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.