Orion Township has selected French Associates, architects to perform the architectural design for the Orion Township Fire Department's Station #3 located on Gregory Road. The new building will be approximately 7,000 s.f.
French Associates has completed a number of municipal projects, most recently the 16th District Court in Livonia.
16th District Court
Lenox Twp. New LEED Certified Twp. Hall
Northville Twp. Fire Department Headquarters
In the summer, the dozens of flags on top of Port Huron's Great Lakes Maritime Center flap in the ample wind of Vantage Point.
Now, the St. Clair County Regional Educational Service Agency is hoping to harness that wind and make it part of teaching students at its Technical Educational Center.
Workers on Tuesday erected a 90-foot pole that will hold a wind turbine at Vantage Point. Charlie Andrews, director of administrative services at RESA, said monitoring readings from the 10-kilowatt turbine combined with yet-to-be-constructed solar panels will be part of the school's curriculum.
The information from the turbine will be downloaded onto a Web site -- which will be shared with St. Clair County Community College and be available at the Maritime Center -- to be used for alternative energy
classes, Andrews said.
"We know it is windy down there, so we think we will get some very interesting results," Andrews said.
The project cost is about $203,000. About $45,000 of that is being covered by a grant from the Michigan Renewable Schools program, an effort of the nonprofit
Energy Works Michigan. The remainder will be paid by RESA.
French Associates, Inc.
French Associates is dedicated to guiding clients toward greater efforts at sustainability and energy efficiency. The US Green Building Council (USGBC) has a process for designers and architects to achieve LEED Accreditation, an advanced level of training in the area of "green" principles. The study and testing portion of the LEED Accreditation is exhaustive, insuring that all accredited members are well-versed and highly knowledgeable. As of 2009, French Associates has 7 staff members holding a LEED accreditation.
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Dale C. Jerome, AIA, REFP, LEED AP
President |
Dan W. Jerome, AIA, LEED AP
Senior Associate |
Tricia A. Beck, AIA, LEED AP
Senior Associate |
Suzanne Carlson, AIA, LEED AP
Associate |
Keti Mitevska, AIA, LEED AP
Associate |
John Waldrop, AIA, LEED AP
Associate |
David Payne, LEED AP
Intern Architect |
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Lenox Township Hall is the first LEED-Certified municipal hall in Michigan. The LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating SystemTM is a feature-oriented rating system that awards buildings points for satisfying specified green building criteria. The six major environmental categories of review include: Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, Indoor Environmental Quality and Innovation and Design. Certified, Silver, Gold, and Platinum levels of LEED green building certification are awarded based on the total number of points earned within each LEED category. LEED can be applied to all building types including new construction, commercial interiors, core & shell developments, existing buildings, homes, neighborhood developments, schools and retail facilities.