Clients

Bass Pro Shops

Bass Pro Shops is a national retail chain of outdoor sporting gear. As a supporter of multiple conservation leaders including the USDA Forest Service, the Nature Conservancy, and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Bass Pro is also committed to reducing the impact of their retail buildings.

Project: Bass Pro Shops
RMI/ENSAR served as a sustainable design consultant to Bass Pro for several stores across the United States and provided input on building envelope design strategies including daylighting, glazing, and shading options.

BNIM Architects

With five offices in the western continental United States, BNIM Architects concentrates on architectural design, sustainability, and research in innovative approaches to building techniques. Working mostly in the Midwest, BNIM Architects has completed over 200 projects spanning from civic facilities to landscape architecture.

Project: Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Lewis & Clark State Office Building
The Lewis & Clark State Office Building, located in Jefferson City, Missouri, houses more than 380 employees of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MODNR). The project, spearheaded by department staff and supported as part of the city’s urban redevelopment program, is intended to serve as a financial and educational model for future government projects in Missouri. RMI/ENSAR participated in design charrettes, provided daylighting analysis and energy design strategies, and assisted with LEED documentation for the project. MODNR became the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum rated state government building in the United States. This project is also featured in RMI’s High Performance Building video project. Watch the Video>>

Brock USA

Brock USA is a company that has patented and developed a high performance drainage and impact layer that replaces the stone and padding underlayments that are commonly used underneath synthetic turf.

Project: Synthetic Turf-Underlayment Impact Assessment
RMI partnered with the ATHENA Institute to conduct a comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of two synthetic turf systems: one synthetic turf system incorporating Brock USA's polypropylene underlayment product and the other using a more conventional stone aggregate base. The objective of the LCA was to provide Brock USA analyses of their manufacturing process in order to identify opportunities for reducing environmental impact and opting for the most environmentally sound construction technique.

Carney Architects

Established in 1992, Carney Architects is an architectural firm located in Jackson, Wyoming focusing on architecture that improves the environment and showcases natural splendor in order to distribute their commitment to environmental design and quality.

Project: Laurance S. Rockefeller (LSR) Preserve Visitor Center
LSR Preserve, located in the Grand Teton National Park, is a 7,600 sq. ft. visitor center near Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Using LEED as a framwork, RMI drove the high-performance building efforts alongside the architect and design team. The building earned all 17 LEED energy points and recently earned a Platinum rating under the LEED for New Construction v2.1 Rating System.

Cherokee Investment Partners

Cherokee is a leading private equity firm investing capital and expertise in brownfield redevelopment. Cherokee has invested in more than 525 properties worldwide, taking them from contaminated, underutilized sites to developments that add economic, environmental, and social benefits to communities.

Project: Met Gardens
Metropolitan Gardens is a new 40-acre development located minutes from downtown Denver by car or light rail. The transit-oriented, mixed-use project aims to create a distinctive urban community that encourages sustainable living through mass transit, pedestrian-oriented circulation, energy and water efficiency, green materials, and waste reduction systems. RMI facilitated a sustainable design charrette to evaluate opportunities within the project’s master plan, set site-wide performance goals, establish a process of integrated design, and identify green building strategies. RMI’s report is being used as a roadmap in the implementation of environmental goals during the design and construction process.

Project: Faubourg Boisbriand
Located in Montreal, Canada, this 235-acre brownfield site, remediated and master planned by Cherokee Investment Partners, will include retail, residential and industrial development. RMI facilitated a sustainability charrette to assist Cherokee in the creation of development guidelines. The charrette focused on both short-term upgrades and long-term goals with an outcome to incorporate greater sustainability in future phases.

The Clinton Foundation

The William J. Clinton Foundation comprises six initiatives geared towards increasing the well being of humanity and the planet. With offices in New York and Arkansas, as well as staff around the world, the foundation is making large-scale impact through global outreach.

Project: Clinton Library
The William J. Clinton Presidential Center houses the largest collection of American presidential archival material. In addition to the library holdings, the 155,000 square foot facility also contains 20,000 square feet of exhibit space. RMI provided effective light design strategies and daylighting analysis while focusing on the indoor environmental quality of the building. The Clinton Library received a LEED EB Platinum rating and President Clinton was awarded the plaque at 2007 Greenbuild conference in Washington D.C.

