PROJECTS
Zinner
Consultants assists clients in four related areas. Illustrative projects
are summarized below.
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LEED & CHPS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Boeing
Realty Corporation/Douglas Park: Sustainable
Development Strategy
ZC developed and is managing implementation of the Douglas Park Sustainable
Development Strategy. Under the strategy, Boeing Realty has mandated
that Douglas Park's commercial projects larger than 25,000 square feet
achieve LEED certification, and anticipates participating as a LEED-ND
(Neighborhood Development) pilot project. The 260-acre Long Beach project,
on the site of a former Douglas Aircraft plant, will include 3 million
square feet of commercial space and 1,200 residential units.
Playa
Vista: Residential Sustainable
Guidelines
ZC developed and oversees implementation of the Playa Vista Residential
Sustainable Guidelines, mandated by Playa Vista for the project's
5,800 residential units. Developed in 1998 and updated in 2005, the
Guidelines, honored by the American Planning Association and Westside
Urban Forum, have been successfully incorporated into over 2,000 multifamily
and single family attached and detached units.
Los
Angeles Unified School District: High
Performance Schools (CHPS) Initiative
Since 2002, ZC has managed LAUSD's Collaborative for High Performance
Schools (CHPS) initiative to improve the quality of the District's
new facilities and school modernization projects. LAUSD is the nation's
first school district to adopt and implement CHPS, a sustainable schools
rating system based on LEED.
San
Diego City Schools: CHPS Integration
ZC is assisting San Diego City Schools, the state's second largest school
district, in verifying and strengthening its CHPS program. ZC's tasks
include strategic planning, CHPS prerequisite and credit verification,
and design standard and specification recommendations.
Collaborative
for High Performance Schools: CHPS Roadmap
ZC developed the CHPS Roadmap to provide school districts with
a clear, step-by-step process to ensure the successful implementation
of a CHPS program. The Roadmap recommends a centralized program
as the most efficient way to develop schools that consistently meet
a district's sustainable design priorities at the lowest possible cost.
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LEED & CHPS PROJECT CONSULTING
LEED-NC
(New Construction)
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Lehrer + Gangi Architects: Water + Life Museum, Metropolitan
Water District, Hemet; target: Gold; phase: nearing completion.
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Earth Tech: City of Beverly Hills Fleet Services Center;
target: Certified; phase: design.
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M2A: City of Los Angeles Silverlake Library; target: Gold;
phase: design.
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California Landmark: Wilshire-Barrington
high rise condominiums; target: Certified; status: design.
LEED-CS
(Core & Shell)
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M. David Paul: The Pointe office
tower, Burbank; target: Certified; phase: design.
LEED-CI
(Commercial Interiors)
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Whole Foods Market: El Segundo
market; target: Gold; phase: design.
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InterfaceFLOR: Santa Monica retail store; target: Silver;
phase: design.
LEED-ND
(Neighborhood Development)
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Boeing Realty: Douglas Park,
Long Beach; target: Certified; phase: entitled.
CHPS
(Collaborative for High Performance Schools)
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LAUSD: CHPS compliance review for all new schools and new
buildings on existing campuses.
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SUSTAINABLE CITY PROGRAM & GENERAL
PLAN DEVELOPMENT
City
of Brisbane: Citywide LEED Mandate
ZC is assisting the City of Brisbane (located south of San Francisco)
in analyzing the issues and options for mandating both LEED and specific
green building criteria for both public and private developments. A
key focus is the proposed 2.5 million square foot, 500-acre Baylands
commercial and retail development.
City
of Santa Barbara: Sustainable City Program
ZC is assisting the City of Santa Barbara in incorporating sustainability
principals and programs into its General Plan as part of the team updating
this key document. ZC is also advising on the development of a City
programs sustainability strategy.
City
of Long Beach: General Plan Update
As part of the City's General Plan update, ZC is conducting analysis
and drafting sustainable development policies and objectives to implement
the City's environmental goals.
City
of Santa Monica: Sustainable City Program
John Zinner, ZC principal, co-developed the Santa Monica Sustainable
City Program and assisted in the development of the City's Green Building
Design & Construction Guidelines. The Sustainable City Program,
adopted in 1994 and recognized by the United Nations, defines principals,
goals and programs for a wide range of topics.
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ENVIRONMENTAL
MITIGATION & STORMWATER PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Playa
Vista: Mitigation Monitoring & Stormwater Pollution Prevention
Program
Since 1998, ZC has managed the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program
for Playa Vista, an award-winning 500-acre urban infill mixed-use development
in Los Angeles of 5,800 dwelling units and 3 million square feet of
commercial space. Under the MMRP, ZC must ensure implementation and
report compliance with hundreds of environmental mitigation measures
adopted as part of the project's approval. ZC also supports the implementation
of Playa Vista's Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program.
Lennar:
Heritage Fields Mitigation Monitoring Program
ZC is assisting in the development and management of the Heritage Fields
Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program. Heritage Fields is being
developed on the former site of the El Toro Marine Air Station in Irvine
and is planned for 9,500 residential units and 3 million square feet
of commercial space. The site will also contain the Orange County Great
Park.
Urban
Retail: MGM Tower Mitigation
Monitoring & Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program
ZC managed the Mitigation Monitoring Program (MMP) and Stormwater Pollution
Prevention Program for MGM Tower, a 35-story commercial high rise in
Century City. ZC conducted site inspections to ensure compliance and
filed the required reports with regulatory agencies.
