2. 03 INTRODUCTION
04 CHALLENGE & RESPONSE
BUILDING LIFECYCLE
05 PRE-DESIGN
OUR WORLD HAS CHANGED FROM ONE OF
09 DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION
INFINITE POSSIBILITIES AND LIMITLESS RESOURCES
TO ONE OF LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES AND LIMITED RESOURCES. 13 OPERATIONS
19 REDEVELOPMENT
24 TEAM EXPERTISE
25 CONTACT
CONTENTS 2
3. TOGETHER WE CAN LOOK AT BUILDINGS DIFFERENTLY,
INNOVATE AND BE ECONOMICALLY, ENVIRONMENTALLY AND
SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE IN OUR CHOICES.
SUSTAINABILIT Y SERVICES AT A GL ANCE
Building Operations Consulting
Commissioning
Consulting Services
Energy Analysis
Energy Modeling
Comprehensive Facility Optimization
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4. WE SHARE A In response, we’ve organized specialized sustainable design services
CHALLENGE WITH
that create enduring value through reducing cost, optimizing energy and
EVERY ONE OF OUR
water consumption and creating durable, lasting and respected buildings.
CLIENTS—WORKING
WITH INCREASINGLY
LIMITED AND
VALUED RESOURCES.
PRE-DESIGN
ECONOMIC
DESIGN &
CONSTRUCTION
VALUE
REDEVELOPMENT SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL
BUILDING LIFECYCLE
By looking at building in the long
view—from pre-design through
redevelopment—we uncover
OPERATIONS
new possibilities for achieving
cost savings, improving the
environmental impact and taking
seriously our shared civic and
social responsibility.
CHALLENGE & RESPONSE 4
5. PRE-DESIGN
GREEN DECISIONS
ARE MOST EFFECTIVE
PRIOR TO CAPITAL
SPENDING
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6. As projects are planned, Cannon Design helps clients with
a wide range of services beyond building design—from
PRE-DESIGN
infrastructure master plans to site selection and analysis.
More broadly, we work with clients both to develop
portfolio-specific green building practices and standards and
to train staff in effectively applying them.
OUR SERVICES BENEFIT YOU
The world population – nergy and Sustainability Masterplans
E – e help you take a strategic approach to managing
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will likely increase to infrastructure, resources and costs.
– uilding Site and Climate Analysis
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9,200,000,000 in 2050. – s well-informed leaders you are better able to direct
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– onceptual Design Energy Modeling
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This almost 40% increase real estate and facilities departments to make long-
means we must change – ombined Heating and Power (CHP)/
C term cost-saving decisions.
the way we plan our Cogeneration Analysis
– y planning sustainably, your facilities or real estate
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cities, our buildings – Performance Standards Development departments become an integral part of your
and our infrastructure – ducation and Learning Program Development
E social responsibility policies.
across the developed and Delivery
and developing regions
of the world.
UNITED NATIONS POPUL ATION
DIVISION, 20 07
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7. “[THE CHICAGO GREEN HOMES
PROGRAM HELPS] US WORK WITH
HOMEOWNERS, BUILDERS AND
DEVELOPERS TO SHOW THEM HOW
THEIR PROJECTS CAN HELP IMPROVE
THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL
RESIDENTS OF CHICAGO.”
HONORABLE RICHARD M. DALEY, CHICAGO‘S MAYOR
CASE STUDY
GREEN HOMES FOR CHICAGO
SERVICES PROVIDED Mayor Richard M. Daley wants Chicago to be the greenest big city 1,126.4 tons of CO2
emission reduction
in the world. Individual projects can certainly help demonstrate this
Consulting Services 3
4,057 gallons
Education and Learning Program commitment, but the Mayor charged his Department of Environment
of stormwater
Consulting with thinking broadly about policy initiatives. A major step in runoff reduction
Environmental Impact Reporting
achieving the greenest city goal: working with our team to create 1
0,851 gallons
Green Urban Planning
Green Standards Development incentives for building green housing at all residential market levels. of potable water
use reduction
ANNUAL CIT Y WIDE
SUSTAINABILIT Y AWARDS
IMPACT OF GREEN
HOMES IMPROVEMENTS
Financial Times and Urban Land Institute: Sustainable Cities Award, 2008 ( THROUGH 20 0 9)
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8. CASE STUDY
BUFFALO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
COMPREHENSIVE FACILITY ASSESSMENT
PRE-DESIGN
New York state law mandates
that all school districts conduct
building surveys every five years.