Project: Clinton Climate Initiative
The Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) has set a long-term goal of encouraging whole-systems building retrofits in many of the world’s largest cities. Following the HIV/AIDS-drug model developed by the Clinton Hunter HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI), the Clinton Foundation is helping link vendors with buyers, creating a larger market for energy-efficient technologies. CCI is engaging Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) as the primary implementers of the retrofits. ESCOs not only have the global capacity to complete massive retrofits, but can also guarantee savings through the performance-based contracts. RMI is assisting the Clinton Foundation in the implementation of the Clinton Climate Initiative providing both high-level strategic consulting and individual project support.

CoreNet Global

CoreNet Global is the world's leading professional association for corporate real estate and workplace executives serving leading multinational companies from the Fortune and Global 1000. More than 7,000 members manage over $1.2-trillion in real estate and workplace assets in Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America and North America.

Project: The Energy Challenge: A New Agenda for Corporate Real Estate
As part of the Cooling the Warming Initiative, RMI collaborated with CoreNet Global to research the barriers and enablers for the incorporation of greater energy-efficiency measures in corporate real estate. The advisory panel for this project featured executives from Toyota, Adobe, ABN AMRO, Johnson Controls, Microsoft, and several others. Download the final report (PDF) | Watch the Video>>

Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank is a leading global investment bank with more than 75,000 employees stationed in 76 countries. A leader in Germany and Europe, the bank is continuously growing in North America, Asia, and key emerging markets.

Project: Deutsche Bank Headquarters
Deutsche Bank is renovating their Headquarter office towers in Frankfurt, Germany to improve building performance and occupant comfort standards. RMI reviewed project documents, performed daylighting and energy analysis, and ranked proposed as well as new opportunities based on investment costs relative to estimated performance impact for the office towers.

Duke University

Duke University is a private university located in Durham, North Carolina. Founded in 1838, Duke is committed to examining the actual and potential environmental impacts associated with their activities and services in order to continually improve environmental performance.

Project: Duke Campus
Duke is seeking to create leadership in environmental sustainability and stewardship throughout their campus, medical institutions, and the larger community of Durham. RMI participated in a peer review of the central campus redevelopment design, as well as helped to review sustainability goals.

EDAW

EDAW approaches the built environment with a fusion approach and an emphasis on design, economics, planning, environmental awareness, community integration, and information technology services.  With a network of 34 offices worldwide, EDAW offers a broad and specialized perspective on sustainable design and has been consistently ranked among the world’s leading design firms.

Project: Ladera Ranch
Ladera Ranch is a planned community located in the boundaries of Rancho Mission Viejo in Orange County, California. RMI/ENSAR provided sustainable consulting services to EDAW, including developing criteria for the “Green Development Program” and providing training and coordination for energy analysis.

EPA

The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people. The agency employs 17,000 people across the country, at its headquarters offices in Washington, DC, 10 regional offices, and more than a dozen labs.

Project: EPA Region 8 Headquarters
The EPA Region 8 Headquarters is located in Denver, Colorado. The 280,000-square-foot office building highlights experimental green roof technology, a photovoltaic array, and advanced daylighting technologies. RMI provided LEED consulting services for the recently completed project that is targeting a LEED-Gold rating under the New Construction v2.1 Rating System.

Eppstein Uhen Architects

Located in Milwaukee and Madison, Eppstein Uhen Architects is one of Wisconsin’s largest and most diverse architectural firm. Employing over 150 people and registered in 45 states, Eppstein Uhen Architects have an extensive portfolio of paramount projects.

Project: Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation Headquarters (WECC)
The new WECC office building houses over 80 employees working with government agencies, utilities, and energy consumers to deliver cost-effective energy-saving strategies. A 19 kW roof-mounted photovoltaic system is expected to provide 39 percent of the building’s electrical load. RMI provided sustainable design consulting and comprehensive LEED coordination for the building, which, when certified, will be the state’s first LEED Gold building.

