In This Issue: LEED® Gold NW Innovation Center: The First in Pasadena Earthlink Earns LEED® Gold: Passes Pasadena Green Building Program First Carbon Footprint Basics International Projects: Incorporating Sustainability Earth Hour 2008: Lights Out Career Opportunities Contact Us Jack Sargent Editor-in-Chief Diana Volovelskay Editor LEED® Gold NW Innovation Center: The First in Pasadena Robert Guajardo, P.E., Irvine Mechanical Engineer Back in 2006, a simple 29,000 sf light industrial building developed by J.L. Moseley Company, Inc. became the talk of the town as the first LEED® Gold certified building in the City of Pasadena and in the entire San Gabriel Valley. What was once just an "Average Joe" of a building only two years earlier, it quickly became the building we all know today as, "The NW Innovation Center," or as many like to call it, "The 45 Eureka Street Project." This adaptive reuse project located off the 210 Freeway and Fair Oaks Avenue in close proximity to Old Town Pasadena, houses a variety of tenants; including a college, a health spa, and a computer game design company. "It really was a grand collaboration of inspired professionals," said Jayson Goosey, Vice President of J.L. Moseley Company. The design team for this project was comprised of a collection of innovative designers from Glumac, PBWS Architects, Brummitt Energy Associates, and Soltierra, with additional help from frontrunners in the sustainable community.       Earthlink Earns LEED® Gold: Passes Pasadena Green Building Program First David Summers, P.E., LEED®AP, Los Angeles Associate Principal "The goal of the Pasadena Green Building Program is to encourage private sector builders to construct sustainable buildings that will serve as examples for future projects to emulate. Providing incentives for the design of buildings certified by the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED® Rating System underscores the City of Pasadena's principle of Stewardship of the Natural Environment: "To encourage and promote the stewardship of Pasadena's natural environment, including energy and water conservation, clean air, natural open space protection, and recycling." - City of Pasadena website. Pasadena implemented a Green Building Program in 2006, based upon the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED® Rating System. In addition to providing financial incentives for LEED® buildings through Pasadena Water & Power (PWP), the City of Pasadena requires that all large commercial projects be at a minimum, LEED® certified.    Carbon Footprint Basics Josh Fleischmann, San Francisco Mechanical Designer Implementing energy efficient design has been central to Glumac engineering, and is a critical issue for our industry as a whole. The building sector alone accounts for approximately 48% of the total U.S. energy consumption. This significantly contributes to global warming through the emission of carbon dioxide, a direct result of burning fossil fuels for energy. CARBON POLICY A carbon tax would regulate allowable carbon emissions, and thus, impose a tax on emissions over a decided upon maximum. This is also called direct regulation. A cap and trade system would also impose a maximum emission amount, but would allow companies the option of trading emissions from others who pollute less. While they are good financial incentives to reduce emissions, lowering building energy consumption by using efficient equipment, high performance glazing, appropriate insulation and energy from renewable resources will attack the problem at its source. In any event, recent talks of implementing a carbon tax and/or cap and trade system necessitates that engineers, at the very least, become familiar with the new terminology and basic carbon emission calculations.   International Projects: Incorporating Sustainability Dongtan -- an ideal example of a future eco-city Diana Volovelskay, San Francisco Marketing Coordinator The global construction boom over the past decade in Europe and Asia is expected to hit an all-time high in 2012, according to the International Construction Information Society (ICIS). The World Green Building Council (WGBC) notes, "China has the largest construction volume in the world." With 10 years of international building experience in both Europe and Asia, Glumac is now focused on expanding our reach into China. Working directly with owners on high-technology projects has us positioned to collaborate on a larger scale. Earth Hour 2008: Lights Out Christine Herman, Corporate Marketing Coordinator The Second Anniversary of Earth Hour 2008 took place on March 29th this year. This momentous event, which began last year in Sydney, Australia, grabbed the attention of the entire world, gaining a large community of participants. Quoted from EarthHour.org: "It started with a question: How can we inspire people to take action on climate change? The answer: Ask the people of Syd­ney to turn off their lights for one hour...."   New USGBC Branch: Silicon Valley Glumac participated in the inauguration of the Silicon Valley branch of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). Come join us at the gala on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 to launch USGBC-SV. RSVP directly with Vice Chair Lloyd Mariner, P.E., LEED AP, at lmariner@glumac.com 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. 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