November/December 2007 Special Issue: LEED®

LEED® Rating Options for Campuses
In October 2005, the United States Green Building Council introduced application guidelines allowing campuses or multiple buildings within a campus or development to share credits. The applications of such possibilities are clear for higher education settings, governmental agencies, corporations, and developers with a sustainable mindset: sharing credits can take advantage of scale economies and streamline the certification process. Such a process is currently being used at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) in Greenville, S.C., and is resulting in great rewards for the University. 
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Taking Green Building to a Higher Level 
Green Roofs Offer Environmental, Economic and Aesthetic Benefits
It’s a new world when it comes to commercial architecture and construction. No longer is the focus only on expert craftsmanship, innovative design and attention to detail. Rather, all eyes are examining the process itself, the materials used, and most of all, the impact of construction on the environment. And there has been a quite a crowd jumping on the green bandwagon. Read more

Builder Product Revue
Arch's Custom Glazing Provides New Life For Historic Key West Cigar Factory
Curious residents of Key West have peered for decades into the nearly 8,000 sq. ft. of windows on the old Gato Cigar Factory Office Complex along Simonton Avenue. 

As the building's name suggests, this historic structure contained a cigar factory during the 1800s where locals hand rolled the tobacco products. The building now contains the Monroe County Government offices following a renovation, including replacement of the century old windows with an Arch Aluminum and Glass Resistor Impact Series framing and glazing system.  
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Highest Potential LEED® Point Project Using FGS/PermaShine
The maker of the FGS/PermaShine concrete densifier and a developer in Oregon will collaborate on potentially the "greenest" polished concrete floor ever designed for a LEED® project. 

The developer of Independence Station is attempting to achieve more LEED points than any other mixed-use building project registered with the U.S. Green Building Council. 
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THERMOMASS Offers Energy Efficiency, Durability
When the building team set out to plan a new police facility in Gilroy, California, the original design called for a concrete tile mansard to match the existing roofs in the neighboring Gilroy civic center. Upon finding that the project was over budget, one of the cost-cutting measures adopted by the architect was to replace the concrete tile with a metal “tile panel” facsimile system from Met-Tile, Inc., Ontario, California.
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DCD InSights
Convincing the Owner to go LEED®
What does LEED® cost? You know it is coming: dollars always seem to be the foremost concern. It inevitably becomes the focus within moments of entering a discussion about Green design. There is an ironic hope in the problem itself; rising fuel costs and the increased awareness of global warming has made sustainability a much easier sell.  
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DCD Cost Trends
Construction Cost Trends for 2007
Housing starts continue to decline significantly since last year. The effect of this housing downturn on construction spending overall is muted by significant increases in the non-residential sectors. Led by hotels, the commercial sector posted gains of over 15% in 2006 and continues to keep construction spending on an even keel for 2007. State and federal construction spending continues at a brisk pace and will help to compensate for the housing shortfall.
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DCD Cost Guides
The DCD Sq. Ft. Cost Guide for Buildings with Metal Construction
For 50 years Design Cost Data magazine has been presenting actual projects with their real cost to build for preliminary estimating, cost modeling and more. The following guide, the DCD Sq. Ft. Cost Guide, has been assembled from projects in our database, the National Historical Building Cost Database, to provide the industry with a benchmark for future building costs.
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