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Leading sustainable design
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for new buildings & existing facilities
Leed Documentation for New Construction Leed for Existing Buildings Green Benchmarking Leed Training Energy and Daylight Analysis Sustainability Research
We’re Kirksey EcoServices — a team of LEED® Accredited Professionals focused on green building solutions — integrated into an architecture firm of 130. We consult on projects in-house and provide green building services for outside project teams. We help create spaces that are more efficient, less expensive to maintain, more marketable, and more productive,
adding value to your property.
“ Kirksey has a strong understanding of sustainability, introducing new technology and building techniques as they become practical and economically viable.” – Jerry Lea, Hines
Horizon Wind Energy — First LEED for Commercial Interiors in Houston, Silver Certified
Kirksey dominates the regional green building market with over
22,000,000 square feet of LEED projects in our portfolio.
Why Certify? LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the benchmark for green buildings and has become an internationally-recognized brand. LEED Certification
guarantees a measurable and marketable building product that is verified by a third party. Clients are asking for it. Lending groups and insurance companies are offering favorable rates for it. Private boards and public entities are requiring it. LEED Certification is proof that your project meets green building standards.
LEED Documentation for New Construction We have 13 projects certified by the U.S. Green Building Council and are currently engaged in 52 additional projects spanning 6 LEED rating systems. Kirksey’s depth of experience allows us to target the LEED points that make the most sense for our clients’ goals and budgets. As a result, our team has consistently d elivered the LEED rating our clients expect — or a higher one.
LEED Cost Premium as a Percentage of Construction Cost Eldridge Oaks Confidential Westside Corporate Campus Granite Westchase II
Average 1.1%
Dienna Nelson Augustine Westway III Office Building
Dienna Nelson Augustine Westway I Office Building Confidential In-Patient Hospital Facility Panattoni Beltway 8 Corporate Centre, Building No 4
Turn-Key LEED Costs Includes construction cost premium and all LEED documentation fees
Satterfield & Pontikes HQ
Panattoni Wortham Green
Port of Houston Admin Building
SpawGlass Headquarters*
American Heart Association*
* LEED premiums are related to team experience, availability and cost of materials, and project size. These two projects were the first LEED projects Kirksey completed.
Larger Projects
Tellepsen Downtown YMCA
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Leed Certified Building Silver Rating — SpawGlass Office Building, Houston, Texas
in Houston
Leed Core & Shell Gold Rating — Satterfield & Pontikes HQ, Houston, Texas
Leed Commercial Interior Silver Rating — Horizon Wind Energy, Houston, Texas
Kirksey LEED Projects by Type Certified & Registered
CS Core & Shell
5,000,000 sf
EB Existing Buildings
14,000,000 sf NC New Construction
2,500,000 sf CI Commercial Interiors
567,000 sf
Total: 22,000,000 sf
Kirksey is currently working on
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14 million square feet of LEED EBOM projects with Hines, CB Richard Ellis, and others. We work closely with facility Âmanagers and building vendors to make the process as simple as possible, generating measurable results.
First City Tower — First LEED EB Gold in Texas
LEED for Existing Buildings These days, everyone — corporations, tenants, patients, staff, faculty, students, guests — is asking questions about green building. LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance, known as LEED EBOM, is a good option for Existing Buildings to
the green marketplace.
compete in
LEED EBOM provides goals and
guidelines to green a building’s energy use, water use, purchasing practices, waste stream, interior and exterior maintenance, and more. Buildings in downtown Houston for which Kirksey is providing LEED EB services
Typical LEED EB Schedule*
* Applies to buildings that require no upgrades to achieve Energy Star Requirements
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Typical Kirksey Projects LEED EB Costs
LEED EB Certified Kirksey Office Building, Houston, Texas
LEED EB Gold First City Tower, Houston, Texas
Certified Silver Gold
Green Benchmarking If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. When every dollar counts, smart decisions about energy, water, waste, and purchasing are more critical then ever. Some benchmarking values equate to dollars and cents, while others equate to intangibles, such as employee workplace satisfaction. The ability to quantify these attributes is critical to establishing your green credibility and to managing your resources effectively.
Energy Use Intensity of Kirksey Buildings
Confidential Office Building Eldridge Oaks Katy Commons Granite Westchase II 6330 West Loop South
Larger Projects
Dienna Nelson Augustine Westway II Office Building Dienna Nelson Augustine Westway III Office Building Dienna Nelson Augustine Westway I Office Building Panattoni Beltway 8 Corporate Centre Building, No. 4 Satterfield & Pontikes HQ
Average Savings for Kirksey EcoServices Portfolio
41%
Interior water use savings
Panattoni Wortham Green
63%
Confidential Office & Transportation Facility Cypress Station Retail
Irrigation water savings
75%
Kingwood Branch Library SpawGlass Corporate Office
Construction waste diverted
Kirksey Office Building Expansion 0.00 4.00 8.00 12.00 16.00 20.00 24.00 28.00 EUI (kWh/sf) *T he 2030 Challenge is a schedule for the achievement of carbon neutrality for buildings by 2030. The interim goals are 60% reduction in energy use by 2010; 80% by 2020, 100% by 2030.
