Glumac Hosts Revit® Training Groups Glumac Provides Training on Building Commissioning and Sustainability LEED® News & Notes Controlling Thermal Mixing Reduces Energy Consumption in Data Centers Career Opportunities Contact Us Jack Sargent Editor-in-Chief Diana Volovelskay Editor                                     Photo courtesy of Ralph DiNola, LEED AP, Principal, GBS Platinum Performance: The Armory Building, Portland Center Stage Bob Schroeder, P.E., LEED®AP, Portland Associate Principal The past and future meet at the Portland Armory, a 19th century landmark in the heart of Portland's Pearl District, which has been transformed into a performing arts center, a community space and shining example of sustainable design. The team of Gerding Edlen Development, GBD Architects, their consultants and the client, Portland Center Stage, developed the Armory as the first historic building on the National Register of Historic Places to achieve Platinum status under the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) LEED® Rating System.     LEED® Gold Benefits Beginning to Shine in Toyota Buildings David Mitchell, P.E., LEED®AP, Irvine Associate Principal The Toyota South Campus project was showcased in two recent articles about green building: Toyota's "Green Acres" merited a sidebar in the Harvard Business Review about "Building the Green Way;" and was highlighted in Roger Vincent's article, "The Greening of Work," which appeared in the Los Angeles Times this past August. There is a huge potential benefit to building owners in having healthier and more productive buildings. The Toyota South Campus building in Torrance, California, designed by LPA Architects, has now been occupied for nearly four years. The benefits of their LEED® Gold certification are beginning to shine. According to Toyota representatives, they have found improvements in employee productivity and generally higher worker morale at this facility. In case studies from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), working in an environmentally friendly building can produce an increase in productivity by as much as 16%. Toyota has reported a 14% drop in their employee absenteeism. This measured improvement translates to a considerable cost savings. Toyota has also found that their employee retention rate has increased on this campus as compared to other existing buildings owned by Toyota Motor Sales USA.   Glumac Hosts Revit® Training Groups Rem Wilson, LEED®AP, Portland Associate Principal Not content with the status quo, Glumac is taking new strides in the delivery of exceptional mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) design. We understand that to remain on the cutting edge of the A/E/C industry, we must provide our clients with the most integrated designs possible. We have determined that 3D Design is a very effective tool that offers integration of multiple systems, detailed material take-offs and comprehensive design of increasingly complicated projects. We have set an ambitious corporate goal to become an industry leader in 3D Design.   Glumac Providing Training on Building Commissioning and Sustainability Andee Clark, Sacramento Associate Office Manager As a leader in building commissioning and sustainable design, Glumac is making a commitment to keep the industry educated and informed on sustainability issues and trends. One of the most important topics related to sustainability is building commissioning. Bradley Brooks, Ed.D., has made several presentations on building commissioning to various architectural firms, companies and organizations including the San Francisco Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Sacramento Chapter of the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) detailing the requirements, documentation, and costs involved with commissioning. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has invited Bradley to speak at the 2007 National Convention & Design Exposition in San Antonio, Texas. To follow the convention theme of "Growing Beyond Green," Bradley's presentation is titled "Build it Green, Keep it Green," and is focused on the fact that green and sustainable buildings may be ineffective unless the facilities staff is trained to optimize performance of the systems. As building designs evolve, the operation of buildings must transform to retain the low environmental impacts of the design. The design and construction industry needs to address the proper training of building operators to ensure that green buildings are operated in a sustainable manner. LEED® News & Notes Erik Ring, P.E., LEED®AP, Irvine Associate  LEED® Recognizes California and Oregon State Energy Codes USGBC now allows LEED-NC projects to use California Title-24 or the Oregon State Energy Code (in lieu of ASHRAE Standard 90.1) as the basis of energy analysis for Energy & Atmosphere 'Optimize Energy Performance' LEED points. For Glumac's LEED projects in California and Oregon, this allows us to perform one energy analysis as the basis of both permitting and the LEED-NC project application. Glumac is committed to providing cost effective energy analysis as part of our green building engineering services, exceeding local energy codes, while optimizing LEED points. LEED®-AP Exam Changes The LEED Accredited Professional (LEED-AP) exam has recently been revised to include three separate "tracks" of the exam, based on LEED-NC, LEED-CI, and LEED-EB. Glumac currently has 48 "LEED-AP's" assisting our clients in designing, constructing, and commissioning LEED certified buildings. Glumac has provided engineering services for over a dozen LEED certified projects (including our San Francisco and Portland offices), along with numerous LEED registered projects currently in design and construction. More information about the LEED-AP exam can be found at: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CategoryID=1306 GreenBuild 2007 to be in Los Angeles GreenBuild, the USGBC's annual conference and expo, will be held November 7-9, 2007 at the Los Angeles convention center, down the street from Glumac's LA Office. Glumac engineers have volunteered with the USGBC Los Angeles Chapter to be part of the planning for this event and will be active participants in welcoming USGBC to the city of angels. More information can be found at http://www.greenbuildexpo.org/. Controlling Thermal Mixing Reduces Energy Consumption in Data Centers Mike Nichols, P.E., LEED®AP, San Francisco Associate Principal For those who own and operate mission critical facilities, complex and dynamic cooling requirements continue to present a challenge, and the need for a more sophisticated cooling solution. This resolution must deal with the diverse power densities and uneven loading that occurs in a majority of existing data center facilities. Conventional data centers operate at apower density range of 30 to 150 Watts per square foot (W/sf). Power densities of the €next generation' of data centers will be double or even triple current densities, due to more concentrated heat output of blade servers and other new data processing equipment being installed. 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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