SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
As architects, one of our goals is to make our vision of an environmentally
responsible and healthy built environment a reality. Sustainable design
is an environmentally responsive approach to creating built environments
with minimum damage or risk to local, regional and global environments.
It combines the best of time-tested building principles with new ideas
and technologies to create buildings that are energy efficient, resource
efficient, healthy, and compatible with natural and cultural context.
To implement this goal, Reif/Shafer Architects has participated in the following programs to meet the differing needs of our clients:
Institutional/Commercial:
US Green Building Council LEED: RSA supported Carol Reif and Susan Pae’s participation in LEED training. They each have passed the certification examination to become a LEED 2.0 Accredited Professionals.
• US Green Building Council LEED
Residential:
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It Green Certified Green Building Professionals:
RSA principal Carol Reif completed these workshops to bring green architecture
practices to our interested residential clients.
Sustainable Development Working Group/Green Affordable Housing Coalition: Carol Reif participated in workshop focusing on the challenges of green building in the affordable housing market.
• Green Affordable Housing Coalition