Sustainable Design Center

Sustainability Writings

• Why Sustainable Design is Integrated Design
  For many decades the process of creating a building was a highly linear one: a project was passed in distinct stages from the architect, to the mechanical engineer, to the electrical engineer, and so forth until a contractor was charged with building it all.

• Carbon Neutral and Net Zero – How Soon Can We Get There?
  The case for Net Zero Energy Buildings: A multitude of reasons exist for designing more energy efficient buildings, from the complex and unpredictable social and economic impact of global warming to the simple and straightforward reality of rising energy prices.

• New Directions in HVAC
  Sometimes new ideas emerge but, just as often, a new way of looking at an old idea is equally effective.