At Urban Fabrick We Believe in the Practical Application of High Performance Design

At Urban Fabrick We Believe in the Practical Application of High Performance Design

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! URBAN FABRICK, INC. A SUSTAINABILITY AND COLLABORATIVE DESIGN CONSULTING AND COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY ! WHO WE ARE At Urban Fabrick we believe in the practical application of high performance design. We work with our clients to build better buildings and design more livable, walkable and sustainable urban neighborhoods. Urban Fabrick assists project teams to meet, understand and design to new green building code requirements including CALGreen, the International Green Construction Code (IgCC) and a variety of local green building ordinances. We facilitate complex and high level green building certifications, net-zero energy design and climate positive development. Urban Fabrick can help you to connect the dots and bridge many of the professional knowledge gaps that currently between today's (business as usual) design practices and those required to successfully meet or exceed high performance (green) building code requirements, achieve green building ratings and make more informed, cost-effective and sustainable decisions. With over fifteen years of green building policy, practice and design expertise, Urban Fabrick adds value. Our services improve communication and understanding between technical and non-technical design professionals, non-governmental organizations, policy makers, code officials, facility staff, property owners, tenants, and real estate professionals. We provide fun and professional, business focused, peer-to-peer sustainability and collaborative design education, outreach, messaging and training. WHAT WE DO GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATIONS LEED, GreenPoint Rated (GPR) and Living Building Challenge Consulting and Peer Review Green Building Policy Adoption and Implementation Green Codes Consulting, Education, Training and Outreach COLLABORATIVE & HIGH PERFORMANCE DESIGN Collaborative Design Advisor and Coaching Climate Positive Design Consulting and Training Integrated Project Delivery Change Management Consulting STORYTELLING Media Relations, Writing and Public Speaking Visualization of Technical Content and Info-graphics Professional Education Content Development and Messaging SPECIAL PROJECTS & BRIGHT IDEAS Sustainability in Practice, Applied Research and Professional Education Small Space Urban Living and Interior Design Consulting Creating Problem Solving REGISTRATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS Certified Local Business Enterprise (LBE), City and County of San Francisco, 2012-2015 Licensed Architect: California and District of Columbia United States Green Building Counsel, National Member International Living Future Institute, Community Partner and Ambassador LEED Accredited Professional, Building Design and Construction Registered Safety Assessment Program (SAP) Evaluator, California Emergency Management Agency (EMA) 2011-2016 Urban Fabrick, Inc. was founded to better connect policy, practice and design through the power of collaboration, sustainability and storytelling. IVING FU L L TU A R N E 2 MINT PLAZA, SUITE 206 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94103 IO IN T S A T N I T R U E URBANFABRICK.COM 415.699.2455 FAX 415.592.1655 T T E N I • • EST. 2005 2013 C R O E M N MU T NITY PAR URBAN FABRICK, INC. A SUSTAINABILITY AND COLLABORATIVE DESIGN CONSULTING AND COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY UNDERSTANDING$SUSTAINABILITY$AND$COLLABORATIVE$DESIGN$ THE VALUE OF • INTEGRATED)PROJECT)DELIVERY) COLLABORATIVE DESIGN • COLLABORATIVE)DESIGN)TEAMS) • PERFORMANCE)+)BEAUTY)=)VALUE) GRAPHIC 1A • MORE)LIVABLE,)WALKABLE)COMMUNITIES) • RESILIENT)AND)REGIONAL)DESIGN)) This info-graphic summarizes the CLIMATE$POSITIVE$DEVELOPMENT$4$AT$ANY$SCALE$ value of collaborative design and • PERFORMANCE)BASED)DESIGN<BUILD) integrated project delivery (IPD) • INTEGRATED)DESIGN)ADDS)VALUE) HIGHEST$ • DISTRICT)SCALE)SYSTEMS)THINKING) construction practices from code • MAKES)GREEN)BUILDING)’NORMAL’) minimum design to climate $ • MORE)EFFECTIVE)DESIGN) positive development. This form VALUE$OF$$ HIGH$PERFORMANCE$BUILDING$CODES$&$ECO4DISTRICTS$ COLLABORATIVE$ of visual communication • ONE)BUILDING)AT)A)TIME) DESIGN$AND$ • THINKING)BEYOND)FIRST)COST) represents how Urban Fabrick, CONSTRUCTION$ • SPECIALTY)CONSULTING)SERVICES) Inc. prefers to present technical PRACTICES$ • POINTS)MAY)NOT)EQUAL)PERFORMANCE) • MORE)EFFICIENT)DESIGN) information to facilitate an $ GREEN$RATED$BUILDINGS$–$LESS$BAD$$ $ understanding of complex • ADVERSARIAL)CONTRACT)RELATIONSHIPS) sustainability subject matter non- LOWEST$ • LOWEST)BID)WINS) • VALUE)=)FIRST)COST) technical people including real • STANDARD)PRACTICE)) • COMMODIFIED)DESIGN) estate professionals, policy )) BUSINESS$AS$USUAL$4$CODE$MINIMUM$DESIGN$ makers, design professionals and code