June 10, 2011
Friday, 9am-5pm
CES/AIA LU (HSW/SD) 7 units
As stewards of the build environment, how do we rationalize the impacts of buildings on the environment when buildings consume over 40% of annual resources? This program will give you an overview of recent “green” building techniques, materials, and systems as well as address the current “state of the art” and best available practices. Topics will include evaluations of third-party rating systems, the impacts of buildings on the environment, and how more action is needed than the current level of thinking about sustainability. A diverse group of benchmark projects at various scales will be examined. Participants will have an opportunity to consider how these concepts may be applied to their own projects and practices. The program will also identify regenerative methodologies and the most effective ways to increase the social, economic, and environmental vitality of 21st-century communities. A collaborative dialogue will explore how integrative systems-based design strategies may be used to increase human health and productivity while reducing operating costs and carbon footprint.
Coordinators: Click names for more info
2011 AIA National Architecture Firm Award
Any list of accomplished, influential environmentalists and preservationists includes Bob Berkebile. Highly regarded by fellow professionals and the recipient of numerous awards, Bob has focused his career on improving the quality of life in our society with the integrity and spirit of his firm’s work.
Bob is a founding principal of BNIM, which was recently awarded the 2011 AIA Firm Award. Over the course of his 45 year career, Bob’s contributions to the industry have transformed the architectural practice. He is the founding chairman of the American Institute of Architects’ National Committee on the Environment (AIA COTE) and was also instrumental in the formation of the US Green Building Council and its LEED rating system. Bob’s work as an architect and thought leader in sustainable methodologies continue to increase the national and global momentum towards triple bottom line solutions in our built environments.
Bob has received numerous awards and honors throughout his career, including a highly-regarded Heinz Award in 2009 from Theresa Heinz and the Heinz Family Foundation for his leadership and commitment to the environment.
Bob and his firm are setting new standards for regenerative design and resource efficiency at the building and community scales on a broad range of projects including: the Omega Institute for Sustainable Living, which is the world’s first LEED Platinum Living Building; the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia, which will transform education and research by setting a new benchmark as the world’s most sustainable academic lab building; Eden Hall Campus of Chatham University that will become a model sustainable living and learning community for the region and beyond; and the Oberlin Green Arts District at Oberlin College, which will a pilot for a partnership between the college and the City to create the first post-carbon economy in America.
David Hertz is the founder and president of S.E.A., Studio of Environmental Architecture and Syndesis Inc., established in 1984 as a multi-disciplinary architecture, design, research and development and manufacturing firm with a specialty in sustainable design. Syndesis is noted for its development of Syndecrete®, an innovative precast lightweight concrete architectural surfacing material which, incorporates recycled aggregates an early progenitor of green building materials.
Graduating with a Bachelor of Architecture from SCI-ARC in 1983, David worked in the office of Architect, John Lautner for 3.5 years. After travel and study in Europe, David returned to serve an internship in the office of Frank O. Gehry and Associates FAIA before opening his own firm in 1984.
The work of David Hertz has been widely acknowledged, published and exhibited internationally and includes, amongst his numerous publications, 2 covers of Dwell Magazine in addition to major publications, articles and books. Additionally, there have been numerous local, state, national and international awards for the design work.
David’s work has been exhibited in the MOMA, Museum of Modern Art in N.Y. The Smithsonian and the National Building Museum as well as internationally in the Harijuku Museum of Art and the GA Gallery in Tokyo, Japan and the RIBA -Royal Institute of British Architects Gallery in London, England to name a few.
David serves on the faculty of the SCI-ARC Professional Development Program and UCLA’s ARC-ID Program, and Art Center College of Design, teaching sustainable design courses.
David is an early member of the USGBC and a LEED accredited professional. In 2008 was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. As one of it’s youngest members in it’s over 160 year history.
2011 AIA National Architecture Firm Award
Matthew Porreca leads BNIM’s practice in California and is local to San Diego. In his 15 years of architectural experience, Matthew has acquired a comprehensive range of relevant skills, knowledge and expertise to integrate sustainability throughout all aspects of design. His involvement in high profile, not-for-profit civic projects has allowed him to hone his ability to understand and solve challenging project issues related to producing excellence in design. Recently, Matthew served as the Project Architect for the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Expansion and Renovation, named Time Magazine’s “Building of the Year” in 2007. In San Diego, Matthew led BNIM’s team in the visioning, goal setting, daylighting analysis and design charrette phases for the renovation of DPR Construction Company’s San Diego office, which is aiming to achieve LEED Platinum and be a Net Zero facility. He currently sits as a Board of Director for the San Diego Green Building Council.
At UCLA, he currently leads BNIM’s team in collaboration with Moore Ruble Yudell through the design of a new facility focused of green engineering and research. The WIN-GEM Building would be designed to accommodate research programs involving energy harvesting and storage, energy conservation, and energy management. The building would serve as pedagogical tool and as a catalyst for new scientific discoveries, the development of new technologies and educational programs that will ultimately create new commercial opportunities for high-growth green technology industries in the State.
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- U.S. Green Building Council website: http://www.usgbc.org/
- International Living Building Institute’s Challenge to GO BEYOND LEED: http://ilbi.org/
- Kellert, Stephen, Heerwagen, Judith, Mador, Martin (eds), Biophilic Design: The Theory, Science and Practice of Bringing Buildings to Life, John H. Wiley, 2008.
- Edward O. Wilson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._O._Wilson
