News & Updates
Together, NSI, Regenesis and Mithun win honorable mention in Rising Tides Competition
The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) hosted an international design competition for ideas responding to sea level rise in San Francisco Bay and beyond. NSI collaborated with Regenesis and Mithun to present our collective ideas about evolving the living Bay community and culture, called The Estuarine City. There is a limited time to see all 130 competition entries (from 18 countries); they are on display at the San Francisco Ferry Building through July 19th. It is a free public exhibition open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. You can also see the winning entires online at www.risingtidescompetition.com.To see our complete honorable mention poster click here.
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Sidwell Friends Middle School is awarded a LEED Platinum Rating
Sidwell Friends Middle School has been awarded a LEED Platinum rating by the U.S. Green Building Council, making it the first Platinum-rated K-12 school in the world and the first Platinum building in Washington, DC. NSI contributed heavily to the water management component by designing the wastewater and stormwater treatment systems. NSI helped incorporate the design of the water infrastructure into the schoolyard entrance and courtyard. The final design helped contribute to the LEED Platinum certification and a ‘AIA top ten’ award in 2007. The Sidwell Friends Middle School has become an important example for sustainable building practice.
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The Willow School is Awarded a LEED Platinum Rating
The Willow School has been awarded a LEED Platinum rating by the U.S. Green Building Council. The Willow School is the first school in New Jersey to receive a Platinum rating and the third in the country. The achievement is substantial. According to Mark Biedron, “The Willow School is committed to fostering academic excellence, a passion for learning, and the development of an ethical approach to all relationships, including humanity’s relationship to the natural world. We approach our relationship with the natural world not only from the perspective of using less energy to heat and cool the buildings, less potable water to flush our waste, and less materials that contain toxins, but also as an opportunity to improve the health of both human systems and natural systems. Our buildings, landscape, and curriculum, through their programmatic advancements, will help create a new generation of ecologically literate citizens who will understand the benefits of living in alignment with our planet’s ecological systems,”.
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Constructed Wetlands in the Sustainable Landscape in Chinese
Constructed Wetlands in the Sustainable Landscape is a crucial guide for environmental engineers, planners, developers, and others responsible for the design and management of our built environment. The text is co-authored by Craig Campbell, FASLA, and Michael Ogden, PE, LEED AP.
This book, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in 1999, represents the first effort to integrate aesthetic design and planning issues with the technical aspects of wetlands engineering. With examples of creative stormwater management, wastewater treatment, pond design and wildlife planning, and integration of interpretive work by artists, this volume has received national recognition and fills an important niche in the existing literature on constructed wetlands. Recently the book was published in Chinese to make the text accessible for the Asian Design Community. Dr. Jiang Lijuan was responsible for the translation. As the world moves to global sustainability information exchange will aid the positive growth process.
