February/March 2009
LEED
C O N T E N T S
Executive Director's Corner: Crossing The Potomoc
LEED: Fort Carson Building Awarded First Army LEED Gold
Neighborhood Development: LEED Neighborhood Development in Colorado
Recyling News: Some Thoughts on Recycling Old Office Furnishings
Sustainable Development: Creating a Sustainable Future
Getting Green Done: Forgive Me Father, I Don't Have the Money
Sustainable Strategy: Creating Effective Collaboration and Leadership Tactics
Executive Director's Corner: Major Speaker Announced for May Conference
Metro Branch Update: Denver Metro Branch is Looking for Volunteers
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Promote responsibility for Colorado's environmental legacy.
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Advance and promote sustainable planning, design, construction and operation of the built environment through education, improving industry guidelines, policy advocacy, and information and resource sharing.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dana Kose, Chair
Universal Development Company
Jim Bradburn, Vice Chair, Chair Elect
RMH Group
Megan Christensen, Secretary US LendLease Communities
Sebastian De Atucha, Treasurer
3BY
Clay Benson, Director at Large Mortenson Construction
Mike Lowell, Director, Advocacy US GSA
Bobby Molinary, Director, Membership
Julie Edwards, Director, Education
Oz Architecture
Matt Arabasz, Director, Northern Colorado Branch RB+B Architects, Inc.
Joshua Radoff, Director, Resource Development, and Communications
YRG Sustainability Consultants
Bethany Trumble, Director, Southern Colorado Branch Farnsworth Group, Inc.
Liz Sharrer, Director, Metro Branch
Holland & Hart
Mike Kolesar, Director, Emerging Green Builders
Facilities Engineering Associates
Deb Kleinman, Executive Director
USGBC Colorado Chapter
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Fort Carson Building Awarded First Army LEED Gold
The 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Brigade and Battalion Headquarters building is one of the environmentally sustainable Department of Defense buildings being built .
By Michael Fletcher, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Omaha District
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“The team kept a focus on delivering the best possible facility within project constraints,” said Florian Walicki, principal at RNL. “The implementation of sustainable strategies that enhance operations and reduce energy costs was RNL’s primary goal when modifying the standard design. The result is a building with added value, and the LEED Gold certification is a testament to that.”
In addition to achieving Certified Gold LEED by USGBC, the project and contractors have received the following recognitions: Outstanding Design-Build Project - Silver Level from McGraw-Hill Colorado Construction Magazine - Gold Hard Hat Award; Excellence in Construction Award – Design Build, from Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Colorado Chapter; Design Build All Projects – Prime Contractor: Hensel Phelps Construction Company from Associated General Contractors Colorado Chapter; Design Build All Projects – Subcontractor Contractor: Sturgeon Electric from Associated General Contractors (AGC) Colorado Chapter; and DBIA Rocky Mountain Region's 2008 Design-Build Excellence Award – Public Project over $15 million.
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In addition to the return of overseas brigades, the Army is scheduled to grow by 65,000 active-duty soldiers by 2013. A brigade is made up of about 3,500 soldiers. Fort Carson will add 4,877 soldiers to more than double in size from the 13,600 troops it had in 2003 at the start of the Iraqi war to a projected 28,000 by 2013.
The Corps is building structures to support new combat brigades at Fort Stewart, GA. and Fort Bliss, Texas.
Fort Carson is the home of the Second and Third Brigade Combat Teams of the 4th Infantry Division, the Second Brigade Combat Team of the 2nd Infantry Division, the 10th Special Forces Group, the 71st Ordnance Group (EOD), the 43rd Area Support Group, and the First United States Army Training Support Division - West.