GREEN BUILDING PRACTISES

 

 

Through operating efficiencies that reduce water, fossil fuel, and material resource use, green public and private facilities KMI can save millions of dollars annually by building green through the use of appropriate materials, increased daylighting,and ensuring investments in good indoor air quality,

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Welcome to KMI Building Industry Consulting, Inc. KMI was established in March 1998 as an independent consulting practice specializing in sustainable design measures and construction waste management and recycling for the building industry. In October 2002, KMI became a California S-Type corporation, and services were expanded to include U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) projects. KMI now consults almost exclusively on LEED projects, particularly with LEED for New Construction (LEED-NC), LEED Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI), and LEED Core and Shell (LEED-CS). KMI has completed over six (6) major LEED-NC projects and one (1) LEED CI project; another three (3) projects are in final review with USGBC. Six (6) projects will be submitted to the USGBC in 2009.

KMI consults with owners and developers, architects, and general contractors to coordinate LEED certifications from USGBC/Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI). Depending on the scope and project phase, KMI may have one of several roles: KMI may act as the project LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP) from early design phase through project completion and final certification. We may act as the design-phase LEED AP, preparing LEED bridging documents or carrying the project through Design Application Review with USGBC/GBCI. KMI works extensively with general contractors as the LEED AP for the Contractor’s LEED responsibilities.

KMI includes a highly skilled team of LEED Accredited Professionals, associates, and associate firms. We work effectively with clients and project LEED team members to assure that project goals and timetables are met. KMI forms project LEED teams, bringing together the responsible parties including the owner, architect, civil engineer, MEP engineers, energy modeling, commissioning agent, and others. KMI works with the LEED team to evaluate projects to determine the best fit for LEED rating system, to establish the LEED scoresheet, and develop the LEED Responsibility and Coordination Matrix. KMI helps not only to envision the project’s sustainable design and construction features; our firm acts as a problem-solver and has extensive experience with the nuts-and-bolts of LEED. KMI assists its clients and the LEED team to evaluate feasibility and cost impacts. KMI coordinates LEED On-Line project management from project registration, design and construction reviews, and final certification.

Types of LEED projects include that KMI has completed - or is in the process of completing include major governmental centers, police, fire, and security centers, universities and colleges, high-rise residential condominiums and apartments, tenant improvements, and core and shell developments. Click HERE for the KMI Company and Project Brochure or go to the PROJECT PROFILES page. KMI also works with architects, construction specifiers, and industry professionals to develop sustainable design and LEED specifications. KMI is a specialist in construction waste management and recycling. Kelly Ingalls has 18 years experience in C&D and sustainable design, with nine year’s experience with LEED. Kelly Ingalls is a LEED-NC Version 2.0, Version 2.1, and Version 2.2 GBCI Accredited Professional, as well as a LEED-CI GBCI Version 2.0 AP.

Where We’re Going

In June 2009, the USGBC/GBCI will embark upon LEED Version 3. Put simply, USGBC began as a platform to develop high-efficiency buildings and low-impact sites. Now the vision is to reduce global effects of the built environment and to link green buildings to sustainable communities. KMI is poised to expand its services to include the new LEED Version 3 rating systems. As localities begin to require LEED certification for both public and private sector projects, and private developers chose LEED certification, and sustainability becomes the industry standard, KMI will continue to provide LEED services to meet the increasing demand.

It is all connected.

As a visitor to our website, you may notice the panorama of the Grand Tetons in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. What is the connection to the Caltrans Building in Los Angeles? As a Wyoming native, I feel a great personal connection with the grand open spaces ranging from the Pacific Northwest, the Sonora Desert in Tucson, Arizona, the Salzkammergut of Austria, to the Great Barrier Reef in Cairns, Australia, which I have visited and snorkeled with great awe. Each of us has our moments, and one of my most notable ones was last September 2008 as I listened just before dusk to a the call of a bull elk in Yellowstone. I was speechless. And moments in the Disney Hall during an evening of chamber music (Beethoven’s Piano Trios come to mind). In 2002, in an article I wrote for the Construction Specifier, I stated that “The built environment is inseparable from the natural environment.” Rather than going into an extensive essay to elucidate that concept here, I will state that the principle of KMI is this: It is all connected.

We appreciate the opportunity to have had a key role in the development and certification of such important LEED projects as Capitol Area East End Complex, the Caltrans Building, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, the LAPD Replacement Stations, The Century, and the Menlo mixed use projects in Palo Alto.

Best Regards,

KMI

Kelly McArthur Ingalls,

President