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Inside InfoComm's Green AV Rating System

Having struck out with the U.S. Green Building Council, the AV industry now aims to create its own LEED-type sustainability certification...


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  • Why Sustainability Matters

    Have you been waiting to take the next STEP in your green AV initiative? Pretty soon, you'll have the tools necessary to ensure your users have energy-efficient systems.

     
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    Q&A with Allen Weidman, InfoComm International

    Here's how important sustainbility if to InfoComm and the pro AV community: InfoComm recently hired a dedicated sustainability officer. Read about how he's approaching his job.

     
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    Next Steps in Green AV

    InfoComm's Sustainable Technology Environments Program is almost finished. Get the inside scoop from someone who is helping write the green AV rating system.

     

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  • Inside InfoComm's Green AV Rating System

    Having struck out with the U.S. Green Building Council, the AV industry now aims to create its own LEED-type sustainability certification process, due out in January 2011. Here's what it entails.

     
  • Bank of Amercia, New York. AV consultant: CMS Audiovisual Consultants. AV integrator: AV Services. Architect/design firm: Gensler

    2010 Best Corporate AV Project

    The Bank of America building in New York was designed to earn LEED Platinum. As such, the AV designs from CMS Audiovisual Consultants had to be as green as possible.

     
  • The ceiling above the wooden ceiling was painted black. The desired projectors were only available in white. A custom vinyl detailing company applied black vinyl to the projectors, carefully leaving open all ventilation and control surfaces.

    Modeled to Perfection

    What better opportunity to incorporate the guidance of 3D modeling software into an AV design than when the client is Autodesk itself and the project is a new LEED Platinum corporate briefing center?

     
 

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    Seize the Tiger By Its Tail

    As an industry, pro AV has gone through careful deliberation and education regarding green AV initiatives. But now it's time for the movement to walk the walk. February 2010 marks the end of the Oxen's year of planning and steady persistence and ushers in the Year of the Tiger. Time to spring into...

     
 

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    Building a New Market

    It's long been discussed: How can AV integrators extend their control systems expertise to entire buildings? These days, some firms are...

     
  • The ceiling above the wooden ceiling was painted black. The desired projectors were only available in white. A custom vinyl detailing company applied black vinyl to the projectors, carefully leaving open all ventilation and control surfaces.

    Modeled to Perfection

    What better opportunity to incorporate the guidance of 3D modeling software into an AV design than when the client is Autodesk itself and...

     

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More LEED from Architect and eco-structure

  • LEED for Neighborhood Development Launched

    After a three-year pilot program, LEED-ND is officially launched, becoming the seventh LEED rating system from the U.S. Green Building Council.

     
  • The SAP Americas Headquarters Expansion building sits across from an existing three story office building. The two are connected by a narrow lobby covered by a green roof.

    SAP Americas Headquarters Expansion

    If, in this era of declining print subscriptions, executives at the Harvard Business Review want proof that their articles have a direct impact on business, they need look no further than the SAP Americas Headquarters Expansion.

     
 

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