LEED Construction, Ohio

Typical Projects:

Commercial Interiors
New Construction
School Construction/Projects
Project Feasibility

Why Karen Joslin?

Portfolio

LEED™ Planning: Before the Beginning to After the End

Joslin Consulting provides Owner’s Representation, Sustainable Design Facilitation, and LEED™ Management to assist, verify and promote your project’s sustainable design efforts.

In the first moments of consideration of a facility construction project, important questions should be asked:

Does it make sense to plan a building that will cost less to operate for the next 10-20-30 years?
Would the occupants benefit from better lighting and a more comfortable workspace?
Do we have the option to choose a location that makes good ecological sense and helps us use the sun’s free energy?

If any answer to these questions is YES, an integrated, sustainable design process is the way to achieve these results and much more.

The following is a list of responsibilities expertly handled by Karen Joslin.

Project Feasibility Review:

Evaluate site selection options
Outline Owner Project Requirements
Assist with purchase or lease language and terms

Conceptual Design Phase:

Facilitate conceptual design charrette and meetings
Contribute information on technologies and strategies for consultants’ consideration---assist with research and coordination
Evaluate proposed approach on credit by credit basis
Register project online for administration

Final Design Phases:

Contribute specification language
Create and monitor Critical Path assignments for LEED tasks
Begin documentation process for submissions, including assembling required modeling studies for energy, daylighting, water use, etc produced by engineers
Initiate “Credit Tracking” process
Evaluate and recommend Commissioning Authorities

Bidding Phase:

Attend all pre-Bid and Bid contractor meetings
Present LEED walk through and contractor LEED obligations
Assist in reviewing construction bids

Construction Phase:

Review submittals and approve Waste Management/IAQ Management Plans
Attend Contractor/Owner weekly job meetings to review LEED status
Supervise contractor documentation of requirements
Continue LEED submission assembly

Occupancy and Submission:

Prepare LEED punchlist and closeout
Finalize LEED Template package and supporting documentation for final submission
Monitor Commissioning requirements