EM Corporation constantly organizes open activities to the public, oriented to the education in different tendencies of world design.
In November of this year Euromobilia and Gensler Company of New York will host a conference where several experts will present and discuss the last tendencies of "Places of work and sustainable architecture", and world ideas in these areas for their application in Costa Rica.
Gensler is one of the main firms for global architecture, design, planning and strategic consulting in the world.
Among the conference keynote speakers are Architect Joseph Brancato, Director of Gensler NY and member of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), Robert Balder, Director of Master Planning of Gensler NY and Kirsten Richie, Director of Sustainable Design of Gensler NY, who has been a consultant of environment for large companies such as Wal-Mart and Interface, among others, and counselor for the U.S. Green Building and ASTM Task Group on Environmentally Preferred Products.
Gensler has a deep commitment to the responsible ecological design and to carry out sustainable designs for people spaces, whether areas for working, living or entertaining, as well as high-traffic areas.
“For 35 years, we’ve made sustainability our business, not just our mantra.
We started making sustainability our business in 1972, when we asked Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E), the California utility, if they would consider using one of their own office workplace projects as a prototypical energy-efficient workspace. They agreed—two years before the first oil crisis drove energy prices through the roof.
In the eighties, we focused on indoor air quality, establishing new design practices and specifications for office buildings and work settings. Late in that decade, we designed the first office building in the United States with all the features now associated with “green” design—raised floors, under-floor air, daylighting, natural ventilation, and solar shading.
In the nineties, we pushed both aspects of sustainable design with our clients and also with the manufacturers of building and interior products, materials, and finishes. With our client base and project volume, this had considerable impact on industry practices. Along the way, we won a 1998 Business Week Design Award for sustainable design.
In 2005, the U.S. Green Building Council gave us its leadership award, recognizing our involvement in refining and extending LEED building certification to core and shell and interiors. In 2006 and 2007, we joined forces with PNC Bank to push for portfolio LEED certification, making it much easier for retailers to push for LEED ratings for their stores.
Today, Gensler has an active, firmwide Sustainable Design Task Force, with industry experts on the subject in every region, from East Asia to Europe, and with some 570 LEED-accredited design professionals.”
Source: www.gensler.com/sustainability/index.html |
