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James Scott Brew • Experience Portfolio

“Green Towers” Deutsche Bank AG Frankfurt, Germany

645,834 SF

40 Stories W / 38 Stories E

Project Principal

Sustainable Design LEED Advisor

Energy Modeling Daylighting Design

Targeting LEED-Platinum Top level award BREEAM DGNB-German Standard

Project Features:

A whole-building retrofit led to integrated design with

operable windows, a radiant panel ceiling cooling system (coupled with thermal mass

storage); an integrated DALI (digital addressable lighting interface) system; captured rainwater for flush fixtures,

green roofs, renewable energy and a new urban

design approach for the site.

Originally built: 1979-84 Completion: 2010

ProjectResults:

50%EnergyReduction

55%CO2Reduction

43%WaterReduction

30%MaterialReuse

98%Demolition

MaterialsRecycled

50%ReducedHeat

IslandEffect


Urban Re:Vision Framework for a

Sustainable City Block San Francisco, CA

Project Principal

Scope of Services:

Created presentation for the 2008 ecocities conference, researched and wrote the

“Framework for a Sustainable City Block”, and

designed, directed and facilitated a two-day

workshop with 40 of the brightest minds in urban

design, architecture, planning, poetry, art and

human behavior.


Cambridge Energy Workshop

Cambridge, MA

Project Principal / PM MC, Facilitator

Scope of Services:

Designed and directed a radical energy workshop for

the Kendall and Barr Foundations in partnership with the Cambridge Energy

Alliance. 50 workshop participants were chosen for

their expertise and leadership in community

scale energy issues to drive a 5MW peak energy demand

reduction in Cambridge.

“Rocky Mountain Institute looks forward to working with the City of Cambridge in helping to craft the City’s energy efficiency program. This timely and ambitious project provides an opportunity to apply highly innovative new approaches to energy efficiency in terms of advanced technology, integrated building design, novel business models, and creative policy mechanisms to capture the full potential for efficiency, our cleanest, cheapest and most secure energy resource”.

--Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute


Campus Climate Initiative

USA

Team Member

Scope of Services: Working with the Association

for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher

Education (AASHE), RMI built on foundational research

published by various sustainability professionals at universities and the National Wildlife Federation’s growing Low-Carbon Campus Series.

Visits to 12 campuses, of varying sizes and types,

revealed stories about barriers and solutions to inform our

research.

Finally, a 3-day workshop with participants from each of

the campuses visited, will inform findings, to be

published as a web-based framework for whole-system

climate action in campus operations.


Photovoltaic (PV) Panel Manufacturing Plant and

Administrative Offices (client confidential)

Malaysia

162,000 SF Office 770,000 SF Fab Plant

Project Principal

Scope of Services:

LEED Training LEED Management/Advisor

Daylighting Design Energy Modeling

Confidential


Millenium Science Center Penn State University

State College, Pennsylvania

275,600 SF $215M

Project Principal / PM

Scope of Services: Daylighting Design

Energy Modeling LEED Advisor

Expected Completion: December 2010


APi Headquarters Minneapolis, Minnesota

52,369 SF

$9M


LEED Administrator Sustainability Advisor

Completed December 2008

Awarded LEED-NC Gold


Sustainable Megacity Jakarta

Jakarta, Indonesia


McKinsey Sustainability Advisor,

Panelist & Participant in a two-day workshop with local

government officials and leaders to define barriers and solutions to dramatic

population growth and infrastructure issues

Workshop: June 2008


Professional Speaker, Presenter, and Trainer

Globally

Successful experience with audiences of all sizes; an

engaging and thought-provoking speaker

Clients:

- American Institute of Architects

- Construction Specifications Institute

- Mortenson Construction - US Forest Service

- Deutsche Bank - Environmental Defense

Fund - American Solar Energy

Society - NAIOP

Conferences:

- Greenbuild - Joint US-China Cooperation

on Clean Energy - Green Building Challenge (Vancouver, Oslo, Tokyo) - Conference on Building

Energy & Environment (COBEE - China)

- International Campus Sustainability Network

Topics:

“Beyond Green – What’s Next?”

“Barriers & Solutions to Campus Sustainability”

“The Business Case for

Green”

“Sustainable Cities: Community is Key”

“LEED Technical Review”

and “LEED for Contractors, Suppliers & Manufacturer’s”:

Trained more than 1,200 people in US, Asia and

Europe

SustainableBuildingTokyo


McLean Environmental Living & Learning Center

Northland College Ashland, WI

39,000 SF

114 Beds $4M

Architect of Record / PM

Sustainable Design Construction Administration

Schematic Design: HGA

AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten USA Project Award Winner - Earth Day 2000

This project has been featured in and on the cover of Environmental Design & Construction, and The Construction Specifier magazines.


