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'Walk the Walk’ is the tag line for the American
Institute of Architect’s (AIA) initiative on
sustainability. The call is being made for
Architects throughout America to take the lead in
the sustainable evolution. Through a series of
tool kits, advocacy, seminars and an information
clearinghouse the AIA is assisting and encouraging
members to show by example and leadership how
architects can ‘save the planet’. Based on CO2
emissions, buildings are the primary culprit of
climate change. However buildings need to be a major
part of sustainability solution.
Michael Shilale Architects, LLP (MSA) has
enthusiastically accepted this challenge. While
working on several ‘sustainable’ building projects,
MSA is literally ‘walking the walk’ by registering
their headquarters in New City, NY to be a LEED-EB
certified building. The LEED-EB rating system is
reserved for existing buildings that were not
designed or constructed to be ‘green’ but still can
be made environmentally friendly. It provides a
benchmark for building owners and operators to
measure operations, improvements and maintenance,
with the goal of maximizing operational efficiency
while minimizing environmental impacts.
read Michael
Shilale's article on buildings and climate change
Michael Shilale Architects, LLP, an eight person
architectural engineering firm founded in 1991,
serves an educational, institutional, municipal,
commercial and residential client base in New York
and New Jersey. For
more information, please call 845-708-9200, or visit
their website at, www.shilale.com.
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