LEED® Design Submittal on Target

The new office project’s design submittal came back with good news from the US Green Building Council: of the 57 points we submitted, 27 are anticipated without question and – great news! – none were rejected.  We are still tracking on what we hope will be an eventual total of 88 points – far exceeding the 80 required for the goal of a Platinum rating.  Those participating in the project’s LEED® effort are doing a great job – our Administrator Shawn Dinkuhn, assisted by our firm’s LEED® guru Robbie McNamara, Greg Belding, Jeremy Southerland and the site and office staff at Tim Ryan Construction: Adam Vega and Lee Capps, in particular. Of course, we couldn’t do it without the leadership of our mechanical engineer, Shawn Oram at Ecotope in Seattle.

Here’s a photo of the newly-arrived sun screens, installed last week.  These screens play a role in our energy model, keeping unwanted heat gain out of the building in summer months.

Steve Rice, LEED AP®