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IDAHO BUSINESS REVIEW
2015
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he views from Boises tallest

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rooftops of other buildings.
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A rendering of the 275,000-square-foot Clif Bar plant under construction in Twin Falls. The Emeryville, Calif. company says it will achieve the highest possible LEED certification with a goal of zero waste, emphasizing water conservation and energy efficiency.
Leadership in energy savings and design

Welcome to the first edition of Square
Feet, Idaho Business Reviews new quarterly
publication on real estate and construction
in Idaho.
Our first issue of Square Feet focuses on
sustainable construction and design. In this
issue, youll learn about some Idaho companies that are using responsible building
to minimize fossil fuel use and waste. Youll
see some of the standards and rating systems
that have been developed to measure how
developers are doing in saving energy and
water. And youll meet some of the Idahoans
who have made sustainability a top priority.
Sustainable building has been underway
in Idaho for years. Ada County got an early
start; back in 2005, its 350,000-square-foot
courthouse and administration building
earned a silver rating from LEED, which
stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.
Clif Bars 275,000-square-foot factory in
Twin Falls is a great contemporary example
of green building. Landscapers and builders
all over Idaho even ones that werent
selected to work on the project refer to
Clif Bar when they talk about measures
theyre seeing in their field to reduce energy
and water use and improve conditions for
employees.
Among other things, Clif Bar is building
to maximize natural light; designing its roof
to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas
emissions; and is installing an energy-capturing system that will divert extra heat to
make its Clif bars. Clif Bars break rooms
will give workers direct access to outdoor
areas, and landscaping will include habitat
for birds and bees. Clif Bar has a company
orchestra and is building an on-site amphitheater for events and celebrations.
ActiveWest Builders, a senior living
developer in Coeur dAlene, builds all of
its homes to meet LEED standards. This
award-winning company locates its housing
close to medical services, grocery stores,
and conveniences, so residents dont have
to drive as much. It builds homes as energy
Anne Wallace Allen

efficiently as possible so residents power
costs are low, and installs energy-efficient
lighting, appliances, and windows.
And the states largest city, Boise, has set
voluntary green building standards for all
Boise buildings.
But Idaho still has a way to go.
While developers and building owners
apparently see a long-term value in using
best practices as defined by environmental
rating systems, tenants arent showing
much interest in those standards. From
the interviews with realtors that are
published on p. 10 of this issue, and from
other conversations with developers, its
clear most local office tenants look mainly
at cost when choosing workspace.
Its going to take some education to get
local companies to recognize the long-term
benefits, financial and otherwise, of green
building and design. Green building proponents say sustainable practices lead to happier employees and less turnover. Responsible building practices reduce greenhouse gas
emissions, fuel consumption, and building
waste. And energy-efficient design and con-
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The 356,000-square-foot Ada County Courthouse in downtown Boise was the first
LEED-certified and first Energy Star-certified courthouse project in Idaho, according
to Engineering Incorporated, a Boise engineering company that worked on the
project. The courthouse received a LEED Silver rating in 2003 and has been recertified with an Energy Star rating every year since, Engineering Inc. said. Among other
things, the courthouse is heated with a natural geothermal infrastructure.
One way to get your business on board is to make

environmental sustainability a part of the company mission.
Its a logical step in a culture that has made wellness a
priority at work. Moving to a healthy space makes the same
sense as in-house yoga and smoking cessation: its a change
of habit that becomes a way of life.
struction will pay for themselves long before
the life of the building is over.
One way to get your business on board is
to make environmental sustainability a part
of the company mission. Its a logical step in
a culture that has made wellness a priority at
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A slew of sustainability standards

By Anne Wallace Allen
Idaho Business Review
There are plenty of different ways to assess and describe green building standards,
large and small.
One of the best known is the U.S. Green
Building Councils Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED.
LEED is a series of rating systems aimed at
increasing the environmental and health
performance of buildings sites and structures and of neighborhoods. LEED covers
the design, construction, and operations of
all types of buildings.
Green Globes is a Canadian rating and
certification system aimed at improving
environmental and health performance for
commercial structures. In the U.S., Green
Globes is administered by the Green Building Initiative.
The ICCs National Green Building Standard is a rating and certification system that
encourages increased environmental and
health performance in homes. Its criteria
also apply to the design and construction of
homes and subdivisions.
Theres also the International Living Future Institutes Living Building Challenge, a
certification system that calls for transforming the design, construction and operation
of buildings for environmental and health
benefits. It also calls for the construction
of structures that are restorative, regenerative, and an integral component of the local
ecology and culture.