Federal Energy Management Program

As the largest energy consumer in the United States, the federal government firmly believes that they must lead by example in smart energy management. The Federal Energy Management Program helps agencies save taxpayer dollars, use less energy, and demonstrate the ample possibilities in investing in renewable and clean energy technologies.

Project: White House
The Greening of the White House, a comprehensive, multi-year project, was designed to improve energy efficiency and reduce waste. RMI/ENSAR assisted in providing strategies to improve the thermal performance of the facility. As a result, the White House replaced 98 percent of their windows, installed a new roof for the Executive Residence, changed incandescent lamps to compact fluorescent lights, and replaced skylights in the stairwells and corridors to provide a better use of natural light. These energy-efficient innovations reduced electricity use by 20 to 75 percent per installment, improved lighting quality and occupant comfort, reduced glare, and in just the improvements of lighting fixtures alone saved approximately$130,000 annually.

Ferraro Choi Architects

For the last 20 years, Ferraro Choi Architects has been mastering environmentally consciousness architecture and implementing research. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, Ferraro Choi Architects is internationally acknowledged for architectural services in sustainable design.

Project: University of Hawaii Coconut Island (Institute of Marine Biology)
Coconut Island, located off of Oahu, is home to the University of Hawaii’s Institute of Marine Biology wet-lab facility. RMI is providing design services for a series of low-impact buildings designed around daylighting, mechanical needs, and renewable energy systems.

Project: University of Hawaii Culinary Institute
The University of Hawaii is building a 32,000-square-foot Culinary Institute on a 7.9-acre site at the Diamond Head campus in Honolulu on the island of Oahu.The facility will include a signature restaurant, instructional and operation spaces, food demonstration, competition and entertainment spaces, a gift shop, an advanced culinary lab, a library, learning workrooms, several classrooms, and many kitchens.  RMI assisted in sustainable design consulting, including energy, daylighting and LEED certification. 

Project: Hawaii DBEDT
RMI was part of a multi-consultant team led by Ferraro Choi Architects to research the occupant, environmental, and economic benefits of high-performance schools for the State of Hawaii. RMI/ENSAR developed and implemented an online survey tool to solicit information from 12 high-performance schools in Hawaii about the economic, environmental, and occupant benefits of sustainable design and LEED certification in elementary, middle, and high schools. The team also developed a life cycle cost calculator to compare the economic benefits of a green school against a conventional school. Finally, the team developed implementation guidelines for the State, advising on strategies to incorporate high-performance requirements in new and existing schools.

Freelon Group

The Freelon Group is a 56-member architectural firm located in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. Founded in 1990, the firm offers specialized design expertise for museums, cultural centers, higher education buildings, and sciene and technology facilities.

Project: Durham County Health Services Center
The Durham County Human Services Complex is a new large-scale urban development for the East Main Street corridor of downtown Durham. The Freelon Group, with the help of RMI, is incorporating high performance building strategies into the design for the Durham County Human Services Complex. This building will provide superior indoor air quality as well as natural daylighting via under floor air distribution systems and interior light wells, resulting in a 30 to 40 percent overall energy reduction.

General Growth Partners

General Growth Partners (GGP) is a publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust, which owns, develops, and manages 44 shopping malls and Master Planned Communities in three states. Employing over 4,700 people nationwide, GGP has been buying and developing real estate since 1954.

Project: Summerlin Centre
The 105-acre Summerlin Centre mixed-use core under development by GGP will serve as the town center and the heart of the much larger 22,500-acre master-planned Summerlin community. RMI is currently working with GGP and the rest of the design team to begin the LEED certification process for Phase One of the development, which includes 370,000 square feet of retail and 1,200,000 square feet of office space. At completion, it is expected that the development will also include two hotels, and one million square feet of residential development.

H & L Architecture

Based in Denver and Colorado Springs, H + L Architecture focuses on sustainable design principles in the science, technology, and corporate sectors.

