The Living Learning Center at Tyson Research Center in Eureka, MO was recently became one of the world's first Living Buildings certified by the International Living Building Institute (ILBI). The 2,900 sf facility has pioneered the implementation of high performance building standards which have previously only been imagined and contemplated in conceptual designs.

Read more about the building and its certification at ilbi.org

Citimortgage Progress Point recently became the third LEED-EB O&M project certified in Missouri. Green site and building exterior managment practices were adopted and a green cleaning policy was implemented. Among other environmental initiatives, a carpool program was established, educational signage incorporated throughout the building, and a waste reduction plan resulted in over 50% landfill waste diversion.

The Living Learning Center at Tyson Research Center was featured in Jerry Yudelson's latest book "Dry Run: Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis." Get the book here.

H+B would like to welcome our new intern for the summer, Miriam Keller. Ms. Keller will be going into her senior year at the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts working towards her degree in architecture and minor in music and urban design. We are very happy she will be working with us.

H+B was awarded an Outstanding Achievement in the "Environmental Innovation" category from the Missouri Waste Coalition for the design of the net-zero waste, The Living Learning Center, in Eureka, MO. Dan Hellmuth was selected to present on the various sustainable features of the facility. To meet the strict requirements of the Living Building Challenge, the final building must have a net zero carbon footprint for construction, as well as net zero water and energy usage. A 19kW roof-mounted photovoltaic array provides power for the building and systems whilie rainwater is harvested for re-use as potable water. Other components of the net zero water usage include composting toilets, graywater recycling and a stormwater management plan that utilizes rain gardens, pervious pavement and dry creekbeds to capture and treat on-site stormwater. The siding of the building is constructed from Eastern Red Cedar trees and flooring has been made from hard maple trees all havested on-site as part of a native forest restoration project.

Ralph Bicknese presented at the Certified Sustainable Product Summit on June 3rd at the GSA RAY building in downtown St. Louis. Read more on the event here.

Gene Simon Family Cottage at Chaddock is now complete! The open house was held on June 6th with Gene Simon in attendance. See photos of the facility on our facebook page.

Daniel Hellmuth presented at the 2010 Greening the Heartland Conference in Minneapolis, MN.

Daniel Hellmuth presented at the College Building Expo at the Navy Pier in Chicago.

Daniel Hellmuth presented at the Living Future Conference in Seattle, WA.

H+B is now on facebook. See photos and links to some of our projects here.

Ralph Bicknese spoke at the St. Louis Paint and Coatings Society conference, advocating for the use of sustainable building products.

H+B started the feasibility study for The College School who recently purchased property in Jefferson County, MO. The 28 acre site is near LaBarque and Sandy Creek. The property includes a small light-framed barn, portions of a burned house, a well house and a deteriorated concrete bridge.

Daniel Hellmuth presented at the Upper Midwest Association for Campus Sustainability (UMACS) Conference in River Falls, Wisconsin.

H+B is now on Twitter. To catch the latest and greatest news from H+B, follow our tweets at twitter.com/hb_architects.

Daniel Hellmuth presented at the Indiana Building Green Symposium in Indianapolis.

The Journal of Green Building published an article written by the Hellmuth + Bicknese, Washington University in St. Louis administration, and the Tyson Research Center staff. The article titled "Biology and Building - The Living Learning Center at Washington University's Tyson Research Center: A Journey on the Path to the Living Building Challenge," was published in the Fall 2009 edition (Volume 4, Number4)

Eco-Charrette took place on December 2nd and 3rd on the beautiful Indiana University - Bloomington campus with over 55 participants in attendance.

A closed bid for proposals for the "Greening the Indiana Memorial Union Charrette" at Indiana University - Bloomington went to H+B. Hellmuth + Bicknese won the bid to serve as lead charrette facilitators process from a pool of specially selected teams from across the United States.