The Energy Star program, best known for
its certification of utilities such as dishwashers, is available for buildings as well. It focuses on the use of energy and water. To be
certified, buildings must meet strict energy
performance standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
There are many others. But LEED is far
and away the best known, said Elizabeth
Cooper, the interim director of the University of Idahos Integrated Design Lab. Cooper
specializes in indoor air quality.
The rating systems vary, but what they
all have in common is a recognition that
thoughtful design and construction are key
to productivity and quality of life. And what
theyre all designed to do is enable developers, banks, and everyone else involved in the
construction process to measure how sustainable the design and construction are.
Just a few decades ago there werent any
rating systems for green building. LEED
came out in about 2000. The rating systems
have made a big difference, said Cooper, but
they have a long way to go.
One big change LEED and other systems
have brought about is the standardization
of municipal and statewide building codes
toward a more green standard.
All of the codes now are much more
energy-efficient, in part probably because
of the new standards. The third-party standards have driven it in that direction, Coo-
The ratings systems vary, but what they all have in

common is a recognition that thoughtful design and
construction are key to productivity and quality of life.
per said. Theres just a general undercurrent of interest in, What can I do to make
improvements?
While the building industry has largely
accepted the notion of green building standards, the banking industry, at least in Idaho, is still mulling them over, said Charlie
Woodruff, the director of the Idaho office
of the U.S. Green Building Council.
Woodruff said developers who are putPhotos courtesy of CSHQA.
This overhang at the Whole Foods

store in Boise provides shade, and
the stores double-glazed windows
reduce glare and cut heat absorption.
This area of the store also includes
bicycle racks and a bike repair station, and pavers designed as part of a
stormwater management system.
These clerestory windows on the west

wall of the Boise Whole Foods store
bring natural light to back-of-the-house
prep and warehouse areas.
ting up a LEED-certified building have a difficult time convincing Idaho lenders that the
investment will pay off in a way the financial
industry can recognize.
Buildings that have lower water and energy use produce higher operating income
for their owners, Woodruff said. He added
that some studies show these buildings have
higher tenant occupancy rates and less turnover. While there is data for lenders in other
markets, Woodruff said there hasnt been research in Idaho that would help Idaho lenders assess the value of green buildings.
It would be valuable to have the lending
industry understand green building technology, and the performance of green buildings, so they can assign appropriate value to
those buildings, Woodruff said.
CITY OF BOISE ESTABLISHES

VOLUNTARY GREEN BUILDING CODE
Boises voluntary green building code is aimed at nudging local
developers toward increasing the efficiency of buildings beyond
mandatory standards.
The Green Construction Code, which was approved by the Boise
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new library at Bown Crossing that is expected to be be started this
fall, and two new fire stations due to be completed in 2017.
The code includes guidelines on site development and land use,
water and energy conservation, and indoor environmental quality.
And while the codes not mandatory, it has a strong incentive. Projects
that meet the codes guidelines will receive faster permitting and more
streamlined project management services, said the office of Boise Mayor
David Bieter. Bieters office also said there might be monetary incentives
down the road for projects that meet the new standards.
Stakeholders such as Matt Witt of Rocky Mountain development,
Tyler Ressnick of the McAlvain Group of Companies, and Charlie
Woodruff of the U.S. Green Building Council participated in
putting together the standard, said Jenifer Gilliland, the citys
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library might be the first building in Idaho to be constructed to that
level of the LEED standard.
The city of Boise is leading by example, Patterson Grant said.
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Ben Helton (left) and Bob Wheeler (center) speak with Jacob Stolworthy, who is seated in a propane-powered lawn mower at Cutting Edge Landscape in Garden City.
Landscaping
companies look to
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Special to the IBR
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A quick look around the Treasure Val- sensor system in your lawn that plugs in
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much of Idahos water is going: onto the with it to regulate watering. Both are manugreen lawns of area homes and businesses. factured by Baseline Systems, another Boise
Lawn sprinklers for landscaping are
responsible for 58 percent of the areas water consumption, according
Peoples expectations for
to Ben Helton, the owner of Cutting
Edge Landscape, a landscaping comvibrant, well-manicured lawns
pany in Boise.
A lot of that water ends up nourishare really high. Thats good
ing the landscaping, as its supposed
to. But a lot of it also ends up as runoff
for business, but its also
on the roads. Some of the water makes
it back to the river, but its usually car- going to take a toll as the area
rying a load of fertilizer with it.
grows, and as the demand for
It doesnt have to be this way,
said Helton, who pitches sustainable
pressurized irrigation grows
landscaping to his customers.
theres going to be a big
A lot of people around here water
as much as six or seven days a week,
battle between subdivision
Helton said. Thats just not necessary. Lawns watered two or, at most,
landscaping and farmers.
three days a week look great. You can
literally train your lawn by watering
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Developer LocalConstruct is building this seven-story apartment complex with

