Archives for LEED

This new 80,000 square foot home for the University Of Dubuque Performing Arts Program. The project includes a 1,000-seat proscenium theatre with orchestra pit, 150-seat black box theatre, scene shop, costume shop, dressing rooms, rehearsal rooms, classrooms, practice rooms, offices, student commons and cafe.

USGBC LEED Project Experience Design Engineers has been using sustainable design principles since our inception over 30 years ago. We believe that the foundation of sustainable systems is simple, intuitive and flexible design. The long-term viability of systems depends on these characteristics. Sustainable design is efficient design, but it is also uncomplicated, easy to understand, […]

Addition and Renovations – Dental Science Building – University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Project History This project consists of the construction of a 33,000 sf addition,  the renovation of 7500 sf of research laboratory and office space in the north building, and the renovation of the 130,000 sf of clinical, laboratory, and workroom space […]

West Campus Residence Hall – University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Project History This project is to construct the first new residence hall on the University of Iowa campus since 1973.   The 172,000 sf residence hall is 10 stories high and is designed to meet high rise code requirements. The energy efficient mechanical and electrical […]

Kirkwood Johnson County Regional Center – Kirkwood Community College, Coralville, Iowa Kirkwood’s newest regional center was designed in partnership with The University of Iowa and area K-12 districts. This 5 story, 102,000 square foot facility is located on the University of Iowa’s Oakdale Campus and is registered LEED gold. Regional centers provide advanced learning opportunities […]

Cedar Rapids Public Library, Cedar Rapids, Iowa The magnificent new 94,000 sq. ft main library in the heart of the City of Cedar Rapids replaces the library damaged in the 2008 flood. The project includes a 200-seat auditorium, offices, conference rooms, stack area, green roof, and a coffee shop. Goals of the project included: LEED […]

Iowa City Fire Station #4 Working as a tightly-coordinated and collaborative team, Design Engineers and Rohrbach Associates Architects have completed a pair of fire stations, No.2 and No.4, that have each qualified for Gold Certification through the United States Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program. “Building operations are nearly 40% of […]

Design Engineers Headquarters Our state-of-the-art offices in Cedar Rapids, Iowa were designed to be beautiful, light-filled, and sustainable. The project is LEED Gold certificated, including the maximum 10 points available for the optimization of energy performance plus 1 additional innovation point. The mechanical scope of work includes a water-efficient plumbing system including waterless urinals, dual […]

Davenport Police Facility This project is on track to become the first LEED-certified municipal building in the state of Iowa. The state-of-the-art building includes 100,000 square feet of office, meeting, laboratory and training space located on three levels. In addition, the project includes a 38,000 square foot enclosed parking structure attached to the main building. […]