With our firm-wide commitment to sustainable design, we consider LEED Accreditation of our technical staff as an essential component of our goals.
of our projects in the past few years have pursued LEED Certification
An understanding of the LEED rating system is critical to achieving our project goals. Over the past couple of months, we held a series of study sessions and exam support. We held sessions on a range of topics, such as Energy & Atmosphere, Sustainable Sites, Materials & Resources and Indoor Environmental Quality; all led by Payette staff.
Payette employees earned LEED credentials
Payette’s newest LEED APs
Payette’s newest LEED Green Associate
Opening later this year, the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, MA is an essay in the tuning of building façades for performance. The aluminum sunshades that veil the building began as a concept tested by scoring Bristol paper. The team utilized tools from all modalities: paper models, CNC-mills, parametric studies, solar analysis, wind and water simulations and full-scale mock-ups to inform the design and drive energy use down. The ultra-high performance building is tracking a 61% reduction in energy use compared to the 2030 baseline.
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