Daniel Hellmuth presented at the Greening the Campus 2009 conference. The theme was "Embracing Change" and the conference was held in Indianapolis, IN. His presentation focused on ways of using the Living Learning Center as a template to encourage one campus to fully showcase sustainability on campus.

Ralph Bicknese visited Capitol Hill in Washington DC to meet with members of the US Senate and House of Representatives to discuss the benefits of green buildings and schools as related to several bills under consideration in Congress as a volunteer representing the US Green Building Council.

H+B will be teaming with CH2MHILL as sustainability consultants on two East-West Gateway Council of Governments' Great Streets Initiative projects over the next several months. Both projects are streetscape improvement projects.

Hellmuth + Bicknese has signed on to the AIA 2030 Commitment, a pledge to reduce the energy consumption in the built environment by the year 2030. You can read more about the commitment here.

Chaddock, with the help of H+B, has been awarded a grant of $75,000 from the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation (ICECF) for green building design and commissioning on their new residential facility, the Gene Simon Family Cottage.

At the AIA award ceremony on September 10th, Hellmuth + Bicknese received the Award of Distinction for Societal and Technological Advancement for the Living Learning Center.

H+B was selected to be a part of a team of a first phase to develop the building concept and budget for the Wildwood City Hall project. To better reflect the community, the city wanted to have guidance from a design team made up of Wildwood architects who understand the community. Hellmuth + Bicknese Architects joined with John Guenther, Dennis Taachi and Powers Bowersox Associates to form the Wildwood Collaborative. Ralph Bicknese, John Guenther, Dennis Taachi and Bill Bowersox are all long time Wildwood residents. The first phase of the project provided a concept based on citizen input and a budget. Based on this, the citizens voted to authorize the city to proceed with the project.

Ralph Bicknese became a member of Governor Nixon's Home Building and Residential Energy Efficiency Advisory Panel.

H+B was selected to perform renewable energy study and LEED feasibility study at the General Services Administration's Robert A. Young (GSA RAY) building in downtown St. Louis. The building is a 1,000,000 sf facility currently in the planning phase of a series of renovations.

NVCI Support Servicesin Summerlin, NV earns LEED-NC Silver certification. The 102,052 sf building joins a small, but growing list of LEED certified buildings in Nevada. Water efficient landscaping reduced water use by 94% and building water use was reduced by over 40%. The combination of building design features, energy system design, and commissioning an energy savings of 22% compared to a typical new office building constructed today. The project has applied for rebates from Nevada Energy rebates for the exceptional energy savings.

GreenSpun Media, a 60,000 sf tenant space in Las Vegas, received LEED-CI Silver. It is the FIRST building in Nevada certified to LEED for Commercial Interiors Silver level (and the first CI in Nevada certified to any level).

Ralph Bicknese will be presenting the basics of green building and its impact on the environment at Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, IL on Tuesday, July 28th from 6:30p - 8:00p.

Download the brochure to learn more about it.

The Living Learning Center at Washington University's Tyson Research Center has been getting some great recognition in the new lately. The St. Louis Post Dispatch wrote an article about the dedication ceremony and Environmental Building News covered the Living Building Challenge using the LLC as an example. Click here for the St. Louis Post Dispatch article. Click here for the Environmental Building News article.

American Nevada Company's Corporate Center VI just received LEED C&S Gold certification, the first LEED Core & Shell building certified at the Gold level in Nevada. This the first of four projects Hellmuth + Bicknese is working on to get LEED certification in the Las Vegas area working with Korte Construction and ANC.

Now you can watch the updates on the Tyson Living Learning Center on Twitter! Click here to see the page or click the Twitter logo at the bottom left of the screen.

Bids are due Thursday, June 25 for the Chaddock Treatment Cottage and construction is likely to start in mid-July. The cottage will house 9 youth and clinical services for the residents. Chaddock will be seeking LEED Silver or Gold certification.

Chaddock serves children with severe emotional and other behavioral problems and also provides foster care services and other services for youth. The 30 acre campus contains several cottages and a school among other support facilities.