Project: University of Denver Ricketson Law Building
The University of Denver's College of Law houses one of the nation's top environmental and natural resource law programs. Designing a new "green" facility—one that reduces environmental impact and prioritizes occupant safety—was an opportunity for the University to implement strategies that are consistent with its academic mission. RMI/ENSAR provided comprehensive sustainable design consulting, including daylighting analysis, advanced energy modeling, and coordination of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) documentation. The College of Law is the first LEED Gold rated law school in the nation. This project is also profiled in RMI’s High Performance Building video. Watch the Video>>

Kallman McKinnell and Wood

Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Architects, Inc. is a Boston-based firm offering comprehensive design services including feasibility studies, programming, master planning, architectural design, interior design and landscape architecture. 

Project: Jefferson City Federal Courthouse
In the greening of this federal courthouse, RMI will facilitate in the formulation of workshops and document reviews to assist the design team and optimize the whole building performance.

Kennecott Land Company

Kennecott Land Company, a sister company of Kennecott Utah Copper (a subsidiary of Rio Tinto Mining), was formed in 2001 to develop land holdings along the Oquirrh Mountain Range in the Salt Lake Valley. Today, Kennecott is moving ahead with the development of these holdings (approximately 93,000 acres).

Project: Daybreak
Daybreak is the first of several communities to be developed by Kennecott Land Company in the Salt Lake Valley. RMI is currently working with Kennecott to host homebuilder and commercial building design charrettes for selected Daybreak projects, to create benchmarks for energy and water performance of existing homes, and to research a zero-net-energy framework for the development. The Daybreak project is featured in RMI’s High Performance Building video. Watch the Video>>

Kisco

Since 1990, Kisco Senior Living has been specializing in full-service senior living communities throughout California, Nevada, Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida.

Project: Kisco Senior Living Center
With a portfolio more than 20 properties encompassing 3,600 dwelling units across the country, Kisco Senior Living is a company that provides full-service rental accommodation for senior citizens. RMI is providing sustainability consulting services, including building-specific and portfolio-wide strategies. RMI conducted high-level walkthroughs of four Kisco properties identifying opportunities for improved green operations including energy efficiency, waste management, recycling, green materials and housekeeping. A recent charrette involved brainstorming corporate sustainability goals, strategies, challenges and success factors with the Kisco senior leadership team.

Kitson & Partners

Kitson & Partners, headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida, is a renowned international real estate company focused on the development and management of new communities, office, industrial, and retail spaces.

Project: Babcock Ranch
Babcock Ranch consists of 91,000 acres of land in Southwest Florida, 17,000 of which will be developed into a walk-able, hike-able, bike-able model community for the 21st century. RMI is working with Kitson & Partners to research energy investment strategies for the 19,500-person new town.

MGM MIRAGE EESD

With more than 70,000 employees and 24 destinations, MGM MIRAGE is expanding their presence in the domestic and international markets. Their luxurious resorts and casinos are distributed throughout Nevada, Mississippi, Michigan, New Jersey, Illinois, and Macau. 

Project: MGM MIRAGE
Since May 2007, RMI has been working with MGM MIRAGE's Energy & Environmental Services Division to assess the corporation's environmental footprint. By analyzing the company's building stock (including the in-construction seventy-six acre CityCenter project) and corporate operations; RMI is helping the casino conglomerate establish benchmarks for energy and water use that will serve as metrics for future projects. RMI is also working with MGM MIRAGE to identify strategic opportunities to reduce their environmental footprint. This scope includes the development of a comprehensive clean energy policy that covers energy efficiency and clean energy projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Morgan Creek Ventures

Morgan Creek Ventures is a Boulder-based development firm focused on sustainable development in urban areas. RMI has partnered with Morgan Creek on several projects in Boulder including the fit-out of two RMI-Boulder office spaces.

Project: The Walnut
The Walnut is a thirty-four-unit condominium development located in downtown Boulder, Colorado. RMI worked to identify opportunities for improving the build-out of The Walnut’s office space and multi-family residential components.

Project: RMI offices at 1215 Spruce Street
RMI’s first Boulder location, a 2,700-square-foot office space in the heart of downtown Boulder, was in the historic 1215 Spruce Street building. Morgan Creek, the building owner, worked with RMI to create a LEED for Commercial Interiors Platinum project. A case study of RMI’s 1215 Spruce office space is profiled in RMI’s High Performance Building video. Watch the Video>>

Project: RMI offices at 1820 Folsom Street
In February of 2008, RMI moved their Boulder offices from 1215 Spruce to 1820 Folsom Street. Morgan Creek, the landlord for both facilities, partnered with RMI to ensure 1820 Folsom met RMI’s programming and sustainability goals.

