By Grey Fowles

Adopting best practices and then carefully documenting your energy conservation measures (ECMs) are critical to streamlining your LEED submission so it passes review and isn’t returned with a request for a lot more clarification. This is especially important for manufacturers,…

By Grey Fowles

Manufacturing energy modeling is a complex, multifunctional and challenging endeavor – especially to get through the LEED process. Manufacturers face hurdles that don't apply to office buildings. Typically manufacturers use a large amount of energy and baselines don’t exist for…

By Grey Fowles

We aim for simplicity in design. Most architects would love to present a building as a single concept. But even Mies Van Der Rohe -- who loved simplicity – often said, "The devil is in the details." His design of…