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Steve Straus,P.E., President, GLUMAC Engineers |
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Green Buildings: It's Not Easy Being Green...Or Is It?
Steven A. Straus, P.E., President, GLUMAC Engineers; Wednesday, February 3, 2010, Dekum Building 4th floor basketball court, 519 SW Third Avenue (corner of SW 3rd and SW Washington Street), Portland
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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519 SW 3rd Ave.
(corner of SW 3rd and Washington- entrance is mid block on 3rd Ave.),Portland, OR 97204
4th floor basketball court.
The Dekum Building is the only office building in downtown Portland with a basketball court!
Plentiful parking in the Smartparks on 3rd Ave and 4th Ave.
A provocative insider's view of the "Green Building" movement, its history, where it is today, and...
...the meaning and purpose of the LEED Certification process.
...the future direction of green building design. Will
it become mandated and mainstream?
...the economics of green building design. Does it pay
- for developers, investors, tenants, and society?
...the state of the art. What's in the pipeline for green
building for office environments, retail spaces, and residential?
Steve Straus is a LEED® Accredited Professional and President of
Glumac, a building services engineering firm where all the Principals
and Associate Principals are LEED® Accredited Professionals. He has grown his firm on the booming
demand for green building design to one of the premier engineering
firms with 250 employees and 78 LEED Accredited Professional in 8 cities.
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Glumac offers extensive sustainable design expertise, lighting design, technology integration, and building commissioning services that complement and enhance their core capabilities. Projects include the Fox Tower, Nike World Campus, Wieden + Kennedy, Applied Materials Building 85, Mitsubishi MOD V; Providence Newberg Medical Center (left), the first LEED Gold Rated hospital in the US; and the Wayne L. Morse Federal Courthouse in Eugene (below right), the first US Courthouse to receive LEED Gold certification;
Steve Straus is President of Glumac, a building services engineering firm, founded in 1971 by Dick Glumac. The firm now has offices in Sacramento, Portland, Irvine, Los Angeles, Seattle, Silicon Valley and Las Vegas. The firm continues to grow, with plans to open additional offices to meet the needs of our increasing client base.
Since graduating from Berkeley, Steve has been passionate about environmental issues and design. Now Steven leads a firm where all Principals and Associate Principals are LEED® Accredited Professionals and are focused on and making a real impact on conserving our natural resources, for projects big and small. Steve is a commissioner on the Portland Development Commission and on the boards of the Portland Art Museum, the Natural Step, and the Salvation Army.
About the Dekum Building:
The Dekum Building is an historic office building at 519 SW Third Avenue and SW Washington Street in downtown Portland. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980.
With its rusticated sandstone base, over-scaled arches at street level, and stone carvings, the eight-story building is a strong example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. It is made completely from materials found in Oregon. Completed in 1891, it is named after Frank Dekum (1823-94), a German immigrant who opened Portland's first candy shop. Construction cost $300,000 in 1892 dollars. During construction, masons reportedly consumed beer instead of the usual coffee.
From the 1990s until 2000, the Dekum Building was occupied by Weiden+Kennedy. Current tenants include GLUMAC Engineers. The University of Portland Center for Entrepreneurship is a tenant of The Beehive, 5th Floor of the Dekum, the venue for our meeting.
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