160 units in downtown Boises Central Addition. The building will provide apartments, street-level retail and live-work units. LocalConstruct calls the $26 million
project Fifth and Broad for now. The company said the apartment building was
designed to enliven the local area and will include a wood-deck courtyard with
a fire pit.
Boises LIV District

comes to life
By Eric Hayes
Special to the IBR
Downtown Boise is due for a lot of new

elements in the coming years: several new
hotels, some apartment buildings, and an
expanded Boise Centre.
One of those new elements is a LIV district, a neighborhood designed for high environmental and social performance thats
being developed just east of the downtown
core in the blocks at Capitol, Front, Broadway, and Myrtle.
LIV stands for Livable, Innovative, and
Vibrant. Its a concept that has sprung up in
recent years to describe neighborhoods and
districts that are designed as building blocks
of sustainable cities. LIV districts are geared
toward economic opportunity, community
well being, and ecological health.
The districts achieve these goals through
rigorous, consistent and transparent reporting in the areas of governance, environmental, and social performance, according to
a Portland, Ore. nonprofit devoted to LIV
called EcoDistricts.
Boises sustainable district will be called
the Central Addition LIV District, and its
organizers hope it will integrate high-density urban housing with environmentally
friendly building practices and pedestrian-friendly thoroughfares to rejuvenate a
part of downtown thats been unofficially
given over to weedy gravel parking lots in
the last ten years.
The Central Addition

The Central Addition is a latecomer to the
intense wave of development thats engulfed
downtown Boise over the last few years. Its
just a few blocks from new arrivals like the
Eighth and Main building, Trader Joes, and
Whole Foods. But until recently, it was the
mostly overlooked home to a collection of
ramshackle historic houses. This summer,
three of the houses were moved to new sites
with one more scheduled for relocation,
and another scheduled for demolition. Dan
Everhart of Preservation Idaho said eight
houses will remain in the neighborhood
core, and that five of those buildings have
significant historic value: the multi-colored workers cottages at the corner of Broad
and Fourth, and the two-story Victorian behind them on Fourth Street.
The city and California developer LocalConstruct have big plans for the district. The
city plans to make Broad Street friendlier to
pedestrians by making it The Coolest Street
in Boise both literally and figuratively. A
new storm-water retention system will provide irrigation for the trees separating a wide,
water-permeable sidewalk from a one-way
road that prioritizes foot and bike traffic over
automobiles. The stormwater collected underground will keep the area a few degrees
cooler in the hottest summer months, and
the trees will provide shade for patio seating.
Bike lanes will be added to Front and
Myrtle. Additionally, a signaled pedestrian
walkway at 5th and Myrtle will increase access to Julia Davis Park, connecting the new
development to existing public resources.

The city is developing a partnership with
the U.S. Green Building Council, a non-profit with goals that align with the Central Addition LIV and the nonprofit EcoDistricts.
The USGBC is the group that created LEEDS
Certification a 3rd party verification process for energy-efficiency in new developmentthat could help brand and identify
the Central Addition LIV District as a desirable neighborhood for an arriving generation of professionals.
USGBC-Idaho Director Charlie Woodruff
said market forces, and not policymakers,
are driving sustainable development like
Boises LIV District.
All the evidence suggests that markets
drive this kind of development far more
than incentives created through public entities, said Woodruff. One of our goals is
to make it easier for the development side
of these projects to work with the city in the
creation of neighborhoods that this market
seems to demand.
LocalConstruct plans a seven-level apartment building at Fifth and Myrtle streets
with street-level commercial space and five
floors of apartments, called the Fowler, after the propertys original landowner. The
wave-shaped building will use high-efficiency building materials and tap into Boises
geothermal resources to limit energy consumption for retailers and the 160 residential units on the upper levels. Residents are
promised a Farm-to-Table experience in
an urban setting that includes shared garden
space and open dining and cooking areas.