National Park Service

The National Park Service has 400 national parks extending over the United States and the U.S. foreign territories of Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Comprised of a working team of archaeologists, architects, curators, historians, and other cultural resource professionals, the National Park Service focuses on preserving and protecting some of the last open spaces and significant landmarks in the world.

Project: U.S. National Park Projects
RMI has provided sustainable design consulting, energy and daylight analysis, charrette facilitation, as well as LEED advising and coordination for numerous projects for the National Park Service. These projects are excellent examples of integrated design showcasing passive, climate-responsive architecture, energy-efficient mechanical and electrical systems, renewable power generation, water-efficient plumbing, and native landscaping. Projects include the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center located in Rocky Mountain National Park, the Carlsbad Caves Visitor Center in New Mexico, the Denali Entrance area and Eielson Visitors Center in Denali National Park Alaska, the Apgar Transit Center servicing West Entrance visitors to Glacier National Park in northern Montana, and the facility serving visitors to the Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitors Center at the southwest entrance of Lassen Volcanic National Park in California.

Oak Hill Fund

Located in Charlottesville, Virginia, Oak Hill Fund has been promoting sustainable housing and community building programs through effective grantmaking and action-oriented initiatives.

Project: Sustainable Affordable Housing

The Oak Hill fund provided a grant to RMI to host a charrette focused on sustainable affordable housing. RMI invited five experts from the affordable housing industry to RMI’s Boulder office to discuss opportunities and barriers to incorporating greater sustainability into affordable housing. RMI’s final report assembled topical researched as well as conveyed the barriers to implementing sustainability in affordable housing. RMI plans to continue to work with the invited experts to overcome these obstacles to make affordable houses truly more affordable.

OZ Architecture

Since 1964, OZ Architecture has provided architectural design services to local, national and international clients. Quoted as the largest architectural firm in Colorado (Denver Business Journal) and also in the top fifty largest architectural firms in the United States, OZ Architecture has extensive design experience across a spectrum of building types.

Project: Kigali, Rwanda Master Plan
Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda, has goals to reinvent itself as the technological—yet sustainable—hub of Africa. OZ Architecture, the lead for the master planning team, brought RMI into the project team to provide recommendations regarding basic energy infrastructure, transportation, and building design.

Rafael Viñoly Architects

Founded in New York in 1983, Rafael Viñoly Architects has affiliate offices in Los Angeles and London. Internationally recognized for paramount architectural projects around the globe, this firm has designed cultural and civic complexes, laboratories, and master plans.

Project: Pennsylvania State University Materials and Life Sciences II Building
Pennsylvania State University is building a new 345,000-square-foot Materials and Life Sciences Building. RMI is providing holistic sustainable design consulting services, including LEED consulting, energy modeling, and daylight analysis.

RB+B Architects

RB+B Architects has been designing Colorado Public Places and Learning Spaces for over 50 years. The firm is committed to client-focused quality design combined with an equally high level of service.

Project: Fossil Ridge High School
Fossil Ridge High School was the first secondary education school in Colorado to achieve a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver rating. During design, the Poudre School district emphasized energy efficiency with strict attention to siting, orientation, construction details, and proper equipment sizing. RMI/ENSAR provided daylighting design and sustainable design consulting for the facility. This project is featured in RMI’s High Performance Building video. Watch the Video>>

Wal-Mart

With more than 6,500 stores, retail giant Wal-Mart employs 1.9 million associates and serves approximately 180 million customers a year.

Project: Wal-Mart
In assisting one of the world’s largest corporations, RMI is helping Wal-Mart understand the environmental and economic benefits of incorporating energy efficient principles into business strategies. RMI has assisted in a wide range of projects for Wal-Mart including daylighting, fleet efficiency, and green building analyses. Rob Walton, Wal-Mart's Chairman of the Board, is featured in RMI’s High Performance Building video. Watch the Video>>