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,

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 (LEEDR) projects. KMI consults on LEED projects, particularly with LEED for New Construction (LEED-NC), LEED Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI), LEED Core and Shell (LEED-CS), and LEED for Schools (LEED-SC). KMI has completed over fifteen (15) major LEED-NC projects and one (1) LEED CI project; another nine (9) projects are in progress. KMI consults with owners and developers, architects, and general contractors to coordinate LEED certifications from the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI is now the certifying body for LEED projects). 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. KMI may act as the design-phase LEED AP, preparing LEED bridging documents or carrying the project through Design Application Review with GBCI. KMI has worked extensively with general contractors to act as the LEED AP for the Contractor's LEED responsibilities. KMI includes a highly skilled team of LEED Accredited Professionals, associates, and associate firms. KMI works 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, landscape architect, MEP engineers, energy modeling, commissioning agent, indoor environmental quality testing consultant, 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 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, tenant improvements, and core and shell commercial/residential 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 19 years experience in C&D and sustainable design, with ten years experience with LEED.

Kelly Ingalls is a LEED for New Construction (LEED-NC) Version 2.0, Version 2.1, and Version 2.2 GBCI Accredited Professional, as well as a LEED-for Commercial Interiors GBCI Version 2.0 AP. Kelly is a GBCI LEED for New Construction Building Design and Construction Accredited Professional (LEED-BD+C AP), as well as a GBCI Version 2009 LEED for Commercial Interiors Accredited Professional (LEED-ID+C AP).

Solid Waste Management and Recycling Consulting

KMI is also organized to provide solid waste and recycling consulting to governmental agencies, recycling processing facilities, and recycling waste haulers. Kelly had over eight (8) years of experience with the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation Citywide Recycling Division as a senior staff analyst. During his work with Citywide Recycling Division, Kelly assisted in the development of the Source Reduction and Recycling Element (SRRE) for the City of Los Angeles, in compliance with Assembly Bill 939 Landfill Reduction Act. Kelly was responsible for City Department Recycling Programs, as well as citywide recycling programs for the commercial private sector. Kelly specialized in construction waste management and recycling, as well as development of markets for recycled-content products. Kelly was the liaison for the Board of Public Works and the California Integrated Waste Management Board regarding tire recycling programs, tire recycling technologies, development of recycled content tire products, as well as illegal tire dumping issues within the City. Kelly was responsible for outreach to industry groups, such as the Southern California Restaurant Association and the Construction Specifications Institute, to develop waste reduction, recycling, and buy-recycled programs in association with those industries.

Kelly has experience in disaster debris management and planning as the staff analyst assigned to the Northridge Earthquake Response Effort, in liaison with the Board of Public Works and the Bureau of Engineering to develop waste diversion strategies for over 1.6 million tons of earthquake debris from local landfills. Kelly worked with the Bureau of Engineering, its contracted demolition contractors, and C&D processing facilities to process the materials, and played a key role in expanding the capacity of existing C&D facilities to process and divert the materials. Kelly worked with CRD staff to develop and maintain the database that quantified the C&D material diversion throughout the 18-month response program.

Industry Outreach

Kelly was the founding Regional Director for the Construction Recycling Association of Southern California from 1994-2006. CMRA is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of C&D recycling, innovative technologies, and recycled content construction products. Mr. Ingalls developed a database of over 250 key stakeholders including C&D facility operators, building industry associations (i.e. Southern California Contractors Association, National Association of Demolition Contractors, Greater Los Angeles Disposal Association), construction and demolition contractors, waste haulers, local government agencies, environmental organizations, and others committed to C&D recycling and end-markets for recycled construction products. Mr. Ingalls coordinated a series of quarterly CMRA chapter meetings to address C&D issues, and to establish networking among the stakeholders. Mr. Ingalls was the Project Consultant for U.S. EPA Construction and Demolition Training and Outreach Program, and he produced the C&D Recycling Tool Kit under the USEPA C&D Recycling Grant. The Tool Kit included a Construction and Demolition Waste and Recycling Planning and Tracking program for strategizing and quantifying C&D on construction projects. The Tool Kit was adopted by the California Integrated Waste Management Board as a free resource.

Kelly has been a member of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) since 1992. He served two terms on the CSI Los Angeles Chapter Board of Directors, and as a Professional Director, he help the Chapter to develop its long-term strategies for green building. Kelly was the founding Chairperson of the Environmental Affairs Committee. That committee brought together key stakeholders from the building industry, such as architectural firms, construction contractors, local governmental agencies, environmental interest groups (including the AIA, CSI). The committee sponsored two Sustainable Design Workshops, which earned Industry Environmental Education Commendations. Kelly served on the Institute's Ad Hoc Environmental Committee to develop strategies and resources for green building within CSI, which included fostering the liaison relationship between CSI and the U.S. Green Building Council. Kelly developed two training workshops for LA/CSI, which educated industry professionals on the Contractor's responsibilities for LEEDR management and focused on the LEEDR construction submittal process.