Woodruff said some public leaders still
doubt it makes sense to build or support a
sustainable district. He said that feeling will
change as lenders learn more about how the
benefits are measured.
Right now, a lot of productivity value
associated with sustainable building design
isnt properly accounted for because the energy savings for both tenants and owners
doesnt necessarily appear in the cost-benefit
analyses seen by the lenders, he said.
But housing developer Thomas Mannschreck said he builds sustainable, energy-efficient buildings because they make
economic sense.
The decrease in operating costs easily
offsets the costs associated with certification, said Mannschreck, whose Boise company, Thomas Construction Co., has built
more than 70 apartment buildings. From
an owners standpoint, theres no reason not
to seek those levels of efficiency.
Steve Burgos, the Citys Environmental
Manager, says that the Central Addition LIV
District will function like a Green Lab for
future Boise developmenta testing ground
for resource-conscious planning and development in the city.
Margins for high-density urban housing
in Boise are still tight because rents arent as
high as they are in cities like Portland and
Seattle, said Burgos. But this projects success could create a new development model
that accounts for the needs of younger professionals looking to settle down in Boise.
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Builders and lenders,

meet green building
By Charlie Woodruff
Special to the IBR
Building science and technology have
come a long way.
Modern consumers are more sophisticated than they used to be. They have new
expectations and demands for commercial
and residential real estate, including increased personal comfort, multi-purpose design and environmental sustainability.
These days, office, retail and apartment
tenants are thinking more about the indoor
environmental quality and energy consumption of their spaces than consumers in
previous generations did. Their motivations
include maintaining higher standards of human health, lowering utility bills and lessening the environmental impact of burning
fossil fuels. These trends set the stage for the
growing market value of green building and
LEED certification.
LEED certification means that a building
has met industry leading environmental sustainability benchmarks. The independent, third
party verification that LEED-certified buildings
have achieved helps provide consumers increased quality control and value in their real
estate choices. Developers, owners, architects,
contractors and real estate professionals are
increasingly interested in LEED certification
(Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design), and demand for LEED continues to
increase year-over-year throughout the United
States, and, increasingly, the world.
LEED is now used in more than 150
Charlie Woodruff | Photo by Celia Southcombe.

countries and territories, and LEED-certified
buildings have consistently proven to be
more valuable than their non-certified peers.
Portfolio managers, developers and
tenants across the world are increasingly
demanding the added value provided by
third-party certification. The certification
is a means of measuring the value of their
assets and ensuring that their property is
competitive in the global real estate market.
LEED-certified buildings in Boise, Los An-
geles and Shanghai have all distinguished

themselves in ways that make them more
attractive for investors who can be sure that
they are getting the best real estate available.
The commercial lending and appraising industries play a critical role in the valuation of
green building projects. They take sustainable
design into account when they assign values
to high-performance buildings. They know
that features of sustainable design reduce operating costs and increase profitability through
higher lease-up and occupancy rates.
Appraisers in particular have the role of
defining the values of green building features
that lead to increased profitability. Lenders
and appraisers in many cities have been doing this for years. Here in Idaho, its important
that Idaho lenders and appraisers do the same.
The U.S. Green Building Council, the developer of the LEED green building rating
system, developed LEED through a public
and transparent process that solicits the input of industry members, environmentalists
and other experts to create a measuring stick
for green building that is reliable and robust.
Projects in Idaho, like the recently certified
Eighth and Main Building, and new projects
that are pursuing LEED certification, like 5th
and Broad or CSHQAs 2|B in the Central
Addition, show that local developers want
to deliver certified buildings to market because they know that their clients care about
verified environmental performance.
The City of Boise is pursuing LEED certi-
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fication for the new Bown Crossing Library

