Geo Force Horizons provides General Contracting Services and Consulting.  Integrated Design is key to a successful Green Project.  Our team can help guide you towards a more sustainable project, a LEED Certification project, or we can build it for you!

Launched by the USGBC in 2000, the LEED Green Building Rating system provides the design and performance parameters companies can use to have an immediate, measurable impact on energy conservation, global climate change and occupant health.

Keys to a projects successful certification:

• START EARLY AND USE INTEGRATED DESIGN.
• MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A LEED AP ON YOUR TEAM.

HOW DOES LEED WORK?  LEED has four levels of certification: Certification, Silver, Gold, and Platinum.  It promotes achievement in the following key areas of building impact:

• SUSTAINABLE SITE DEVELOPMENT                                                         
• ENERGY EFFICIENCY
• WATER CONSERVATION
• MATERIALS AND RESOURCES
• INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
• INNOVATION IN DESIGN

Within each category, all LEED projects must first achieve a set of minimum standards or “prerequisites”.  Project teams earn additional credits towards certification by employing specific strategies and achieving  certain levels of building performance.  Teams can pursue LEED credits based on individual project priorities  and circumstances.  

LEED APs are acknowledged professionals in the building industry who are expert in integrated design and the application of LEED.

LEED APs guide the interactive modeling of various building systems to insure optimized energy performance.

LEED APs facilitate LEED goal setting charrettes and educate team members of LEED credit intents, requirements, technologies, and potential strategies.

LEED APs identify credit synergies for integrated design to support LEED certification.

LEED APs guide the team through the projects documentation process during all major design and construction phases.

LEED APs streamline the certification process and mange the completion of the LEED Credit Templates.

LEED Programs:

• LEED FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION/RENOVATION
• LEED FOR CORE AND SHELL LEED FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS
• LEED FOR COMMERCIAL INTERIORS
• LEED FOR HOMES
• LEED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT

WHY BUILD GREEN?

On average, green buildings save:

40% in water use

39% in energy use and carbon dioxide emissions

50-75% of construction and demolition waste going to landfills

$58 billion of sick time from work annually

Green Buildings add:
$180 billion In increased worker productivity annually

Our consulting service will provide guidance in examining the complexity and environmental impacts of green products. The science of examining the environmental and health impacts of products is referred to as life-cycle assessment, or LCA.  This process examines a product from “cradle to grave”, considering environmental and health issues involved with all aspects of resource extraction, manufacture, use and disposal. Choosing a green product is a balancing act requiring thoughtful consideration of  different aspects of a product and application.

Geo Force Horizons implements the integrated design process which combines energy efficiency measures, the use of renewable energy and indoor environmental quality measures, reducing operating costs and the harmful environmental side effects of energy consumption.

Contact Maria for a specific assessment of your next green building project or for educational presentations:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (808) 393-5095