Our process uses detailed data
collection techniques to document
the condition of each facility on a
system-by-system and room-by-
room basis—providing Buffalo Public
Schools (BPS) with a complete
database of assets. This information
enables BPS to identify and reduce
the extent of deferred maintenance,
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million sf assessed prioritize needs and develop short-
and long-term capital budgets.
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0 facilities included in
capital budget
Our customized online tool helps
reduce time spent on finding
problems to afford more time for
SERVICES PROVIDED
solving them. By updating the
Building Condition Surveys data regularly, BPS can experience
Computer-aided Facility Management significant long-run cost savings in
Database Development
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL energy management, maintenance
HIGH SCHOOL and operations.
OFFICES/ TEMPOR ARY SCHOOLS
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10. Once a project starts, Cannon Design’s sustainability expertise
reinforces the design of high-performance buildings. Our
DESIGN
systems analysis, commissioning and consulting expertise
CONSTRUCTION
supports the architectural and engineering design across a
wide range of building types from the earliest stages of design
through occupancy.
OUR SERVICES BENEFIT YOU
Researchers have – omputational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modeling
C – ou can make informed decisions about
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created a method building systems based on both first-cost and
– Lighting/Daylighting Analysis
for projecting and lifecycle payback terms.
– Thermal Comfort Analysis
evaluating up to 37 – our real estate holdings can be evaluated according
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distinct environmental – uilding Envelope Analysis and Commissioning
B to short- and long-term asset value as they are
impacts that result from – HVAC Load Calculations designed and built.
building construction. – enewable Energy Modeling Screening
R – n integrated process enables the project team to
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Since we have meet high performance goals and achieve sizable
– LEED Commissioning
methods for energy reductions.
– New Building Commissioning
measuring these
impacts, we must – LEED Administration Sustainability Consulting
now work to manage – A/E Consulting and Peer Review
them effectively.
GROUP OF CONSTRUCTION
RESE ARCH AND INNOVATION
(GRIC), POLY TECHNIC
UNIVERSIT Y OF CATALONIA
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11. CASE STUDY
HERMAN MILLER
CONVIA SHOWROOM
DESIGN How does a company sell a product that redefines the way office workers can
CONSTRUCTION control their environment?
We helped Herman Miller design a showroom in which responsible lighting and
electricity use are foremost in every visitor’s mind as they tour through a wildly varied
collection of the workstations, private offices, conference rooms and amenity spaces
that make up today’s workplace.
Product display is at the heart of a showroom, and this project immerses visitors in a
Convia system that offers highly programmable, easy-to-use controls of electrical zones.
Our sustainability services worked to enhance the technology: from maximizing daylight
harvesting to demonstrate the effectiveness of Convia’s controls to commissioning the
showroom’s systems so they operate according to the design standards.
SERVICES PROVIDED The design optimizes
80%
daylighting in a wide
Lighting/Daylighting Analysis range of settings—
Thermal Comfort Analysis from private offices of occupied
Commissioning to conference rooms, building area
from workstations to that is daylit
open teaming areas.
SUSTAINABILIT Y AWARDS
CoreNet Global: Sustainable Leadership Awards Commendation | Interiors Sources: Top Ten LEED Projects
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12. 88% 65% 22%
of construction of occupied of materials
waste diverted building area with a recycled
from landfill with access content
to views
DESIGN CONSTRUCTION 12
14. As their facilities are put in action, building owners turn to
Cannon Design to ensure that energy, lighting, heating, cooling,
OPERATIONS
ventilation and power systems are performing up to current
design standards as well as to re-engineer under performing
systems for more efficient operation.
OUR SERVICES BENEFIT YOU
Cities occupy 2% of the – etailed Energy Modeling
D – e find intelligent short-term and long-term savings
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world’s land mass yet in your operating expenses, utility consumption and
– xisting Building Calibrated Energy Modeling
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contribute more than greenhouse gas emissions.
– e-Commissioning
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66% of global greenhouse – y seeking out and solving building problems before
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gas emissions. – ontinuous Commissioning
C they happen, we help you improve operational efficiency.
This disproportionate – uilding Operation Assessment
B – ur consistent, cost-effective methods of measuring and
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relationship can
– reventative Maintenance Program Development
P verifying your building systems lead to greater occupant
be significantly comfort, productivity and satisfaction.
– nergy Audits (ASHRAE 1, 2 and 3)
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improved through
retro-commissioning – tility Bill Analysis
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and energy efficiency – emand Response Analysis
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improvements
– LEED Commissioning
in our current
built environment. – New Building Commissioning
CLINTON CLIMATE INITIATIVE – LEED Administration/Consulting
– A/E Consulting and Peer Review
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15. CASE STUDY
CAMILLE KENDALL ACADEMIC CENTER
OPERATIONS
With a goal of being recognized as a national model for a green university,
the University System of Maryland treats sustainability as serious business.