officials. UNDERSTANDING&SUSTAINABILITY&AND&REAL&ESTATE&DEVELOPMENT& THE VALUE OF CLIMATE POSITIVE CLIMATE&POSITIVE&DEVELOPMENT& DEVELOPMENT LIVING&BUILDING&CHALLENGE&& GRAPHIC 1B This info-graphic connects the ECO&4&DISTRICTS& dots between typical phases of real estate development and their GREEN&BUILDING&CODES& relationship to major green building rating systems, green LEED&ND& LEED&BDC4H4CI&&&GPR& LEED&EB& building codes and district scale sustainability programs and DEVELOPMENT&TEAM& DESIGN&TEAM& MAINTENANCE& initiatives in the United States. Urban Fabrick Inc. provides BUDGET& PLANPLAN& && DESIGN& BUILD& OPERATE/USE&OPERATE&& REPEAT& services related to all stages of sustainability from budgeting planning and permitting through, operations, certification and POLICY& PLANNING&PRACTICE& CONSULTING& DESIGN& CERTIFICATION&STORY&TELLING&RESEARCH& OUTREACH& CODES& PERMITTING& ENERGY& MATERIALS& PEER&REVIEW& TRAINING& MEDIA&RELATIONS& building re-use. Urban Fabrick works at all scales of design, URBAN&FABRICK&SERVICES& development and practice. Urban Fabrick, Inc. was founded to better connect policy, practice and design through the power of collaboration, sustainability and storytelling. IVING FU L L TU A R N E 2 MINT PLAZA, SUITE 206 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94103 IO IN T S A T N I T R U E URBANFABRICK.COM 415.699.2455 FAX 415.592.1655 T T E N I • • EST. 2005 2013 C R O E M N MU T COPYRIGHT © 2014 URBAN FABRICK, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED NITY PAR William J. Worthen, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C Bill Worthen is a nationally recognized sustainability and collaborative design visionary and practice leader. Over his twenty- year career Bill has balanced policy development with professional and public advocacy, practice experience, industry research and peer-to-peer education. Bill has served as the sustainability consultant for several high-visibility projects that explore the practical application of leading edge sustainability strategies, energy performance and high-level green building certifications for clients including: MGM Resorts International, Tishman Speyer, Boston Properties, Jay Paul Company and the Energy Foundation. Bill served as a member of San Francisco’s Green Building Task Force resulting in the city’s pioneering Green Building Ordinance, winner of the first World Green Building Council Government Leadership Award in 2011 and currently serves of the San Francisco Eco-District Formation Task Force. Bill has represented his profession, serving as the AIA National Director and Resource Architect for Sustainability from 2010 to 2012, spearheading several cross-industry collaborative sustainability initiatives – most notably overseeing the development of the AIA publication: An Architect’s Guide to Integrating Energy Modeling in the Design Process and the DESIGN Art+Science high performance building code educational video series. Bill’s current work includes sustainability consulting at many scales of project work including the LEED Platinum certification of 181 Fremont and the Tranbay Transit Center Tower in San Francisco and a LEED Platinum Winery in Napa, California. Bill is a member of United States Green Building Counsel LEED Implementation Committee and the Integrative Process (IP) Task Group that developed the IP credit in LEED v4. Bill is member of the Greenbuild Expo 2014 Program Working Group. Bill recently wrote, The Future of Designing (with) Water published in the January 2014 issue of ARCHITECT Magazine covering design opportunities for on-site water reuse systems, black and gray water technology and the water-energy nexus. Bill is a member of the C40 Cities Roadmap Review Committee at the Clinton Foundation where he peer reviews climate positive development projects around the world. Bill is also the creator of Who Designed That? Brain Games for Design Nerds, an interactive, team based game show about design. SELECTED WORK 181 Fremont Street, San Francisco, CA (LEED-CS Goal: Platinum), LEED Consultant Transbay Transit Tower, San Francisco, CA (LEED-CS Pre-Certified Platinum), LEED Consultant Balboa Park Aquatic Center, San Francisco, CA (LEED-BD+C Goal: Gold), LEED Consultant Mountain Peak Vineyard, Napa, CA (LEED-BD+C Goal: Platinum), LEED Consultant Mexican Museum, San Francisco, CA (LEED-ID&C Goal: Gold), LEED Consultant Clubhouse, Veterans Association, Palo Alto Campus (LEED- BD+C Goal: Silver), LEED Consultant CEMP, Veterans Association, Mather Campus (LEED- BD+C Goal: Silver), LEED Consultant Transbay Joint Powers Authority, Transit Center Water Reuse White Paper, San Francisco, CA, Owner’s Representative 355 11th Street, San Francisco, CA (LEED-NC Gold), LEED Consultant City Center, MGM Resorts International, Las Vegas, NV (LEED Gold), LEED Consultant 555 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA (LEED-CS Pilot Gold), LEED Consultant Emeryville Marketplace Emeryville, CA, (LEED-ND Phase I Platinum), LEED Consultant

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