Sustainable buildings and operations.

Green building strategies for a sustainable future

Rising energy costs and an increasing focus on mitigating carbon and environmental impact is changing how and how much electricity used. It is also changing how we think about generating and distributing electric energy. 

 

In the United States alone, buildings account for over 70 percent of the nation’s electricity consumption and about 40 percent of all carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Green building strategies, including energy efficiency, are a key component in building a sustainable energy future.

 

Designing healthy, efficient, high-performance buildings

Successfully incorporating sustainable design strategies into building projects or community policies can be challenging—but these strategies don’t have to add substantial time or cost to the design, construction and commissioning process.

 

With over a decade in the field, KEMA’s experience has shown that green building projects can be both time and cost efficient and deliver increased opportunities for capital and operational efficiencies. Effective, sustainable designed projects and green building policies require much more than a documentation methodology. It requires a whole system sustainability approach based on an in-depth understanding of building systems and technologies, design and construction processes, and the real-world feasibility of integrating these two.

 

Real-world solutions for mainstream green building projects and policies

KEMA offers a unique combination of expertise that enables reduced site impacts with minimized energy and resource consumption in buildings that are cost-effective, productive, healthy, and comfortable. We provide green building solutions to governments and industries on policy, planning and construction projects.

 

Since 1998, we have been the primary sustainability consultant for over 120 construction projects, written several comprehensive guidelines and trained over 4,000 people. The majority of our construction or renovation projects pursue LEED certification.

 

We are committed to providing clients with real-world solutions. Our specialty is incorporating environmental measures into mainstream projects. Our approach is practical, concise and specific—over 90 percent of our initial recommendations actually get built. Our services cover:

• buildings – providing design assistance for multi-family, commercial and public buildings. We adjust our services to meet the needs of each project team and tailor our approach to fit the job

• building commissioning – comprehensive solutions for all stages of building performance improvement projects, from the design phase through construction and on-going operations and maintenance after occupancy

• education – educating hundreds of professionals every year with training courses in green building project management, cost control, green building policy, green residential design, materials and energy efficiency

• programs and policy – creating corporate green building strategies and drafts public sector ordinances. We understand the human element in changing standard practice and we create programs that work with the personalities involved. Our services include stakeholder facilitation, policy development and program planning services

• research and evaluation – providing concise white paper research results on programs, technologies and project management strategies. We develop tools to support government and corporate green building programs and help evaluate and improve them. And we conduct feasibility studies for green building and renewable energy technologies.

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