Green Practices
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Pankow is a leader in the knowledge and application of sustainable practices in design and construction and is committed to being a good steward of the environment. Pankow is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council, which is dedicated to the initiation, development and implementation of green building concepts, technologies and principles. Pankow professionals in all our regions are trained and accredited in LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). Having LEED accredited professionals in executive management, project management and in the field offers clients an onboard consultant to help them achieve their sustainability goals.

Green construction relies on teaming and collaboration. Through our role as integrated team member of green construction and renovation projects, Pankow has a good grasp on what constitutes green construction best practices. These included knowledge of green products and methods, dynamics of green scheduling and associated costs of green.

By actively participating in charrettes and other design development forums, Pankow can rapidly respond to the needs of the project team. We’ve applied that knowledge to create an outline of those best practices for both office and jobsite as a useful tool for stakeholders involved on a green building project. Pankow’s Green Construction Best Practices checklist provides a detailed account of all actions a contractor can take to ensure a green project is successful, by supporting early decision making and helping them to anticipate potential pitfalls.

Design-Build and Green Building

Since the design and construction of green buildings adds complexity to the construction process, Pankow’s experience with integrated design-build delivery yields better results. Design-build brings the builder into the design process and breaks down the divisions between owner, architect and contractor to ensure that the intent of each LEED credit is met and adequate documentation is taken.

With the builder as part of the early planning and concept stages, the owner gets the benefit of real-time cost feedback associated with design and material choices being made. Design-build makes sustainable goals more achievable because it better equips the team to manage the addition of green components against the budget, mitigating costs – both to the bottom line and to sustainability.

Listed below Are some of the Green Building Projects Completed by Pankow:

Kwan Hemni Architects
San Francisco, California
7,500 SF Tenant Improvement project
LEED: Planning to achieve LEED for Corporate Interiors

111 Sutter Street
San Francisco, California
Existing 280,000 SF building renovation
LEED: Pankow is supporting the client’s efforts to certify this building under the pilot program for existing buildings under the LEED-EB Guidelines

Stanford Green Dorm
Stanford, California
20,000 SF dormitory with 4,000 SF living laboratory
LEED: Completed pre-construction on this row house that is expected to achieve the highest level of LEED.

2101 Webster
Oakland, California
535,000 SF, 20-story office building
LEED: This building is in the first group of a pilot program to certify existing buildings under the LEED-EB Guidelines. Pankow is working with the Owner to obtain a Silver Certification

Whole Foods Market
Oakland, California
58,000 SF urban grocery store
Adaptive re-use project of historic building and remediation of brownfield site

415 Pacific Coast Highway
Santa Monica, California
Design-build adaptive re-use and historic renovation of the 5.5-acre Marion Davies Estate as a community center.
LEED: This building is being designed and constructed to achieve a LEED Gold Certification

2100 Franklin
Oakland, California
265,000 SF office building
LEED:  Designed and constructed to achieve LEED Silver Certification. This project will be the only LEED certified Class A multi-tenant building in the Oakland CBD; it will consume far less energy and less water per square foot than conventional commercial office buildings in the Bay area today

San Mateo Police Facility
San Mateo, California
59,000 SF police facility
LEED: This energy efficient building is being designed and constructed to achieve LEED Silver Certification

Beverly Prior Architects
San Francisco, California
12,500 SF full-floor tenant improvement project in a landmark 1920s office building.
LEED: LEED-CI Gold Certification.

555 City Center
Oakland, California
20-story, 487,000 SF office building
LEED: Pankow unofficially tracked this project and satisfied all of the conditions for a LEED certified level, however, the Owner chose not to register for the certification.

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