Project Area:

6,000 sq. ft.

Target Rating:

Leed NC, Silver

Project Type:

Public Facility

Year:

2009

Owner:

City of Big Bear

Completion Date:

2010

As the city expands and the service demands increase the City of Big Bear is inclined to expand the capacity of their public works facility.  The project is scheduled to be a new 6000 sq ft facility able to handle the needs of the city.  The goal is scheduled to be a LEED for NC Silver equivalent building that focuses on energy savings and lower operating costs.

The project is in the early stages of design and RESCUE Green is working with the project team to meet the anticipated LEED Silver target.

Project Area:

8 story 38,000 sq. ft.

Target Rating:

Green Communities

& LEED NC

Project Type:

High Rise Affordable Housing

Year:

2007

Owner:

New Hope Homes

Completion Date:

2010

A high rise building for low-income seniors is going through major renovation.  The interior is scheduled to be gutted; all floors, windows, paint, water heaters, and toilets will be upgraded and sustainable.  The exterior is going through a redesign to include landscaping and paint.

Rescue Green provided design consulting services; working with the architect to ensure the highest performance.  The design team will aim to improve tenant safety, comfort and health, and increase maintainability.  In addition, RESCUE Green will be in charge of all documentation from design to construction to ensure third party verification.  RESCUE Green will also provide energy auditing services, commissioning and the project's green operational manuals.

The project is in early stages of construction and RESCUE Green is working with the project team to meet the anticipated Green Communities Certification.

Project Area:

67,000 sq. ft.

Target Rating:

LEED Certified, Build it Green

Project Type:

 Commercial

Year:

 2005

 Owner:

 ESRI

Completion Date:

 2009

ESRI is an international GPS software corporation dedicated to environmental concerns.  In designing the corporate headquarters according to a Green Building Template, it was imperative that we still maintain strikingly distinctive aesthetics and a fitting presentation for their many international clients and visitors.

The team reached the harmonious balance of sustainable and visually dramatic, and the careful balance with ultra-efficient and comfortably productive environment.

 Project Area:

16,000 sg. ft.

 Target Rating:

LEED silver

Project Type:

Commercial

 Year:

2005

 Owner:

Magnon Development

 Completion Date:

2008

Design of a LEED Silver Certified Building and also to pass through DSA plan checking.  Project required special attention dealing with the Inland Empire climate challenges along with a unique building type.

The design and development teams decided early on to use an integrated project approach in order to deliver a highly coordinated project to the state.  As a part of this collaborative effort, Deign West utilized a number of inventive environmental solutions.  Some of these include photocell technology that maximized daylight harvesting, a water source heat pump system to integrate with building aesthetics while achieving the highest efficiencies, and CO2 sensors with motorized dampers in the HVAC system.

Through the collaboration of an integrated project approach, LEED Silver certification was successfully met.  Beyond this, due to the well thought out design and the continuing active communication throughout construction, the LEED commissioners referred to this project as “the easiest project to commission” that they had ever come by.

 Project Area:

1,500 sq. ft.

 Target Rating:

LEED for Homes

 Project Type:

Residential

 Year:

2005

 Owner:

Habitat for Humanity

 Completion  Date:

2005

Located in Riverside, the house is the first LEED Platinum home in the Inland Empire.  Boosting an array of green and sustainable attributes, from solar panels, to a grey water system, to recyclable materials through out the house, to cool roofs.  This house was the first of its kind and has set a high bar for future green homes.  Built as a low rise/single story building for low income families and designed from the ground up to be totally net zero carbon sustainable.

RESCUE Green provided design consulting Working with the director of sustainability to ensure the highest performance, to improve tenant safety, comfort and health, and increase maintainability.  In addition, RESCUE Green assisted in documentation from design to construction to ensure third party verification.  

The project is complete, with the help of RESCUE Green; it has reached enough points to qualify for LEED for Homes Platinum.

 Project Area:

2,400 sq. ft.

 Target Rating:

LEED for Homes

 Project Type:

Residential

 Year:

2009

 Owner:

Homes For Our Troops

 Completion date:

2010