LEED Training
Kirksey realizes the importance of collaboration. In order to achieve truly green projects, the EcoServices Team has developed a r igorous training program to educate our project team members — contractors, developers, architects, e ngineers, and others — about LEED and the LEED accreditation exam. With sessions certified by the Texas Real Estate Commission and the American Institute of Architects, Kirksey has educated 1,000+ industry professionals and has also brought classes directly to many companies.
A few companies & organizations whose representatives we’ve trained: Broaddus & Associates City of Houston Cushman & Wakefield D.E. Harvey Hines J.E. Dunn Jones Lang LaSalle Linbeck KBR
Satterfield & Pontikes SpawGlass Staubach Texas A&M University Trammell Crow Transwestern Turner Construction CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management)
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Number of people who have taken a Kirksey LEED training course
Satterfield & Pontikes Headquarters – First LEED for Core and Shell in Houston – Gold Certified
Energy & Daylight Analysis Kirksey uses advanced software to predict building performance and help you make smart
building decisions. We
use energy and
daylight models to study daylighting, shading, lighting technologies, building envelope systems, and HVAC systems. This allows us to optimize a building’s performance within your budget and return on investment schedule — before it is too late to make critical decisions.
Daylight analysis of Kirksey expansion, calculated using radiance software
Payback Analysis for the Tellepsen Downtown YMCA
Annual Energy Savings by Device
Large-Scale Fans
Daylight Controls
High-Efficiency Lighting Package Skylights Solar Hot Water Energy Recovery Wheel Total Annual Savings
$10,219 $54,000 investment = 5.1 year payback
TOTAL COMBINED INVESTMENT
$195,425
$12,606 $78,788 investment = 6.1 year payback
$17,084 $39,447 investment = 2.2 year payback
TOTAL PAYBACK
3 YEARS
$8,260 $7,889 investment = 0 year payback $3,641 $18,500 investment = 5 year payback
$28,061 $33,000 investment = 1 year payback
$57,131
TOTAL ANNUAL ENERGY SAVINGS
28.7%
Sustainability Research Building green requires a deep understanding of climate and microclimate and sometimes involves new or unfamiliar technologies. Understanding these complexities with a foundation of impartial research can give your project a competitive advantage. The Kirksey team can find the answers you need with research and analysis tools.
Examples of Kirksey Research Studies Site and Climate Analysis LEED and Energy Analysis for Sites in Different Climates Natural Ventilation for Mixed Mode Spaces Payback Analysis of Energy Efficiency Measures Calibration of Energy and Daylight Models Sustainability Master Planning Glare Analysis
Rendering of proposed solar and green roof project at the George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston
Kinetic Skin Concept Diagrams
Kirksey Headquarters (Houston TX) First City Tower (Houston TX) 1100 Louisiana (Houston TX) Greenspoint Houston (Houston TX) Chase Tower (Houston TX) Williams Tower (Houston TX) Bank of America Center (Houston TX) One Shell Plaza (Houston TX) Two Shell Plaza (Houston TX) Galleria North (Dallas TX) 24th Camelback Phase One (Phoenix AZ) Renaissance One (Phoenix
14 5 2.5 567
AZ) Renaissance Two (Phoenix AZ) core and shell (CS) — Satterfield and Pontikes Headquarters
million square feet LEED EBTX) space (Houston TX) Dienna Nelson Augustine Westwayof I (Houston Beltway 8 Corporate Centre, Building
No. 4 (Houston TX) Confidential Office Building (Houston TX) 1600 West Loop South (Houston TX)
million square feet of LEED CS space
Bay Creek (Houston TX) Cypress Station Retail (Cypress TX) Dienna Nelson Augustine Westway II, Buildings II and III (Houston TX) Frontera Vista (Round Rock TX) Granite Westchase II (Houston TX) Katy Commons (Katy TX) Life Sciences Plaza (Houston TX) Midway Corporate Center 8 (Houston TX)
million square feet of LEED NC space
Eldridge Oaks (Houston TX) Patrinely Sessan (Houston TX) Remington Square (Houston TX) Vision Park (The Woodlands TX) Wortham Green (Houston TX) American Heart Association (Houston TX)
thousand square feet
Confidential Office and Transportation Facilityof (Houston SpawGlass Construction Corporation LEED CITX) space (Houston TX) SYSCO Corporate Headquarters (Houston TX) 6630 West Loop South (Houston TX) Confidential Westside Corporate Campus (Houston TX) Creekside YMCA (The Woodlands TX) Embassy Suites Hotel (Houston TX) Kingwood Branch Library (Kingwood TX) Menninger Clinic (Houston TX) Port of Houston Administration Building (Pasadena TX) The Texan’s YMCA (TX) A&M University
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Agriculture Headquarters Building (College Station TX) YMCA Tellepsen Family Downtown (Houston TX) Confidential Technical Training Center (Coppell TX) Horizon Wind Energy (Houston TX) NATCO Group (Houston TX) General Electric (Houston TX) Worley Parsons at Energy Center (Houston TX)
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For more information, contact Julie Hendricks, AIA, LEED® AP Director of Kirksey EcoServices julieh@kirksey.com.
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