Client news: Linetec finishes panel system for Hess Tower, the first LEED Gold office tower in Houston central business district

Hess Tower was the first office building in Houston’s central business district to earn LEED Gold certification through the U.S. Green Building Council. The 29-story, Class A office building located at 1501 McKinney Street is adjacent to the Discovery Green 12-acre park.

Client news: Bernalillo Elementary School achieves sustainable design goals using products by Tubelite

“Natural daylighting was very important to the design of the school.”

Client news: UC Berkeley Li Ka Shing Center achieves modern look, sustainable practices, seismic performance with Wausau windows and curtainwall systems

Clad in glass, metal and terra cotta, the five-story, 200,000-square-foot facility meets California’ stringent performance requirements, as well as sustainable design criteria.

Client news: New DoD campus designed to meet BRAC and LEED criteria, features Wausau blast hazard mitigating systems

Keeping with LEED Gold criteria, the high-performance building is targeted to consume 30% less energy than a comparable, traditionally-constructed office building.

Client news: Historically-styled windows contribute to modern comforts, architectural integrity, sustainability of U of MN Folwell Hall renovation

Award-winning, iconic, academic building exceeds state energy code by 30%

Client news: Shore Memorial Surgical Pavilion designed to meet LEED criteria, features Wausau SuperWall to provide healing, natural light

Along with protecting the environment, Wausau Window and Wall Systems helps protect patients’ safety and comfort with a hurricane-impact-mitigating curtainwall system

Client news: Tubelite’s products add to Berrien Springs’ new Virtual Learning Academy’s high-tech look and feel

“We wanted the building’s form to portray the modern style of learning that occurs within its walls,” said Tony Leininger, president of CARMI Design Group. “Tubelite’s range of products and industry expertise gave us the freedom to execute our design concept in a way that other products could not.”

Event news: Three 2011 Solar Decathlon projects include Kolbe’s windows

Enhancing efficient use of renewable energy, three of the 20 entries in the 2011 Solar Decathlon feature triple pane windows from Kolbe: Appalachian State University, Purdue University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Client news: Oregon State Hospital relies on Wausau’s window systems to replace, modernize the historic Salem psychiatric facility

The original building, opened in 1883, provided the setting for the 1975 Oscar-winning film “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”

Client news: 5 by 5 Design creates award-winning look for Gloryland Gospel Band CD

The winning, new look for the Minnesota-based band and its “I’ll Fly Away” CD helped increase its fan base and elicit more performance bookings.