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Green Design Trends: The New Green Standard

By Martha VanGeem

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A new standard for the design of high performance green buildings is set to revolutionize the building industry.

Published by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), in conjunction with the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Standard 189.1, Standard for the Design of High Performance, Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, is the first code intended commercial green building standard in the country.

Martha VanGeem, PE, LEED AP, principal engineer in building science and sustainability at CTLGroup, is a member of the ASHRAE/USGBC/IESNA Standards Project Committee 189.1 on the design of high-performance green buildings, as well as numerous committees of the American Society of Civil Engineers, ASTM International, the Green Building Initiative and the American Concrete Institute.

She authored an article that appears in the April 2010 issue of Today’s Facility Manager.

Source: Today’s Facility Manager

Other Publications by this author

• Understanding ASHRAE 189.1
  October 5, 2011
• Martha VanGeem Quoted in livebetter Newsletter
  January 20, 2011
• Testimony for House Committee Hearing on “Options and Opportunities for Onsite Renewable Energy Integration”
  November 15, 2010
• In Your Crowd, Who Stands Tall?
  September 1, 2010
• Right Start, Right Result: Beginning with the Site
  June 1, 2010
• It’s More Than Design: Construction & Building Operation
  June 1, 2010
• Energy Efficiency: Building on Standard 90.1
  June 1, 2010
• Solar Reflectance Values for Concrete
  August 1, 2008
• Integrating Insulation and Surface Finishes into Concrete Walls and Floors
  January 1, 2008
• Comparison of the Life Cycle Assessments of an Insulating Concrete Form House and a Wood Frame House
  January 1, 2008
• Achieving Sustainability with Precast Concrete
  February 1, 2006
• Energy Efficiency of Concrete Homes
  June 1, 2005
• Life Cycle Inventory Of Slag Cement Concrete
  January 1, 2004
• Using Concrete to Maximize LEED Points
  November 1, 2002