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CiPI can help architects and builders design and construct energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly structures. In our green architecture work, we emphasize three objectives:

• Lessen the impact that our built environment has on the earth's natural resources
• Create a healthy and hospitable interior environment for a building's occupants
• Use cost-effective building systems that save money for property owners and tenants

The key to green building design is integrating environmental concerns into each phase of a project. To realize the green building objectives, CiPI works with every project's participant -- building owners, architects, and engineers. CiPI will help:

• Budget for green design costs
• Select cost-effective, environmentally-friendly products and systems
• Research and secure rebates from utilities for investments in energy-saving building systems
• Plan for environmentally-friendly maintenance procedures in the completed building

To learn more about Dr. Beyea's past work in green architecture, we recommend that you visit National Audubon Society's website to read about Audubon House. Audubon House is a world-renowned example of environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient office buildings. Dr. Beyea did the environmental research for the project. A video about the building is available from Audubon.

Dr. Beyea and the other members of the design team wrote a book about the project, which includes a very detailed description of the process of designing a green building. The book is available from the publisher, John Wiley:

• Audubon House: Building the Environmentally Responsible, Energy- Efficient Office
• National Audubon Society / Croxton Collaborative, Architects
• John Wiley & Sons, NY, 1994
• 0-471-02496-1
• 207 pages
• Cloth, $29.95
• In 1992, the National Audubon Society completed construction on one of the most environmentally advanced edifices ever built. The building's success is due equally to the new technologies implemented, sound economic principles used to guide the project and the special collaborative approach of the design and construction team. This lavishly illustrated book examines all three elements in a manner that will show others how these principles can be applied to create buildings with improved environmental performance

Link to publisher.

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This page was last updated on 07/02/05.