Environmental Design + Construction - October 2008 - (Page 6) If you’re not already receiving our digital edition every month in your inbox, sign up now. ONLINE ONLY AT WWW.EDCMAG.COM THIS MONTH’S WEB EXCLUSIVE FEATURES INCLUDE: COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, PARKING LOTS AND PHOTOVOLTAICS: LARGE, EFFICIENT AND PRETTY? BY BILL JEPPESEN When Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) brought five of California’s largest solar installation and integration companies to one of its San Francisco buildings, its plan was simple: Show them the roof, point to the parking lot and find out what kind of photovoltaic system each would recommend. Four came back with basic plans; one came back with “solar bling.” A TASTY TREAT PROVIDED BY GROUP 41 INC. Initially, the thought of green ice cream is not appetizing — unless of course by “green,” you mean fully sustainable and organic! THINKING GREEN? BY BOB PRATT What is installed beneath the floors, unseen in a finished structure, can be important to meeting not only building codes but also to satisfying owner and tenant interests in green construction. ON DISPLAY PROVIDED BY DRS & ASSOCIATES ALNO’s first showroom entry in Los Angeles’ San Gabriel Valley puts more than just its kitchen environments in the public eye. GREEN BRICK BY MIKE JENKINS V WWW.EDCMAG.COM BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR WHITE PAPER SECTION ON WWW.EDCMAG. COM! FEATURED THIS MONTH ARE: MODULAR BUILDING AND THE USGBC’S LEED BUILDING RATING SYSTEM FROM THE MODULAR BUILDING INSTITUTE CODE REQUIREMENTS AND FIRE STOPPING FOR OVER-THE-DECK VENTING OF STONE COATED METAL ROOFS FROM THE METAL CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION One product that has not had to tweak its formula to be green is brick. Brick has (and always will be) made from all-natural ingredients — clay, shale and water. As such, there are virtually no harmful emissions or byproducts that result from the manufacture of brick. ABOVE AND BEYOND BY JOHN EGAN Architect GS&C is taking Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s (AMD) new Lone Star campus to the next level. 6 http://www.EDCmag.com http://www.EDCmag.com http://www.EDCmag.com http://www.EDCmag.com
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