Innovations
Sustainable Design Center
Photo: Group 70 International, Inc., 925 Bethel Street, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Group 70 designated the 2nd floor of their corporate office building as the premier Sustainable Design Center. This comprehensive showroom, research library, and command center features innovative sustainable technologies and products, such as: the "Living Wall," vertical wind turbines, advanced photo voltaic solar cells, and GridPoint for electricity management.
The Center will process LEED certification from pre-evaluation to post-LEED certification management. Visitors will be able to view Group 70’s projects around the world via webcam. Additionally, Group 70 plans to feature on the building rooftop sustainable elements such as a green roof, photovoltaic solar array, solar hot water heating, and a vertical-axis wind turbine.
Command and Control Centers
Photo: Model Command and Control Center with LEED certification graphs developed by Group70.
Group 70 is developing command and control centers to manage and maintain project utilities and infrastructure assets and conduct 24/7 post-LEED certification management. The centers serve the critical function of monitoring enormous quantities of data and information generated in a sustainable development. These facilities are scalable for any size project, whether an entire island, a university campus, a resort community, or a single building.
Sustainable Asset Management
Group 70 has pioneered and is developing state-of-the-art tools for sustainable development, including a sustainable design and asset management software, and a comprehensive systems-integrated methodology to plan, build, manage, and monitor utilities and infrastructure and post-LEED certification throughout the life of the project.
LEED Accountability
Photo: Sustainable Development Master Plan featuring LEED "Certification Performance Tool™."
Our Sustainable Development Division created a proprietary methodology, the Certification Performance Tool™ to map specific LEED components such as potable water consumption, graywater utilization, energy consumption, carbon footprint, waste generation, and open space.
Following certification, G70 will monitor the ongoing performance of LEED certified projects. This innovative process ensures that the LEED building performs as designed throughout its life.