LEED

Long before the practice was fashionable, BMa’s basic, long standing design philosophy supported the fundamental principles of sustainable design. BARBERMcMURRY architects is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council and has a growing number of architects who are earning the LEED Accredited Professional designation. Currently, we have 8 LEED Accredited Professionals. For us, it is paramount to define a project’s goals up front-- with the client’s involvement-- and then select the team members with whom we collaborate to fulfill these goals. Proper site selection and building orientation are the next steps in producing quality design. The basic building palettes of form, mass, materials, and light are studied to best utilize attributes such as solar exposure, heat gain/loss and natural light transmittance. Material selections and specifications are made with the inclusion of the entire team to maximize performance, energy utilization, and life cycle costs. These principles have served our firm well and provided the very best products for our clients. They help us define an initial design strategy that evolves throughout the process, and ultimately deliver projects with sustainability as a goal or a guideline. With the advent of the LEED process, these design steps are now formalized. They are tracked during each phase of the delivery process; combined with material specification and contractor performance criteria during construction; and continually tallied to verify that the target LEED Classification standards are met.

Our LEED Accredited Professionals:

Name	Title	Affiliations
Chad Boetger	Vice President, Director of Design	AIA, LEED AP
Mike Driskill	Associate, Project Manager	AIA, LEED AP
Laura Johnston	Project Manager	AIA, LEED AP
Matt Jordan	Architect	AIA, LEED AP
Janis Lightfoot	Director of Interior Design	IIDA, LEED AP
Andy Naunheimer	Intern Architect	Associate AIA, LEED AP
Keith Percic	Intern Architect	LEED AP