Research & Consulting

Green Buildings

Green Classrooms

Forest (Re)Building

Charrettes & Conferences

Graduate Theses Research

The IBE has been carrying out its goals through various projects, charrettes and research since 1995.

CURRENT PROJECTS

• City of Fort Collins Transit Center at CSU
• Burr Oak
• Colorado’s New Central Resource for Energy in Buildings Information
• Dorsey Residence
• 7 Generations Office Park
• North Flats Townhomes
• Sundance Offices
• Green Building Video Series & Colorado Green Consortium

ON-GOING PROJECTS

• New Belgium Brewing
• Academic Village at Colorado State University
• Teaching the sustainable building course at Maho Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
• Carrying out provisions of the Tallories Declaration which CSU signed
  in 2001

PAST PROJECTS

• Forest (Re)Building
• Fossil Ridge High School, a sustainably built school in the Poudre School District in Colorado
• Researching green building design characteristics for the REI Denver
• Green Classrooms of Guggenheim Hall, a LEED-certified project, at Colorado State University
• Consulting on green building strategies for EDUCO's new building northwest of Fort Collins
• Lead the Environmental Design charrette for the Colorado State Environmental Learning Center and the National Watchable Wildlife Foundation Headquarters
• Coordinated "Partnering for a Sustainable Future" conferences
• Designed and broadcast the National Park Service's "Sustainable Practices" teleconference
• Conducted building research for a prototype sustainable elementary school
• Applying our charrette results to the future sustainable building of Colorado State University's Urban Horticulture Outreach Center

GRADUATE THESES RESEARCH

• Legislation & Regulation of Green Building: Case Study of Boulder, Colorado
  Natalie Shere - Summary PowerPoint | Thesis Report
• Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCC) in the United States Green Building Industry
  Dave Nornes- Summary PowerPoint | Thesis Report
• Barriers to Certification for LEED Registered Projects
  Brad Johnson - Summary PowerPoint | Thesis Report
• An Assessment of Green Design in an Existing Higher Education Classroom
  Annie Lilyblade - Summary PowerPoint | Thesis Report
• Investigating the Relationship of Charrettes and LEED Certified Buildings
  Katherine Petit - Online Report
• Effectiveness of Back Flushing for Cleaning Porous Pavements
  Nilesh Shirke - Summary PowerPoint | Thesis Report

Last updated on December 15, 2006