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 Figure source: RESNET The Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Index was established by the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET), a California-based nonprofit, in 2006. In simple terms, the HERS Index compares a new home to a “reference home” of identical size that meets the minimum requirements of the 2006 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). To calculate . . . → Read More: Defining the HERS Index I have recently received several questions related to a “federal building energy code” which requires States to adopt the 2010 version of ASHRAE Standard 90.1 by October 2013. I’ve also been asked if this supposed energy code relates to ARRA stimulus funding. This concept of a federal building energy code is a bit convoluted, but . . . → Read More: Can Washington Enforce a Federal Building Energy Code? With the third public comment period now closed, LEED 2012 is about to enter the next phase of its delivery process. Starting June 1, the balloting period officially beings. In the meantime, eligible parties should opt into the Members-Only Consensus Body and pore over the latest drafts of LEED 2012 in preparation for a . . . → Read More: 5 Things You Need to Know about LEED 2012 LEED logo property of U.S. Green Building Council Last week, USGBC announced the opening of the third public comment period for LEED 2012 via usgbc.org/leed2012. The comment period is open until March 20, 2012, and officially marks the beginning of the LEED 2012 program delivery process. This third draft of LEED 2012 – for which . . . → Read More: LEED 2012 Third Public Comment Now Open My passion for green building dates back 10 years. It was in 2002 when I first read Cradle-to-Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by architect William McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart. As a young, impressionable architecture student at Ball State University, I found this book to be a major eye-opener. It was truly . . . → Read More: Dawn of the Product Transparency Movement  To us Hoosiers, Indianapolis hosting the Super Bowl is a big deal. Along with the excitement and pride comes one question. How did this happen? Naptown to Super City, a special documentary collaboration between the Indianapolis Star and WFYI, tells the story of how Indianapolis went from being a laughing stock to becoming a . . . → Read More: From Naptown to Super City  Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Landscape Architects (BDMD LA) provided Landscape Architecture for the IU Health Saxony Hospital in Fishers, Indiana. The design includes native seed mixes, rain gardens in parking areas, a reflecting pool and healing garden. Below are some recent pictures of this project. . . . → Read More: IU Health Saxony Landscape Design by BDMD LA The Green Roof at Union Station, a Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Architects project, received the Indiana Ready Mixed Concrete Association’s Outstanding Concrete Achievement Award. “The newly installed green roof atop Union Station eliminates several long-term maintenance concerns in a visually appealing and innovative way,” said Mayor Ballard. This is the first green roof installed on . . . → Read More: Union Station Green Roof  Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Architects is working with The Indiana Soybean Alliance on a new $1.75 million exhibit building at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Largely constructed of glass in a very modern design, the 5,500 square foot building will give visitors an up close and personal look at the lives of typical grain and livestock . . . → Read More: The “Glass Barn” at the Indiana State Fairgrounds
Indianapolis is going to be home to “ the best zoo habitat for orangutans anywhere in the world”, according to world renowned orangutan expert Robert Shumaker. The International Orangutan Center at the Indianapolis Zoo, designed by Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Architects, was unveiled to the world on Tuesday, December 6 at the IMAX Theater . . . → Read More: Orangutan Exhibit at the Indianapolis Zoo Unveiled |
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