The PowerPay corporate headquarters in Portland, ME has earned LEED Gold Certification. Fore Solutions was the LEED Consultant and Energy Modeling Consultant on the project which included a conversion of the former Portland Public Market space into a mixed-use building consisting of PowerPay’s offices and a public cafe. Read the recent PowerPay Press Release to learn more about the building’s green features.
Fore Solutions will be celebrating Earth Day Saturday, April 16th from 10am – 3pm at Laudholm Farm in Wells, ME. This event will raise funds to support the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve and Education Center. Please come join the celebration and stop by our booth for a visit!
Catch up with Fore Solutions at Greenbuild in Chicago next week! If you’ll be there too, let us know and we’ll find a time to get together.
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Sign Up for Fore Solutions Workshop at Greenbuild!
Fore Solutions is offering an education session at Greenbuild on Friday, November 19th from 1:00 – 5:00pm. The course, EP05 Sustainable Design Charrette Workshop, will cover how to conduct an interactive sustainable design workshop with an integrated design approach.
On the November 10th, from 3:30 – 8:00 pm, the Maine Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council will be hosting their annual meeting, In the Limelight, at Bowdoin College. This year they will feature the green stories taking place on Maine’s college and university campuses. All Fore Solutions’ staff will be in attendance. We hope to see you there!
Come early for a tour of Bowdoin’s LEED certified projects that Fore Solutions consulted on!
LEED Green Associate Workshop in Maine, Friday October 22, 2010
8:30am – 4:00pm, Maine Audubon
Registration deadline is this Friday, October 15.
The Maine Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council is pleased to offer this full-day LEED Green Associate Workshop. The workshop is designed to introduce participants to basic green building concepts and strategies in an effort to prepare them for the LEED Green Associate Exam and Credential. Throughout the program, participants will become familiar with the US Green Building Council, Green Building Certification Institute and will gain an understanding of the LEED rating system. A portion of the program will be dedicated to exam tips, sample questions and study advice. This workshop meets the eligibility requirement for the USGBC Green Associate credential.
Faculty: Gunnar Hubbard, LEED AP BD+C, LEED AP ID+C, Principal, Fore Solutions
To learn more and to register please visit the USGBC Maine Chapter website:
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Bosarge Family Education Center at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens was on September 29th. This high performance facility will meet standards to become a LEED Platinum and net-zero-energy structure. Fore Solutions is the Green Building Consultant for the project.
Learn more about the project:
September 29th will mark the groundbreaking ceremony of the beginning of construction on the Bosarge Family Education Center at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. This high performance facility will meet standards to become a LEED Platinum and net-zero-energy structure. Fore Solutions is the Green Building Consultant for the project.
Vornado Realty Trust is one of the largest owners and managers of commercial real estate in the United States with their Manhattan Portfolio consisting of approximately 22 million square feet in over 50 properties.
The following five Vornado New York properties were recently awarded LEED EB certification:
150 East 58th Street: LEED Certified
330 Madison Avenue: LEED Certified
640 Fifth Avenue: LEED Certified
770 Broadway: LEED Silver
One Penn Plaza: LEED Certified
Vornado believes that sustainable building operations and maintenance is not only an environmental imperative, but good business. Their goal is to be a leader in sustainability by creating a corporate culture that integrates principles of environmental responsibility and sustainable growth into business practices, planning and relationships.
The BrightBuilt Retrofit (BBR) publicly announces an exciting Request for Submittals to all non-profit organizations within the states of Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine who are interested in being selected to receive the BrightBuilt Retrofit (BBR) award, a deep-energy retrofit estimated to be valued at more than $100,000. The BrightBuilt Retrofit Board of Advisors, including Fore Solutions, seeks a pool of committed NPO applicants that meet the Building Criteria and exemplify organization readiness and dedication as outlined in the application.
Portland, MAINE. Crescent Heights, a building that provides housing for medical students, was constructed by Portland-based Developers Collaborative and is targeted to achieve a LEED Platinum certification under the LEED for Homes Midrise Pilot Program. It uses 37% less energy and 30% less water than a typical housing building.
“The location itself is a wonderful green feature of the building,” said Jay Waterman, a LEED consultant and senior project manager at Fore Solutions. Residents can walk the nearby hospital and area businesses. “You can have the most ‘green’ building in the world, but if you have to drive 45 miles to get there, you are putting a lot of pollution into the environment.”
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