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Standards

Echo Studio is proud to be affiliated with the following:

Energy Star Challenge Participant - U.S. Department of Energy’s worldwide-recognized standard for high-performance buildings.

U.S. Green Building Council LEED Accredited Professional

The One Percent - pro bono design services network

Echo Studio’s projects will meet or exceed the following standards as of Dec. 1, 2007:

Design services

Architectural & design-build services
From visioning & conceptualization to pricing & permit drawings to construction administration, Echo Studio offers full architectural, engineering, and planning services.
Our team includes structural engineering, mechanical/electrical/plumbing engineering, thermal transfer engineering and energy modeling, and biological/landscape consultants.

Sustainability consultation services

Is your business or organization seeking to become ‘greener’ or implement sustainable strategies? Are you a developer or building contractor struggling to make sense of your municipality’s new environmental code or promote, design, build, and test highly efficient buildings? Are you a homeowner with a commitment to building a home for your family that is safe, healthy, and more in tune with the environment but unsure of how and where to start?

Consultation is highly recommended for those needing limited direction or unsure of whether full architectural services will be needed.

Reasonable hourly or contract-basis consultation is available to provide sustainability and energy-efficiency guidance for clients large and small, including:

Deconstruction consultation
A growing alternative to demolition offers tax incentives to clients and saves valuable materials.

Does your project involve demolition?
Then it is also a perfect candidate for deconstruction.
Deconstruction is the process of carefully dismantling a building in order to salvage components for reuse, results in products for sale, a trained labor force, and improved environmental quality by keep air and water cleaner while diverting thousands of tons of material from overtaxed landfills.
It is gaining ground, especially in the Chicagoland area, as an environmentally-conscious alternative to demolition that also brings savings to a client.

No job is too small for deconstruction - from a closet to a multistory building.
Our network of contacts will help you find the right people for your deconstuction project.

Design for disassembly
Building design which maximizes reuse of compents & materials, limits impact on environment.

Energy modeling
The basis for analyzing & testing concepts and scenarios such as glazing, shading, renewables.

Green feasibility assessment & planning
Facilities analysis & planning for the implementation of sustainable concepts and techniques.

Green roofs & architectural agriculture
Design and implementation of building-integrated food production, including plant selection.
Download a Green Roofs Feasibility Assessment brochure (PDF format, 111 KB).

High-performance, energy-efficient buildings
Echo Studio has a proven track record delivering buildings that exceed state & federal energy-efficiency standards.
Download an Echo Studio: Achieving High-Performance brochure (PDF format, 412 KB)

Landscape & biological consultation
Specialist in biological resource recovery,
sustainable food production, & bioremediation.

LEED & Energy Star implementation
Accredited professional services including plan review, feasibility study, and full consultation.

Living walls
Cost-effective, vegetated panel systems improve indoor air quality, treat wastewater, and bring beauty to homes, offices, and many other applications [under development].

Credentials include

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