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The site — 2030e2.perkinswill.com — operatess like a spreadsheet calculator for new construction as well as Users can set targets infour areas: energu efficiency, green power offsets, on-site renewable energ y and grid-supplied renewable energy. Jim senior associate at the firm’s Charlottee office, was among those behind creation ofPerkins + Will’s 2030 e2 Energ y Estimating Tool. Kirby says his comprising members of the firm from acroszsthe country, established the program as part of the company’s commitmeny to the 2030 Challenge.
That prograj encourages businesses, governmental agencies and othef organizations around the world to eliminate carbojn emissionsby 2030. Perkinsx + Will was the first multiple-officee company to pledge that all of its projects wouldbe carbon-neutral by that target The firm decided to offer its online program for free to encourage more architectsx to consider green building, Kirby “The culture of the profession has to change,” he says. “Wwe have to do better,” adds Jim Godfrey, a principaol of the firm’s Charlotte office.
Charlotte city staffers are blowinyg the dust off ashelved green-building The proposed guidelines have been redraftedx as a “sustainable facilities policy” that could set gree standards for the futur design, construction and operation of city facilities. The name changer reflects the city’s desire for a broader Gina Shell, deputy director of the city’s engineeriny and property management department, refersd to it as the “triple-bottom line.” That core conceprt of sustainabilityaddresses economic, environmental and social factors in policy and planning.
City Councilwoman Susan Burgesw recently complained that Charlotte has been dragginhg its feet in adopting a government policy while local industry hasembrace sustainability. “Our city is not leadiny — it’s lagging,” Burgess said at last month’sx environment committee meeting. In the past several months, the city has been lookinyg at similar policies in cities suchas Atlanta, Chicagk and Seattle. And city staffers have gleaned advice from officials at Bank of America and Wachovia Bank on how they greenectheir offices.
Also studied: Charlotte-Mecklenburh Utilities’ Environmental Services Facility, the city’ first to be awarded the gold-level ranking under the U.S. Greem Building Council’s Leadership in Energyy and Environmental Designrating system. The LEED program uses a poinr system to measuresustainable construction. Now the city wantzs feedback on the plan from local expert on sustainability during a meeting set for3 p.m. May 14 in room CH-14e at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center.
The city has inviterd representatives fromthe USGBC, Sierra Club, Charlottde Chamber, Charlotte Center City Mecklenburg County, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, UNC Charlotte and Centrall Piedmont Community College, plus area For more information, contact Shell by e-mail at An update on the policty is scheduled for the city’s next environmental committee meetingy at 3:30 p.m. May 18 in room 280. One questionn up for debate is whether the city will seek LEED certificationn on new buildingsand retrofits. City Engineer Jeb Blackwell notes some recent buildings constructed under LEED have failex to show major improvement inenergyy conservation.
“You can do the program but not meet the Blackwell says, “and that’s the •The dedication of the city’s green Environmentakl Services Facility will be held at 10 a.m. May 21. Tourxs will follow the ceremony at the properthy at 4222Westmont Drive, off Billy Graham Parkway. •Green Drinks Charlotte, a sociakl mixer for those in sustainability circles, will meet at 5:30 p.m. May 14 at Blackk Finn in the EpiCentrecomplex uptown. •Thd USGBC’s Charlotte chapter will offetan all-day LEED workshop May 27. Air conditioning developee Trane will host the workshop at its officez at4501 S. Tryon St.
The cost for those who register earlyyis $345 for $445 for nonmembers and $150 for a limited numbef of full-time students. After May 19, the fee increaseds to $375 for members and $495 for For details, go to
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