When the opportunity arose to create a new academic center on USM’s
Shady Grove campus, we designed an energy- and resource-efficient
building that responds to evolving curricula and technology with a humane
learning environment.
Cannon Design provided post-occupancy “ HE SUCCESS OF THIS BUILDING IS THE RESULT
T
commissioning to ensure that building
systems would operate according to OF GOOD PLANNING AND TREMENDOUS
the modeled standard. COLLABORATION WITHIN THE PROJECT TEAM.
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nergy Savings were 25%
THE RESULT IS A GREAT BUILDING WE ARE
below LEED Baseline Models PROUD OF, APPRECIATED BY OUR FACULTY,
P
otable Water Use was 44% STUDENTS AND STAFF.”
below LEED Baseline Models SCOTT LUPIN, DIRECTOR, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
SERVICES PROVIDED
Lighting/Daylighting Analysis
Thermal Comfort Analysis
Commissioning
LEED Administration/Consulting
OPERATIONS 15
16. $97,000 - $127,000 ANNUAL SAVINGS
TO THE UNIVERSITY DUE TO CANNON DESIGN’S MEASUREMENT AND VERIFICATION SERVICES
75% 75% 40% 25%
of construction of spaces have of materials reduction of
waste diverted access to manufactured storm water
from landfill natural daylight within 500 miles runoff
OPERATIONS 16
17. 23%
more energy efficient
Patient Care Tower
mechanical systems
than required by code
OPERATIONS
CASE STUDY
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN
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he new Patient Care Tower is the first
GENERAL HOSPITAL
LEED Gold hospital in the Midwestern
United States. Over a series of projects spanning the Advocate Lutheran
General Hospital campus, our team has provided design
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,000,000 gallons of water are saved
annually from treating water with and consulting services. Cannon Design hosted a series of
pulsed-power cooling tower. sustainability workshops with hospital administration, and they
embraced the subject as an inherent piece of their operations.
Patient satisfaction is at 73%, its highest point on-record, and
SERVICES PROVIDED energy savings from the most recent new project on campus
is approaching $200,000 a year.
Lighting/Daylighting Analysis
Building Operation Assessment
Green Standards Development $190,000 ANNUAL ENERGY SAVINGS
LEED Administration
IN NEW PATIENT CARE TOWER
OPERATIONS 17
18. 100% 39%
of irrigating water for of rainwater reused
campus comes from with stormwater
stormwater retention management plan
OPERATIONS
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uilding energy use ranks the school in the 79th
percentile as compared to other schools in the US.
A.E. STEVENSON HIGH SCHOOL CASE STUDY
SERVICES PROVIDED As a client of ours for more than twenty-five years, A.E. Stevenson High School has
a campus our architecture/engineering team knows and loves. By leading the school
Facility Condition Assessments
Existing Building Calibrated Energy Modeling through LEED-EB certification, we became more intimate with campus operations—
LEED Commissioning from helping Stevenson conduct an occupant comfort survey to coauthoring a green
Building Operation Assessment
standard that allowed the school administration to refine its purchasing policies. The
Preventative Maintenance Program Development
Energy Audits process even offered an educational opportunity as students helped lead the process
LEED Administration for calculating the school’s on-site stormwater management.
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19. REDEVELOPMENT A STRONG VISION
ALLOWS BUILDINGS
TO THRIVE AGAIN
AND AGAIN
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20. When a building has out-lived its intended purpose, many of
our opportunistic clients look to redevelop or adapt for a new
REDEVELOPMENT
use. Cannon Design supports these value-added developments
with broad consulting services: from conducting condition
assessments to sourcing and supporting applications for
grants and tax credits.
A 2004 report projected
that building owners in
the United States alone OUR SERVICES BENEFIT YOU
will demolish and replace – acility Condition Assessments
F – ur thorough analysis of buildings helps you unlock
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82,000,000,000 square – etro-Commissioning Study
R added value and development opportunities in
feet of buildings (or overlooked assets.
– rant/Tax Credit Submittals
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approximately one-third – nherently, we look at both long-term asset value and
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of the current total payback time frames in helping you evaluate project
building stock) by 2030. costs and benefits.
Re-imagining existing – e augment the benefits of redevelopment by helping
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buildings offers a you seek out government and utility incentives.
strategy for reducing
demolition waste and
preventing greenhouse
gas emissions from
new construction.
