{"id":12021,"date":"2022-11-07T17:08:37","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T22:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/?p=12021"},"modified":"2023-01-16T12:08:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T17:08:57","slug":"sustainable-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/sustainable-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_060c6113 has_text_color us_animate_this height_medium width_full with_img\"><div class=\"l-section-img\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Image\" data-img-width=\"1600\" data-img-height=\"900\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hotchkiss-Biomass-sustainable-design-and-energy-1.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&#038;ssl=1);background-repeat: no-repeat;\"><\/div><div class=\"l-section-overlay\" style=\"background:rgba(0,0,0,0.15)\"><\/div><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;]<div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_c985ccaf\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AND ENERGY SERVICES<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_8c42ed40\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p>Utilizing sustainable design procedures and practices results in buildings that go beyond the usual tradition of meeting minimum requirements to lessen budgetary impact. An engineering focus on maximum performance includes full implementation of processes that improve the performance standards and reduce the life cycle cost of buildings\u2019 operating systems. In part, this is achieved by coordinating the function of multiple systems to realize the greatest benefit to a building\u2019s users. Another key to creating green buildings is implementing involvement of the entire design team from inception through to completion, in order to produce truly integrated designs.<\/p>\n<p>Long a proponent of sustainable design, van Zelm fully supports the ever-growing commitment environmental stewardship.\u00a0 Beyond the superficial approach to energy-conscious system applications, we incorporate a design process of integration, communication, support, and trust into our work product.\u00a0 Staff members frequently are asked to speak to industry groups on the subject of sustainable design methodologies and outcomes.\u00a0 Our LEED accredited professionals maintain an active program of research and development in innovative sustainable technologies for the benefit of our staff, our projects, and our clients.\u00a0 We understand that we are residents on a planet with a fixed quantity of natural resources.\u00a0 We advocate for the development of sustainable energy sources and integrated supply\/demand systems to support our modern lifestyle.<\/p>\n<h3>Sustainable Design &amp; Energy Services Include<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>LEED<\/li>\n<li>Passive House<\/li>\n<li>Living Building Challenge<\/li>\n<li>Strategic Workplace \/ Advanced Workplace Strategy<\/li>\n<li>Energy Efficiency<\/li>\n<li>Net Zero<\/li>\n<li>Resilience<\/li>\n<li>Historic &amp; Adaptive Reuse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Affiliations<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>MEMBER &#8211; U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL<\/li>\n<li>Charter Member &#8211; Connecticut Green Building Council<\/li>\n<li>MEMBER &#8211; US EPA Combined Heat and Power Partnership<\/li>\n<li>LEED-Certified, Living Building Challenge, and Passive House Professionals on Staff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_center\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1 us_custom_79a6436d\" title=\"Projects\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/services-3\/\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Back to Services<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having designed sustainable projects since the 1980\u2019s, van Zelm is uniquely qualified to evaluate the practical application of energy-conserving technology on both the supply and demand sides of the energy equation &#8211; reducing the environmental footprint without impacting operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":12040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[776],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-services"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hotchkiss-Biomass-sustainable-design-and-energy-1.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanzelm.com\/vZEngineers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}