Green with JKL

JKL has participated in two of the largest Green hospital projects in the Bay Area. Laguna Honda Hospital is on target to receive LEED Silver certification and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center will be one of the 1st hospitals in California to receive LEED Gold certification.

We are strongly committed to creating a sustainable environment using minimal resources and energy. Over twenty percent of our staff is LEED-accredited and all are trained to identify sustainable opportunities to address your environmental and financial objectives.

Let JKL develop a Green Program for you.

Green Services

  • Energy Audits *Click here for informational flyer
  • Renewable Energy Solutions
  • Innovation Research and Design
  • Construction/Demolition Recycling Analysis
  • Cost Analysis
  • Energy Modeling and Life Cycle Analysis
  • Energy Software Solutions
  • LEED Certification Planning and Program Implementation
RESULTS
Low Energy Cost
Lower Heat Generation
Lower Pollution = Smaller Carbon Footprint
More Natural Light Spectrum
=     Profit  +  People  +  Planet

Green Project Experience

Green Projects On track for LEED Silver Certification
Laguna Honda Hospital - LEED Initiatives
  • Rehabilitate damaged site with environmental contamination
  • Provide suitable means for bicycle usage for at least 5% or more of building occupants
  • Locate building within 1/2 mile from subway station and bus lines
  • Reduce environmental impact on habitat for endangered species
  • Use high-reflective, low emission, and energy efficient roofing for 75% of roof surface
  • Optimize energy performance requirements of ASHRAE 90.1 by 20%
  • Install HVAC and refrigeration equipment that do not contain HCFC's
  • Provide direct line of sight to vision glazing while seated from 90% of occupied spaces
Green Projects On track for LEED Gold Certification
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Bed Building One - LEED Initiatives
  • Heat Island Effect through green roof construction
  • Light pollution reduction
  • Increase water efficiency for landscaping by 50%
  • Divert 75% of construction waste from disposal site
  • Use recycled content to equal 10%
  • Enhance outdoor air delivery monitoring and ventilation
  • Construction IAQ Management Plan implemented
  • Implementation of indoor chemical and pollutant control
  • Increase daylight to 75% of spaces and views for 90% of spaces
  • Conduct wind tunnel testing of exterior wall system
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Other JKL Green Project Initiatives Genentech, Lighting Retrofit
  • Replace T12 lamps with T8 lamps
  • Change magnetic ballasts to high efficiency electronic ballasts
  • Replace metal halide (in high bay areas) with high bay T8 or T5 fixtures
  • Utilize LED task lighting in lieu of florescent task lighting

O'Connor Hospital, Recycled Emergency Generator
  • Increase power efficiency by 20%
  • Upgrade electrical switchgear to increase efficiency by 28%
  • Improve efficiency of automatic transfer switches
  • Modify water run-off effectiveness through drainage upgrades

At JKL we reduce, reuse and recycle

Within our offices and jobsites we achieve this by:
  • Use recycled binders and paper for RFQs and proposals
  • Print double-sided
  • Reuse envelopes/packaging
  • Reuse/recycle printer ink cartridges
  • No unnecessary printing of emails and other electronic media
  • File sharing via FTP

After You Commit

You can be part of the solution. JKL will become your Green Partner for fast, economical results that increase your energy efficiency and ultimately reduce your carbon footprint.

Call Tim Dean @ 415.726.0086 and let's take first step in Going Green together!

Testimonial

JKL is easy to work with, competent and honest. During the planning and presconstruction phases JKL brought knowledge of other ongoing projects. They saved the client time and money. JKL knows the construction process and how a project comes together from financing, to permitting, to closeout.

- Mark Kehoe, A+E Manager
  AECOM

Building a better way.