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Our Philosophy
Activities & Services |
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To accomplish the established mission and goals, the Institute for the
Built Environment focuses on the following activities and services:
- Facilitate interdisciplinary design workshops and
charrettes which allow participants to creatively focus on programming
and schematic design for new or remodeled environments.
- Present and publish research and project results
to national and international audiences.
- Offer international technology transfer with expertise
in the areas of low energy, sustainable design, design and construction
practice management, historic preservation, and computer aided analysis.
- Offer interactive symposia and workshops designed
to bring together allied disciplines of the build environment to study
and exhibit partnering and sustainability concepts in interactive educational
forums.
- Provide sustainable research expertise and advise
project teams on green materials and techniques of construction.
- Provide expert project guidance utilizing the U.S.
Green Building Council's (USGBC)
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
and other environmental rating systems.
Last updated on June 3, 2009
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