BD+C's Project of the Week: First LEED Platinum University Building in Iowa 2010-Mar-03 From Building Design+Construction: "The King Pavilion addition to the Iowa State University College of Design has been awarded LEED Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). It is the first higher education building in Iowa to achieve LEED Platinum status." The Weidt Group provided Energy, Daylighting, and Measurement & Verification consulting services to the Design Team.
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Read our contribution to "Integrating Lighting and Daylighting" at Building Design & Construction 2010-Jan-21 Successful integration of light sources starts with a holistic sensibility about project design, tapping into the specialties of all team members at once, say experts like Tom McDougall, PE, a vice president with The Weidt Group, Minnetonka, Minn., which specializes in building energy, daylighting, and sustainability. “Identifying goals early on in the design process is part of an integrated design approach that involves architectural, lighting, and interior design right from the conceptual stage,” he says. “Daylighting is a complex design strategy that requires contribution from all these players in order to make it successful.”
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Heartland Real Estate Business Feature Article, September 2009 2009-Oct-19 "Designing for Energy Efficiency is Easy— On our Environment and the Bottom Line," by Julia Gauthier
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Black Hills Energy Adds Commercial New Construction to its DSM Programs 2009-Aug-20 Black Hills Energy has added the Commercial New Construction (CNC) program to its demand side management program offerings. A proven service in its eighteenth year—as Energy Design Assistance (EDA) provided by The Weidt Group—the goal of the CNC program is to reduce the energy consumption of new construction projects by encouraging the building owner, architect, and engineers to implement an integrated package of energy-saving strategies through whole building analysis. To date, these programs have addressed over 1000 buildings with more than 130 million square feet, saving over $72 million annually.
The Weidt Group provides EDA services to architects, engineers and building owners for similar programs offered by Xcel Energy, since 1992, MidAmerican Energy Company, since 1999, and Alliant Energy/IPL, since 2005, resulting in financial incentives to the building owner for the implementation of energy-saving strategies.
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The Weidt Group Collaborates with One-third of the ENR Top 100 Green Design Firms 2009-Aug-12 Congratulations to all of the Engineering News-Record Top 100 Green Design Firms! We are pleased and honored to work with 9 of the Top 10 and 1/3 of the Top 100. Read more at ENR's website.
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Prasad Vaidya becomes Technical Resource Expert for The Climate Positive Development Program through the Clinton Climate Initiative 2009-Aug-12 The Climate Positive Development Program (Climate+) will support the development of large-scale urban projects that strive to reduce the amount of on-site carbon emissions to below zero. Mr. Vaidya's role as Technical Resource Expert will be to assist the Climate+ developments as they strive to achieve Climate+ standards, which will include working with the Climate+ team to develop standards and metrics, best practices / technologies, and documents that assist the Climate+ program. For more information on the Climate Positive Development Program, visit the Clinton Foundation website.
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Prasad Vaidya on glass and climate in livemint.com 2009-Jan-29 We can’t seem to have enough of glass. It has become the symbol of modernity. And with good reason too. It is a versatile industrial material, lets in light through windows, lets us see through (or not, depending on whether it is translucent) and makes for shiny, clean surfaces and building forms.
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St. Olaf's Regents Hall earns prestigious Xcel Energy Award 2009-Jan-16 St. Olaf College's Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences has received Xcel Energy's Best-Integrated Design award from the company's Energy Design Assistance Program. The competition evaluated more than 100 projects completed between 2006 and 2008. The award was presented during a ceremony in Minneapolis Jan. 12.
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Normandale 'LEEDs' the Way 2009-Jan-02 Given the current state of commercial real estate, one might be forgiven for thinking that what Bloomington, MN, does not need is another office building. But in the case of the upcoming 8200 Tower at Normandale Lake Office Park, that may not be true.
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2008 eco-structure Evergreen Award - First Place for IAMU Facility 2008-Oct-31 An Iowa Municipal Facility Demonstrates Exemplary Performance Throughout Its Life
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Rockwell Collins Building Receives LEED® Gold Certification 2008-Oct-20 The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has recognized a Rockwell Collins newly constructed building in Cedar Rapids with its Leadership in Energy and Environment
Design (LEED) Gold Certification.
“This achievement was possible through a total team effort involving Rockwell Collins and OPN Architects, Ryan Companies, Alliant Energy, The Weidt Group®, Siemens and KJWW Engineering,” said Jeff Moore, senior vice president, Operations, for Rockwell Collins.
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Read the latest article from The Weidt Group in Energy Efficiency 2008-Oct-01 Design teams evaluating the performance of energy conservation measures (ECMs) calculate energy savings rigorously with established modeling protocols, accounting for the interaction between various measures. However, incremental cost calculations do not have a similar rigor. Often there is no recognition of cost reductions with integrated design, nor is there assessment of cost interactions amongst measures. This lack of rigor feeds the notion that high-performance buildings cost more, creating a barrier for design teams pursuing aggressive high-performance outcomes. This study proposes an alternative integrated methodology to arrive at a lower perceived incremental cost for improved energy performance.
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Iowa Senator Tom Harkin On Progress in the East Marshall Community School District 2008-Sep-18 "Excellent schools do not just pop up like mushrooms after a rain. They are the product of vision, leadership, persistence, and a tremendous amount of collaboration among local officials and concerned citizens. I salute the entire staff, administration, and governance in the East Marshall Community School District. In particular, I would like to recognize the leadership of the board of education--Mike Strawn, Dave Scott, Robert Thomas, Connie Allen and Steve Edwards. I would also like to recognize superintendent Dr. Alan Meyer, high school principal Rex Kozak, Dave Harrison from Design Alliance, The Weidt Group, Alliant Energy and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources."
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The Weidt Group is founding reporter of The Climate Registry 2008-Jun-04 “The Weidt Group has demonstrated exemplary environmental leadership by
courageously stepping forward to support The Climate Registry in its
preliminary stages. We are deeply grateful for their integral support in helping to
address the challenge of climate change,” said Gina McCarthy, Chair of The
Climate Registry.
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The Weidt Group is LEED® consultant for Aviva’s new USA Headquarters 2008-May-10 Striving for a LEED gold rating was a goal from day one... ...Littlefield said.
This fits in with its parent company's goal to be more environmentally friendly. "We're the first insurance company that globally went to a carbon-neutral position with respect to its operations," Littlefield said. "It's a very high priority for the organization to reduce our footprint and be a good citizen in the communities we where operate."
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David Eijadi named one of the Midwest Real Estate News Forty over 40 2008-Jan-29 Mr. Eijadi, Principal of The Weidt Group, is one of the key individuals who directs the firm's Design Assistance services for sustainable design and high performance buildings. A LEED® Accredited Professional, he has consulted to architectural desing teams on utility-sponsored Energy Design Assistance (EDA) in Minnesota, Iowa and Colorado.
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WCCO Press 2008-Jan-12 "A platinum certification is extraordinary, really," said David Ejadi, an architect who's worked on sustainable design and construction.
"To go from LEED gold to LEED platinum is a huge challenge because they're asking you to do everything, to literally leave nothing on the table," said David Eijadi, from the The Weidt Group.
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Las Vegas PBS Press 2007-Dec-10 Representatives of the Weidt Group, which oversees the environmental impact of building design and construction, will discuss the concepts and designs behind the new three-story, $37.5 million Vegas PBS Technology Campus, expected to be completed in October 2008.
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