Fentress Architects
Sustainable architectural design:
Fentress Architects sustainable design highlights include:
Sustainable architectural design:
- protects and benefits ecosystems, watersheds, and wildlife habitat in the presence of human development.
- conserves resources and maximizes comfort through design adaptations to site-specific and regional climate conditions.
- creates comfortable interior environments that provide daylight, views, and fresh air.
- conserves water and protects and improves water quality.
- conserves energy and resources and reduces the carbon footprint while improving building performance and comfort.
- includes the informed selection of materials and products to reduce product-cycle environmental impacts,
- improve performance, and optimize occupant health and comfort.
- seeks to enhance and increase ecological, social, and economic values over time.
- anticipates future energy sources and needs.
- provides long term cost savings for general operating costs.
- allows museums to take a leadership role in this vital movement and educate through example!
Fentress Architects sustainable design highlights include:
- Pioneering green design since 1993
- 42 LEED Accredited Professionals on staff
- First project in the nation to incorporate indoor air quality improvement as a goal
- Portfolio includes the largest LEED Gold building in the world at time of opening
- Designed one of the largest daylit facilities ever built – Denver International Airport
- Formal internal continuing education program on sustainability – Fentress Architects University
- Over one-third of the firm’s active work is LEED registered
- Portfolio includes a LEED Platinum building
- 45 awards for design excellence in projects that exhibit extraordinary green qualities