Energy Efficient Commercial Light Fixtures
Electricity is one of the largest expenses in a commercial office building. Whether you’re the building owner or a tenant that is occupying a large space, it is good business to look for ways to reduce your energy consumption. For a building owner it means lower utility costs, a more energy efficient, and desirable building. For […]
Our LEED Recycling Goal
One of the LEED Certification goals is to divert construction, demolition, and packaging debris from landfill disposal. Our personal demolition goal is to recycle 95% of all materials. We started off our project with the Site Foreman telling all of our subcontractors that we don’t use the word “dump”. All of the existing materials in […]
How to Maintain Air Quality during the Demolition Stage
During the demolition stage it is paramount to maintain air quality. With a goal of being LEED Certified, we are taking the following precautions into consideration. As the demo is in progress we have two huge dishwasher sized HEPA air purifiers constantly running. The HEPA air purifiers remove particulates, VOC’s (Volatile Organic Compounds), and odors. […]
Thinkspace is the first LEED-CI Office Project in Redmond
Once I decided that the business was going to make an impact by going LEED Certified, I spoke with my friend Stuart Mckee, former State of Washington CIO, who told me that I should look into how government could assist me in my endeavor. This triggered a whole bunch of ideas which included looking into […]
Why we are seeking to be LEED Certified
Our story begins with our business needing to build out space to run our company. Our 25,000SF build-out is large and I wanted to make sure we did something special with the space. I wanted to make sure that our space was not just another run-of-mill tenant improvement project. After I started to do more […]