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Green Building Projects Highlights Urban and Neighborhood Design - Botany Towne Retail Center Green Building Design Anheuser-Busch Sales Training Center Meeting Hall & Classroom Building or the Los Angeles Archidiocese Furniture and Product Design - Bamboo Furniture Light-shelf and Thermal Chimney Green Building Analysis - Tom Bradley International Terminal – Los Angeles International Airport Green Building Guidelines - Daylighting Guideline & Seminars Sustainable Guidelines Development - City of Seattle Sustainablity Strategies for Schools
Urban and Neighborhood Design - Botany Towne Retail Center
		Greenform principal, Christine Magar, while working for Altoon + Porter Architects, managed the design development and construction for Botany Town Center in Auckland, New Zealand. The first environmentally friendly retail village, this Center features sustainable design best practices. These practices include indigenous building and plant materials, local art work, sustainable storm water management, and improved indoor environmental quality, and energy saving building systems. Developer: AMP Capitol Shopping Centers Architect: Altoon & Porter Architects/ Hames Sharley Project Scope: 630,000 sf Budget: $41 million in 2002. Back To Top

Green Building Design Anheuser-Busch Sales Training Center
		The entry space and lobby feature beautifully controlled daylight and local artwork. The building form, light shelf, and glazing selection allow for some direct sunbeam for drama in the entrance, and controls the daylight for task oriented work in the office areas and waiting areas. Owner: Anheuser-Busch. Van Nuys, CA Architect: Christine Magar Architects Project Scope: 20,000 sf Back To Top

Meeting Hall & Classroom Building or the Los Angeles Archidiocese
		The classrooms are saturated with daylight while the deep overhangs and narrow fenestration prevent direct sun from penetrating the space. Featuring natural ventilation and energy efficient heat-pumps, these classrooms have improved indoor air quality and reduced energy use. Developer: Los Angeles Archidiocese, CA Architect: Christine Magar Architects Back To Top

Furniture and Product Design – Bamboo Furniture
		Greenform principal, Christine Magar, while working for the City of Seattle, worked with a furniture manufacturer to develop the first line of bamboo conference tables and worktables. Back To Top

Light-shelf and Thermal Chimney
		Greenform principal, Christine Magar, while working for the City of Seattle, worked with a team to design a light-shelf as a retrofit for an existing office building in Seattle creating more comfort for the occupant by controlling glare and heat-gain. It brings daylight deeper into the occupied space and it collects the heat gain from the window and exhausts it into the ceiling plenum. Back To Top

Green Building Analysis - Tom Bradley International Terminal - Los Angeles International Airport
		Greenform conducted a green building analysis for the $750 million renovation and expansion of the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) at Los Angeles International Airport -- the single largest construction contract in Los Angeles history. The Tom Bradley building is a 1M-sf facility that supports 36 airlines, immigration, customs, and Department of Agriculture operations. Greenform’s Green Building Team investigated the best available sustainable and energy efficiency strategies for building systems, building products, and materials for the terminal expansion. Opportunities for reducing water and energy use and improving indoor environmental quality were identified. After the design changes, the building project team can boast 14% energy savings, 20% water reduction and 95% construction waste diversion from a landfill. Back To Top

Green Building Guidelines - Daylighting Guideline & Seminars
Greenform principal, Christine Magar for Southern California Edison, led a team that included daylighting experts, lighting and controls manufacturers and school districts to develop a classroom lighting system that harvests daylight to meet the needs of students and teachers. She develop a Daylighting Guideline and seminar series for Southern California Edison. The guideline, geared to schools and classrooms, focuses on the integration of daylighting and electric lighting and integrating daylighting strategies into new and retrofit building designs. The seminar is an education forum for the guideline. SCE Classroom Lighting Guide (http://www.SCE/classroomlighting.com) Back To Top

Sustainable Guidelines Development - City of Seattle
		The city of Seattle demonstrated its commitment to environmental, economic, and social stewardship when it called for development of a comprehensive sustainable city policy in 2001. Greenform principal, Christine Magar, while working for the City of Seattle, designed and facilitated a process that brought private and public sector stakeholders together to draft a conceptual framework for developing sustainability guidelines for the City of Seattle. http://www2.ci.seattle.wa.us/Implement/ Back To Top

Sustainablity Strategies for Schools
Greenform principal, Christine Magar, while working for Southern California Edison, assisted school districts and design teams in developing sustainable strategies to boost classroom performance and meet Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) performance criteria. The Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest school system in the United States, was the first to adopt CHPS performance criteria. Pilot projects included the Newport Coast Elementary School, the Southeast Learning Center, and other Los Angeles Unified School District elementary classrooms. (link to Edison pdf) Pomona Unified School District, committed to sustainability and energy efficiency, worked with Christine Magar to develop a Portable Classroom prototype. (link to Edison pdf) Back To Top