San Jose’s skyline is host to a soon-to-be LEED certified residential tower slated to open later this month. Located in the heart of the city, just one block from San Jose State University, the 19-floor student housing project comprises 260 residential units (1,039 beds), with 14,700 SF for retail stores and restaurants on the ground floor. A fourth floor podium offers residents open space for leisure and social activities, while its central location affords easy access to the city’s many amenities.
New Thinking for a Sustainable and Resilient Future
A lot of our work at In Balance Green Consulting centers around sustainability. With a rapidly changing climate and the onset of a global pandemic, lately we’ve been feeling we also need to incorporate resiliency into our framework.
Don't Wait Until Construction: Commissioning Includes Design Review
If you’ve been working on new projects over 10,000 SF, or LEED projects of any size, you’ve come across commissioning of energy-related systems. Commissioning (Cx) is a great process to verify that all the building systems work as intended, but if you’re used to waiting until construction to get started, you’ll need to adjust your process – all the way back to schematic design.