Academic & Student Services Building

Lake Superior College Duluth, MN

45,219 SF

$9.5M

LEED® Accredited Professional / Facilitator

New Media Center Virtual Reality Lab and

Machine Tool Shop Pine Technical College

Pine City, MN

10,600 SF (New) 14,000 SF (Remodel)

$2.55M

Project Principal / Manager Architect of Record


Omnimax® Dome Theatre Duluth Entertainment &

Convention Center Duluth, MN

21,000 SF

260 Seat $4.5M

Project Manager

Construction Administration

In association with HGA

Richard I. Bong World War II Heritage Center

Superior, WI

14,000 SF $3.5M

Project Principal

Planning/Conceptual Design Fundraising

In association w/ Barbour LaDouceur


Department of Natural Resources (DNR)

Field Headquarters Tower, MN

Office / Shop: 21,700 SF Cold Storage: 14,000 SF

$4.0M

Architect of Record Project Manager

Healthy Building Designer Construction Administration

Knife River Bridge Lake County

Knife River, MN

122 Foot Span $1.5M

Architectural Design

First Place – 2003 Technology Awards from the Minnesota Chapter and the Northern Midwest Region of ASHRAE Honor Award – 2003 Building/Technology Systems from ACEC/MN MnGREAT! Award – 2002 from the Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance


Fairlawn Mansion Restoration Superior, WI

13,300 SF

$1.7M


Fundraising Construction Administration

In association w/ Quinn Evans Architects

Awards include the Wisconsin Society of Architects Merit Award, a Commendation from the Victorian Society in America, and a Preservation Award from the Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation.

This project, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was featured on A&E’s Television show, America’s Castles and is the subject of a coffee table book titled: Fairlawn Mansion--Restoring the Splendor.


Old Firehouse & Police Museum Restoration

Superior, WI

6,400 SF $0.5M

Architect of Record

Project Manager Construction Administration

Old Post Office Restoration &

Application for National Register Listing

Superior, WI

27,216 SF $1.0M



The State of Wisconsin Fire & Police Hall of Fame

After Before


St. Mary’s Duluth Clinic First Street Building

Duluth, MN

240,000 SF $63M

LEED® Accredited

Professional / Healthy Building Consultant

Architect: HKS

This project is the largest LEED Certified healthcare project (01/2007) and one of the first ten healthcare institutions in the U.S. to achieve LEED certification.


Whole Foods Co-op Duluth, MN

18,600 SF $2.6M

LEED® Accredited Professional Administrator &

Manager

This was the first in Duluth and the third project in Minnesota to become LEED® Certified. Managed the entire certification process from initial feasibility to goal setting through credit template facilitation, execution and preparation of all submittals to the USGBC. Directed and produced a short film on the process of designing and building to meet LEED requirements.


Kawishiwi District Ranger Station

United States Forest Service Ely, MN

33,400 SF

$6M

LEED® Accredited Professional Administrator &

Manager

LEED® Training Program United States Forest Service

Duluth, MN

Designed managed, and led a 4-person, 2-day intensive LEED training program for regional USFS representatives

Demystifying LEED® for Contractors, Suppliers

and Manufacturers

Duluth, MN Minneapolis, MN

Designed managed, and led two 4-person, full-day intensive LEED training programs

June 27-28, 2006


Wheeler Hall Renovation Northland College

Ashland, WI

27,000 SF $2.46M

Project Manager Architect of Record


Camp Rabideau CCC Camp Stabilization &

Preservation United States Forest Service

Blackduck, MN

Project Manager Architect of Record


Preservation was critical for this project as it is one of the oldest and most intact Civilian Conservation Corps Camps in the USA.

AWARDS: 1995 Merit Award American Institute of Architects of Wisconsin 1994 Honor Award American Institute of Architects of Minnesota 1994 Grand Award Consulting Engineers Council


Larson-Juhl Center for Science and the

Environment Northland College

Ashland, WI

69,000 SF $11.9M

Healthy Building Consultant Construction Administration

Architect: Davis Design

Ponzio Student Center Northland College

Ashland, WI

41,653 SF $7.5M

Healthy Building Consultant Construction Administration

Architect: Davis Design


International Technology Transfer – Innovative

Wood Framing System Japan

This system allows an unskilled crew of 6 to completely assemble a house in a couple of days. After discovering this technology I developed relationships in Japan to successfully adapt for US code approvals, created and performed structural testing plans and raised $5M in capital to start the first plant in the US. Designed, pre-cut and built over 12 homes in MN and WI.

Created a national marketing buzz leading to inquiries and stories from Builder Magazine, Popular Science and 14 newspapers across the country from the Washington Post to the San Francisco Times. Over 500 people from all 50 states and 6 countries inquired about the system in one years time.


Master Plan University of Wisconsin

Superior

Project Principal Manager

Master Plan Lake Superior College

Duluth, MN

Project Manager


Liberty Building City of Superior

Superior, WI

5,000 SF $0.4M

Project Principal Architect of Record

Griggs Hall (Student Housing)

University of Minnesota Duluth

63,000 SF 252 Beds

$6.35M

Project Principal Project Manager

Architect of Record

Life Sciences Expansion University of Minnesota

Duluth

72,000 SF $11.2M

LEED® Accredited Professional / Facilitator


Dokodatakke Family Mountain Ski Villa &

Pottery Studio Fujimi, Nagano, Japan

Architect Construction Observation

Millennium Star Energy Home

Minnesota Power Duluth, MN

Project Manager Design Team Member

Harbor View Homes The Communities Group

HOPE VI Program Duluth, MN

Green Communities Project

44 units

$8M


This project was designed as a low-energy demonstration project and achieves 54% of its heating energy from passive solar design. Many products, technologies and concepts were incorporated for educational value.


Barkers Island Redevelopment

City of Superior Superior, WI

$2M


Work scope included a bandshell, boardwalk, sitework, rain garden, walking trail, playground, and new retail building

Quality Bicycle Products Minneapolis, MN

90,000 SF $8M

LEED® AP - Peer Reviewer