We had a great time at the dedication for the Living Learning Center. The building looks beautiful and the Tyson Outreach staff can't wait to move in.

Click here to see a video about the building.

Click here to see photos from the event.

Spoon River College has opend two new 6,000 sq. ft. classroom buildings designed by Hellmuth + Bicknese Architects at SRC's Havana and Rushville campuses.

The renovation of 15,000 sq. ft. and a new facade for the entire front of a former 80,000 sq. ft. "big box" furniture store is well underway for Spoon River College's Macomb Campus. The work during this phase will provide several classrooms and a training/conference center.

We are glad to have Stacy Behlmann back for the summer again. She'll be assisting in design, production, LEED documentation and perhaps most importantly...organizing our office! Stacy is ready to begin her fifth year in the architecture program at Kansas University and will be studying in Europe this fall.

Along with the first cottage design, H+B is working on a comprehensive sustainable masterplan for the Chaddock campus that integrates LEED for Multiple Buildings and conservation stormwater management into the planning process. As a result, Chaddock will be able to construct future proposals to a pre-determined and approved set of LEED credits along with any extra credits the project may garner.

Click here to see the masterplan.

The Living Learning Center was recently featured in an article from Student Life, an independent student newspaper for Washington University - St. Louis. The article discusses the challenges of metting the Living Building Challenge, a certification through the Cascadia Green Building Council. the LLC will boast net-zero energy and net-zero water through the uses of photovoltaic panels and rainwater harvesting.

Click here to read the article.

The Bick i-Building will be awarded it's LEED Gold plaque at October'sUSGBC-Stl Monthly Program. The ceremony is on October 15th at 6pm at the William A. Kerr Foundation.

Click here to see a map to the ceremony.

H+B has the opportunity to design a Living Learning Center for Tyson Research Center, a divsion of Washington University, and will be adhering to the requirements of the Living Building Challenge.

Click here to see project images.

Click here to visit the Living Buiding Challenge site.

Amelia Einbender-Lieber has joined the firm. She is a New Jersey native and recently received her BArch from Washington University. Amelia is currently preparing for LEED accreditation.

H+B recently visited San Salvador to provide sustainable design consulting on a twelve story office building. The Torre Aristos building will incorporate many green technologies such as rooftop gardens, daylighting and waste water treatment. It is slated to be the first LEED certified building Central America.

Click here to read more about the project

The Bick i-Building achieved LEED-NC Gold certification! The USGBC awarded the building 41 points, 3 points above the minimum to receive Gold. Click here to read more about the project.

H+B recently signed up with AmerenUE's Pure Power program to offset 100% of our energy usage in supporting wind energy.

Phase 2 of our LEED-EB project with Citimortgage in O'Fallon, MO has started and we look forward to a successful LEED-EB Certification! (One of the first in the St. Louis area)

Holcim Inc. Ste. Genevieve Main Office Building in Bloomsdale, MO has achieved LEED for New Construction Certified status. H+B provided sustainable design consulting for the project. Click here to see the certificate.

EcoUrban Homes received LEED for Homes Platinum certification for their modular house at 3140 Pennsylvania. It is the tenth platinum residence in the country, and the first in missouri. H+B provided sustainable design consulting for material selection.

H+B is looking for additional help in their ongoing LEED consulting. With over 25 LEED projects in the office, this side of the business is expanding rapidly and it is very exciting to see how wide-spread and successful this green-benchmarking system has become. An architectural, engineering or construction background is a plus and good organizational skills a must! Please call Dan Hellmuth or Ralph Bicknese at 314.531.9901 if interested.

H+B has been selected to do a feasibility study for the Metropolitan Sewer District Headquarters at Jefferson and Market for a Green Roof Retrofit. On the team is SWT who will be looking at options for selecting the plant palette and designing the plant layout. Lee Cooper of ASDG will be evaluating the structure for suitability for an extensive green roof system. This is a very high profile and exciting application of Conservation Stormwater Management BMPs that may serve as an important case study for the city and region.