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
AND NATIONAL TRUST FOR
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
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21. CASE STUDY
ST. LOUIS POWERHOUSE
Constructed in 1928, the Power House provided coal-fired steam heat to
REDEVELOPMENT
a dozen downtown buildings until the City of St. Louis decommissioned
the building in 1980. Cannon Design purchased and re-developed the
building and reinforced our commitment to triple-bottom line solutions:
simultaneously developing a cost-effective new office, reducing our
ecological footprint by preserving a landmark building and embodying our
cultural commitment to the urban renewal of St. Louis.
100% 75% 30% 38%
of the existing of the space reduction in of energy
walls, floors, and has access to water usage savings below
roof were reused natural daylight ASHRAE Standard
The empty volume created by the building’s
relatively small floorplate and grand height of
its interior that had confounded developers
for many years allowed the project team to
establish one of the signature elements of
the project: a curvilinear structure that exists
$1.7 MILLION FEDERAL STATE TAX CREDITS
within the power house’s now restored shell. ON $7 MILLION PROJECT
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y purchasing and adapting an historic downtown power plant,
Cannon Design took advantage of generous tax credits and
SERVICES PROVIDED
incentives for historic preservation and energy efficient design.
Facility Condition Assessments
Lighting/Daylighting Analysis
Grant/Tax Credit Submittals SUSTAINABILIT Y AWARDS
LEED Administration
LEED Commissioning 2010 Green GOOD Design Award, The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum
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22. “ HIS PROJECT DEMONSTRATES THE
T
NOTION THAT THE MOST SUSTAINABLE
BUILDING IS THE ONE NOT BUILT.
IF SUSTAINABILITY EMPHASIZES
‘LEAVE NO FOOTSTEPS,’ THIS ONE
SEEMS TO DANCE.”
CONTRACT MAGAZINE, SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AWARD JURY 2010
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23. SUSTAINABILITY SERVICES
BUILDING OPERATIONS COMMISSIONING on a range of sustainability measures across a wide a detailed economic and engineering analysis of
range of building types, develops comparisons and capital improvement projects
CONSULTING Continuous Commissioning Monitors building
standards to inform capital and OM spending
system performance on an ongoing basis using Energy Masterplans Develops short- and long-term
Building Operation Assessment: Reviews Space Utilization Studies: Examines the current strategies for energy use across a campus or group
building automation systems and develops program
building operations, including energy management occupancy and usage within a building or across a of buildings
to maintain system performance
and facility maintenance policies, compares real estate portfolio to optimize facility efficiency,
New Building Commissioning Spans from Utility Bill Analysis Reviews a facility’s energy
to industry standards and develops plan for operations, maintenance and other related measures
planning through occupancy, commissioning agent and water usage rates, offers benchmark
operational improvements and cost savings
documents owner’s performance requirements and Computer-aided Facility Management comparisons with utility use at similar facilities
Preventative Maintenance Program Database Development: Tailors a Web-based and develops before-and-after analysis of
verifies that the building meets these measures
Development: Works with operations staff to facility management tool for the needs of conservation opportunities
create a long-term strategy for maintaining building Re-Commissioning Re-evaluates the systems
facilities management and ownership teams to
systems at optimal performance levels in an existing building for compliance with the
owner’s performance expectations and identifies
establish long-term priorities according to owner- ENERGY MODELING
specified measures
CONSULTING SERVICES systems that require corrective action
Post-Occupancy Evaluations: Uses a consistent
Conceptual Design Energy Modeling
Develops and tests energy use factors as design
Retro-Commissioning implementation
A/E Consulting and Peer Review: Collaborates set of measures and customized tools to examine decisions are made to establish a concept that
assistance Confirms results of retro-
with A/E teams outside Cannon Design to a building’s performance as it is in operation meets the owner’s program needs and energy
commissioning study by assisting building
establish design strategies that improve building according to quantitative measures and qualitative use expectations
operators with plans to set recommended energy-
performance and offers periodic review of design user survey evidence
saving measures into action Detailed Energy Modeling Creates a
documents to ensure strategy compliance
comprehensive analysis of a building’s energy
Education and Learning Program Consulting:
Retro-Commissioning Study Audits an existing ENERGY ANALYSIS use and evaluates against an established baseline
building’s energy use and systems, recommends
Works with public and private-sector clients to Combined Heating and Power (CHP)/ comparison to estimate total expected savings in
energy-saving measures using a payback analysis
teach facilities or real estate staff about green Cogeneration Analysis: Assesses validity of energy costs
building programs or develops client-specific staff implementing large-scale systems integration
