Lord Aeck Sargent (LAS) has promoted John Kisner, AIA, LEED AP, former director of the firm’s Texas office, to a principal of the architecture and planning firm. Kisner joined LAS in 2008. He relocated from Atlanta in late 2011 to become associate director of the Austin office when the firm acquired the assets of TWC Architects, and became office director in 2013. Kisner attended Rice University, where he earned his master’s degree in architecture.
A new lighting fixture by Precision-Paragon (P2) is the manufacturer’s first wet location LED fixture with efficacies up to 110 lumens per watt and a wide range of lumen outputs to address a variety of lighting applications, according to the company. The new LED LVT is a high-bay wide body vapor tight fixture available in multiple lumen packages, allowing the fixture to be used in a wide range of situations that may call for different light output requirements.
SAN DIEGO — Opened April 2, the new headquarters of LPL Financial at La Jolla Commons is now the largest net-zero energy and carbon-neutral commercial building in the U.S.
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego International Airport is the first commercial airport in the world to be awarded LEED Platinum certification.
CHICAGO — The manufacturers of the iconic, red Radio Flyer wagon have achieved LEED Platinum for the company’s Chicago headquarters building.
LANSING, Mich. — The innovative South Campus Anaerobic Digester at Michigan State University received the Institutional Biogas Project of the Year Award from the American Biogas Council.
Serving both a functional and educational purpose for the university, the anaerobic digester was designed by Anaergia Inc., headquartered in Burlington, Ontario. Weiland Davco, based in Lansing, Mich., served as the project contractor while 2g Energy, headquartered in Heek, Germany, was the engine supplier on the project.
The Korte Company recently added Stacey Johnston to its design staff where she will support the architectural team as a design support specialist. Johnston holds a Bachelor of Science in architectural studies from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale as well as a Bachelor of Science in psychology/sociology from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The ninth annual Green California Summit wrapped up last week with a special emphasis on promoting sustainability in schools and the potential benefits of Proposition 39 for educational facilities.
WHEATON, Ill. — Earlier this month, local contractor and community supporter Bruss Landscaping broke ground on a new outdoor classroom project at Whittier Elementary School in Wheaton.
BERLIN, Germany — The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released a new report that demonstrates the rising levels of global emissions of greenhouse gases despite a growing number of policies to reduce climate change.
The report, entitled Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change, presses for major institutional and technological change in order to limit the global mean temperature to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
