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Jared Ramthun Spoke At Cedar Rapids Library For Sustainability Event On May 21, Jared Ramthun was ask to speak to a group of local architects as part of a sustainability event at the Cedar Rapids Public Library.  The event included eight stations with small groups rotating between stations throughout the morning.  Each station highlighted a […]

Ryan Bunnell And Joe Chappell Elected Cedar Valley ASHRAE Officers Ryan was elected as Vice President and Joe was elected as Treasurer. Congrats to both! The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), founded in 1894, is a building technology society with more than 53,000 members worldwide. The Society and its members focus on […]

Laurie Chapman Attended The BPA National Leadership Conference In Anaheim, California Laurie has returned to us! At the Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference, Laurie placed 4th out of 99 in Project Management Concepts Open Events and her Administrative Support Team placed 4th out of 12. Congratulations Laurie! Laurie was also involved in a pie-in-the-face […]

CR Public Works and Kirkwood Linn Hall Received A 2015 IES Merit Award Both projects received a Merit Award from the Illuminating Engineering Society. Congratulations to both team members! Click here to see the list of all 2015 IES Merit Award recipients.

Brad DeSerano, Tim Lentz, and Joe Chappell are DE’s Newest PE’s! After many long nights of studying, their time sacrifices have paid off. DE is proud of all of you!

Andy Diederich became DE’s second Certified Lighting Designer. Andy’s designation adds more value to the services provided by DE and a higher quality to our designs. There is only a small group of LC’s in Iowa and we’re proud now have two. Congratulations Andy!

CRPL has ranked number 7 on the USGBC list of top ten LEED public projects. “In 2008, Cedar Rapids, Iowa was severely damaged by a major flood. As the city sought to rebuild their damaged public structures, a race ensued between the Central Fire Station and the Cedar Rapids Public Library, both heading for LEED […]

Three of Design Engineers’ projects have recently earned Alliant Energy’s “Excellence in Energy Efficient Design Awards.” First, is Cedar Rapids Public Library. CRPL’s design achieved a 56% kBTU savings compared to the program baseline. Second, is University of Dubuque Heritage Center. This project achieved a 61% kBTU savings. Third, is Cedar Rapids Central Fire Station. […]

CR Public Library and Central Fire Station Received A 2014 IES Merit Award Both projects received a Merit Award from the Illuminating Engineering Society. Congratulations to both team members! CRPL received a high enough score to move on to final judging for further consideration of a Citation Award, Award of Excellence, or Award of Distinction. […]

Many Design Engineers Employees Were Involved in The 2014 ASHRAE Region VI CRC A handful of Design Engineers employees were integral to the success of the 2014 ASHRAE Region VI CRC. With over 180 people registered, it was a very well attended event. Click HERE to see Cedar Valley ASHRAE’s website for everybody involved with […]

DE Awarded 1st Place in ASHRAE Region VI Technology Awards for CRPL   The Cedar Rapids Public Library won 1st place for Category II – New Institutional Building – Other Institutional in the ASHRAE Region VI Technology Awards! This was the first time in several years someone from the Cedar Valley Chapter of ASHRAE has […]

CRPL Receives LEED Platinum Certification CRPL achieved a total of 82 LEED credits making it one of 15 buildings currently certified as Platinum! To work towards the goal of LEED Platinum, some of the energy saving strategies included a central geothermal system with a pump and reinjection ground water source, energy recovery ventilation, demand controlled […]

Cedar Rapids Public Library was featured on the cover of the Spring 2014 edition of IA Architect Magazine!

Cedar Rapids Central Fire Station received a Merit award and LEED Platinum certification!

Cedar Rapids Public Library was featured on the cover of this month’s Interiors & Sources!

Coralville Parks & Transit Facility has been awarded LEED Gold certification!

Mechanical Engineers Justin Opperman and Tim Lentz participated in the Linn-Mar High School STEM Day

Jared Ramthun returned to Iowa State University to participate in an alumni panel during the orientation of new Master of Business Administration students.

DE included in this year’s members of the 2013 Circle of Excellence, cited in an article at the Wall Street Journal.

To me sustainability should be simple, common sense and easily repeatable.