Sustainability & LEED – Value vs. Cost LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a program started by the US Green Building Council to create a process whereby a building can… Read More
LEED for Data Centers V4 – Voicing some Concerns This office is a big fan of LEED. Whether you go through the entire LEED certification process, or you use the process as a guideline… Read More
SLU-Stainability Expo Yesterday, Brett, Jacob and I had the privilege of presenting our work at the SLUstainability Expo, held in the Center for Global Citizenship. It featured… Read More
Emerson Sorocaba receives LEED Silver certification! We received our construction review comments from the GBCI this week, and it’s official, Emerson Sorocaba has earned LEED Silver from the Green Building Certification… Read More
Stinson Morrison Hecker achieves LEED certification! It took a bit longer than expected, but Stinson Morrison Hecker’s new Clayton offices made LEED Silver. Some of the highlights of their LEED strategy… Read More
Energy Efficient Buildings – the Architect’s Role I recently completed reading the National Renewable Energy Laboratory‘s (NREL) Technical Support Document entitled: Strategies for 50% Energy Savings in Large Office Buildings (pdf). As… Read More
Fox Project Featured – St. Louis Business Journal In the April 15 – 21 issue of The St. Louis Business Journal the Fox designed regional offices of Stinson, Morrison, Hecker’s are featured. The… Read More
LEED™ing Brazil With all this new opportunity for LEED accredited projects in Brazil, I’ve decided to take the plunge and take the exam. Even though being a… Read More
LEED – Public Comments From the USGBC – LEED website: In early November, USGBC launched the 1st Public Comment Period for the next version of the LEED Rating System.… Read More
AFCOM conference, a question of Power Usage Effectiveness I recently spoke at AFCOM, presenting with Keith Gislason and Jeff Sturgeon from Emerson. We gave what AFCOM calls a “virtual tour” of the Emerson… Read More
Planting a SEED On September 22, 2010, a group of local architects, designers and active community members gathered at FOAM – a coffee/beer bar at Jefferson and Cherokee… Read More
LEED’s transition from Version 2.2 to Version 3 Here at Fox Architects we are often asked to describe how LEED has changed from the earlier version 2.2 to version 3. The majority of… Read More