A variety of building types and LEED protocols will be highlighted by the designers and owners with an emphasis on the nuts and bolts of applying LEED in today’s market. 

1.       Brad Hinthorne, Principal at Hinthorne Mott Architects, will present the Burien Library and City Hall, a joint project between King County Library System and the City of Burien.  The LEED Gold project opened in 2009 as the centerpiece of the revitalization of downtown Burien, and accommodates both individual and shared program elements in a single three-story building.

2.       Chris Davidson, architect at Studio Meng Strazzara responsible for LEED administration for the Meng Strazzara office tenant improvements, will compare experiences from the new LEED-CI pending office space and their former LEED-CI space. 

3.       Jason Dardis, architect at DLR Group, will present Peterson Elementary, a green school in Oregon currently under construction.  This project represents the first LEED-NC endeavor for the school district. The striking school design has a modeled expected EUI (energy use index) in the low 30s, and uses daylighting, rainwater harvesting, and PV to achieve a more sustainable design.  Currently the project is tracking LEED-NC silver, but the team is striving for gold.

4.       Stephen Yamada-Heidner will present the Whatcom Museum “Lightcatcher,” a 42,000 sf LEED-NC Silver pending project.  An iconic 36-foot-tall, 180-foot-long translucent wall, “the lightcatcher,” is conceived as the focal point and backdrop to a central courtyard that will become a new gathering place for the city. Sustainable features include a green roof, a rainwater harvesting system, pervious paving, double-skin curtain wall glazing, and natural ventilation in the public gathering spaces not housing art.

5.      Brett Phillips, Sustainability Manager at Unico Properties will discuss best practices, success stories, and challenges from Unico achievement of LEED-EBOM Gold certifications for the Skinner Building, the IBM Building, and Puget Sound Plaza.  Unico Properties believes in the LEED-EB Operations & Maintenance rating system to deliver high performance building systems for occupants and for the environment.