training and education programs COMPREHENSIVE FACILITY and energy feedback across a campus or group
Existing Building Calibrated Energy Modeling
Employs a detailed energy model to compare
Green Standards Development: Authors OPTIMIZATION of buildings
expected energy performance against actual usage
sustainable design standards in collaboration with Demand Response: Analysis Reviews a building’s to bring to light untapped savings
Building Condition Surveys: Evaluates the
clients that meet each client’s specialized needs; energy use with the goal of achieving energy
condition of the major building and site systems and Renewable Energy Modeling Screening
LEED Administration/Consulting: Manages conducts a room-by-room analysis of architectural savings and incentives for participating in public
Determines the appropriateness of applying a
the documentation required by the USGBC for features and finishes within a individual facility or utility peak-shaving energy use programs
renewable energy technology to a given building
submitting projects for certification across any of across a multi-building campus Energy Audits (ASHRAE 1, 2 and 3) Audits that and calculates anticipated energy usage based on
the available LEED products range from one-day walk-through assessments applying these technologies
Facility Benchmarking and Assessment: Drawing
on both proprietary and publicly accessible research to an intermediate energy survey and analysis to
24. TEAM EXPERTISE
Michael Tillou PE, LEED AP Rand K. Ekman AIA, LEED AP Joe Cassata AIA Michael Eardley PE, LEED AP, CCP, CDT
Director of Energy Services Director of Sustainable Design Director of Comprehensive Director of Commissioning Services
Facilities Optimization
Mike Tillou brings a wealth of knowledge Rand Ekman is Director of Sustainability With extensive commissioning experience
and experience in energy modeling, at Cannon Design and leads the With a diversified background and over with a variety of client and project types,
analysis and design – knowledge firm’s Sustainability Services group, two decades of professional experience, Mike Eardley leads Cannon Design’s
that is indispensable in the design of which provides consulting services to Joe Cassata has developed an efficient, Commissioning Group. Mike combines
high-performance buildings that are clients, organizations and institutions consistent framework for conducting this expertise with an in-depth knowledge
increasingly demanded by Cannon Design including design assistance, building building condition assessments and has of energy design and studies and HVAC
clients. In addition to providing integrated energy analysis, sustainable program spearheaded the transfer of building engineering to offer a comprehensive expert
design and sustainability consulting management, LEED consulting, building condition data into customized Web- skill set to any project.
services to support the LEED certification commissioning and environmental based databases for clients of all sizes. Mike holds commissioning certifications
efforts of numerous university and standards development. Rand is a This suite of services helps allow owners from both the Building Commissioning
corporate entities, he is an expert at member of the AIA Chicago Board of to manage and evaluate properties Association and the Association of Energy
HVAC and control system analysis, Directors, the USGBC Market Advisory effectively throughout all stages of the Engineers. He is active in professional
commissioning, optimization and Committee and the Underwriters building lifecycle. associations from the local to national
troubleshooting. He specializes in energy Laboratories UL Environment Council,
Joe is also one of Cannon Design’s most levels, in areas ranging from commissioning
auditing, benchmarking and demand- and in 2010 he helped the AIA Large
accomplished project managers. His to engineering, energy efficiency, and
side energy planning. His professional Firm Round Table develop the 2030
expertise in technical detailing, project sustainability. He has project experience
publications have focused on innovative Commitment recording protocol and tools,
organization and execution, along with covering over a million square feet of LEED
applications of systems approaches and which allow architectural firms to measure
a thorough knowledge of the contract registered and certified buildings in roles
data analysis to improve buildings’ energy their progress toward driving the industry
administration process, provides Joe including commissioning, measurement
efficiency and performance. to carbon-neutral buildings over the next
with the ability to successfully manage verification, and project management.
twenty years.
Mike was recently named one of scheduling and budgetary issues on
Consulting Specifying Engineer projects of all types, including educational,
magazine’s 2010, 40 under 40. municipal and commercial.
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25. For more information, please
contact us at Cannon Design.
Michael Tillou
Director of Energy Services
Buffalo
Tel. 716 774.3550
mtillou@cannondesign.com
Rand K. Ekman
Director of Sustainable Design
Chicago
Tel. 312 960.8146
rekman@cannondesign.com
Michael Eardley
Director of Commissioning Services
Boston
Tel. 617 517.6249
meardley@cannondesign.com
Joe Cassata
Director of Comprehensive
Facilities Optimization
Buffalo
Tel. 716 774.3258
jcassata@cannondesign.com
Chris Lambert
Sustainability Services
Business Leader
Chicago
Tel. 312 960.8339
clambert@cannondesign.com
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