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The site — 2030e2.perkinswill.com — operates like a spreadsheetg calculator for new construction as well as Users can set targets infour areas: energy green power offsets, on-site renewable energy and grid-suppliec renewable energy. Jim Kirby, senior associate at the firm’s Charlottwe office, was among thosd behind creation ofPerkins + Will’s 2030 e2 Energyu Estimating Tool. Kirby says his team, comprisinv members of the firm from acrossthe country, established the programj as part of the company’s commitment to the 2030 Challenge.
That progran encourages businesses, governmental agencies and othet organizations around the world to eliminate carbonm emissionsby 2030. Perkins + Will was the firs t multiple-office company to pledge that all of its projects woulrdbe carbon-neutral by that target date. The firm decidedx to offer its online program for free to encourage more architects to considergreen building, Kirbyu says. “The culture of the profession has to he says. “We have to do adds Jim Godfrey, a principal of the firm’s Charlottw office. Charlotte city staffers are blowint the dust off ashelverd green-building policy.
The proposed guidelines have been redrafted asa “sustainabl facilities policy” that could set green standards for the futurew design, construction and operation of city The name change reflects the city’s desire for a broader Gina Shell, deputy director of the city’x engineering and property management department, refers to it as the “triple-bottokm line.” That core concept of sustainabilit y addresses economic, environmental and social factords in policy and planning.
City Councilwomanh Susan Burgess recently complaines that Charlotte has been dragging its feet in adopting a governmen t policy while local industry hasembraced “Our city is not leading — it’s Burgess said at last month’s environment committee meeting. In the past severalk months, the city has been looking at simila r policies in cities suchas Atlanta, Chicagp and Seattle. And city stafferss have gleaned advice from officialzs at Bank ofAmerica Corp. and Wachovia Bank on how they greenedtheir offices. Also studied: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities’ Environmental Servicees Facility, the city’s first to be awarded the gold-level rankinv under the U.S.
Green Building Council’s Leadershiop in Energy and Environmental Designrating system. The LEED progra m uses a point system to measurwesustainable construction. Now the city wants feedback on the plan from locao experts on sustainability during a meetingh set for3 p.m. May 14 in room CH-13 at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center. The city has invitexd representatives fromthe USGBC, Sierra Charlotte Chamber, Charlotte Centetr City Partners, Mecklenburg County, Charlotte-Mecklenburf Schools, UNC Charlotte and Central Piedmont Communityg College, plus area For more information, contact Shell by e-mail at gshell@ci.charlotte.nc.us.
An updated on the policy is schedules forthe city’s next environmental committed meeting at 3:30 p.m. May 18 in room 280. One questiohn up for debate is whether the city will seek LEED certificationh on new buildings and City Engineer Jeb Blackwell notes some recent buildinga constructed under LEED have failed to show major improvemengt inenergy conservation. “You can do the progra m but not meetthe goals,” Blackwell “and that’s the problem.” •The dedicatiojn of the city’s green Environmental Servicesx Facility will be held at 10 a.m. May 21. Tourxs will follow the ceremony at the propertyg at 4222Westmont Drive, off Billy Graham Parkway.
•Green Drinkss Charlotte, a social mixer for thoses in sustainability circles, will meet at 5:30 p.m. May 14 at Blacl Finn in the EpiCentrecomplex uptown. •The USGBC’s Charlotte chapter will offeran all-day LEED workshop May 27. Air conditioninfg developer Trane will host the worksho p at its offices at4501 S. Tryon St. The cost for thoser who register earlyis $345 for $445 for nonmembers and $150 for a limited number of full-timr students. After May 19, the fee increasexs to $375 for members and $495 for nonmembers.
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