and the new Firehouse #8. The city has stated its commitment to sustainability. Ada
County has completed the most LEED-certified projects in the Treasure Valley, because
the countys managers know the value that
environmental and utility performance will
deliver for these real estate investments.
The decision that these property owners and developers made to pursue not
only green building, but actual LEED certification, comes down to long-term value
and responsible investing. Developers are
increasingly incorporating sustainability
concepts into their buildings, but projects
that have not definitively achieved LEED
certification will not maintain the same
level of asset valuation as their LEED-certified peers over time.
Its encouraging to see that Boise is positioning itself as a leader in sustainable
design. LEED-certified buildings simply deliver a better deal deal for consumers and
taxpayers over the long term. This trend
will continue to grow based on demand as
consumers and businesses learn the value of
sustainability in the built environment.
Charlie is the director of community for
the U.S. Green Building Council in Idaho.
He works with design and development
professionals to advance energy efficiency,
health, and sustainability in Idahos buildings and can be reached at (208) 871-4601
or cwoodruff@usgbc.org
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Stormwater management
falls on all of us
By Jeff Ward
Special to the IBR
Rivers, water quality, quality of life. These
terms are synonymous in the Boise lexicon
of reasons we choose to live here. In the
midst of desert with just 11.7 annual inches
of rainfall per year, we enjoy a community
of abundant parks, tree-lined streets and a
green belt worthy of national acclaim. Hard
work goes into protecting this quality of life
including the efforts of multiple agencies
who manage our stormwater.
Stormwater [run-off] is the rain or melted
snow that doesnt immediately soak into the
ground and flows over hard surfaces such as
pavement, parking lots and rooftops. And,
even though we dont make it or control
it, once it leaves our property for someone
elses softer surface, the public stormwater
system, or nearby rivers and streams, it becomes every property owners responsibility.
Completely counterintuitive!
That is why stormwater management is a
joint responsibility at the community, state
and national level. What none of us can do
singly, larger agencies oversee. Before paving,
city sidewalks of wood were built up several inches above the street. Run-off flowed
down the street following gravity to the river.
Decades of development later, cities build
stormwater systems of piping, lift stations,
catch basins and vaults to transport stormwater to the same place, the river. These systems also allow stormwater to reach the river
more quickly than in an undeveloped state,
resulting in an increase in peak flow rates.
This solution is far from ideal. Storm
water carries polluting chemicals, motor
oil and fluids, trash, plant matter including
weeds and seeds, construction debris, pet
waste, silt and excess heat. In freezing temperatures, run-off thaws and refreezes, creating dangerous conditions in parking lots,
sidewalks and streets.
Enter the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. The DEQ is directed by the
Environmental Protection Agency, which is
mandated by Congress to engage and direct
local agencies and communities in managing storm water, amongst other environmental concerns, to acceptable standards.
A primary management tool is the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater permitting system.
Under this system municipal storm drain and
storm sewer systems are periodically reviewed
and permitted for ongoing use. Locally, the
Ada County Highway District, Ada County
Drainage District #3, Boise City, Garden City,
Boise State University and the Idaho Trans-
Todays urban architects, engineers and

planners have many challenges ahead in
managing storm water to new standards. The
time when cities across the county, including
Boise, can default to their rivers for dispersing
unwanted run-off is coming to an end.
Jeff Ward, reporter at the Idaho Business Review
Jeff Ward
portation Department District #3 are jointly
permitted under one agreement. The most
recent permit became effective February 1,
2013 and expires January 30, 2018.
Following the EPAs lead, and the general
public concern for the health of our waterways, NPDES is getting stricter. Many projects are now required to manage all building
and site sourced stormwater onsite. No run
off, no flow to public drains, and absolutely
no flow directly to waterways.
One example of an engineered solution is River Park Place, site of Boise Whole
Foods and Walgreens. Stormwater from this
5.5-acre site is managed by an Engineered
Permeable Paver System covering about 1
acre of the site. Site grading was engineered
for storm water to flow toward paver areas
where it trickles down through sand and
rock to native soil. The pavers are level with
traditional parking lot surfaces and after
three years of service are performing well.
Another example is the diagonal parking
next to CSHQA at Second and Broad Street.
A recent downpour was caught on video and
the difference between an older, as-yet-unimproved building and the two-year-old
CSHQA renovation is dramatic. Reports of
the June 8 downpour vary from .62 to 1.22
inches in less than one hour.
Now to the question of cost. During the
long development cycle for River Park Place,
initial conversations featured a new pipe
with pre-treatment to the Julia Davis Pond.
Associated costs included an estimated
$110,000 for pre-treatment, with additional
costs for a bore under the street and a negotiated annual fee with Boise Parks.
Paver installation ranges from $10 - $15

per square foot, depending on the difficulty
of installation. Tight allies with constrained
access will cost more than open parking lots.
Recent bids for standard parking lot paving
are coming in at $3 - $4 per square foot.
Keep in mind that only a portion of a typical
parking lot needs pavers to manage the site.
At the CSHQA site ,seasonal high-ground
water is too high for a traditional subsurface infiltration basin and surface area is too
valuable for a pond. Preliminary estimates
indicated that the new paver system would
cost about $150,000 more than a theoretical
on-site pond.
These are not inexpensive systems, but
long-term, very low maintenance is a key
benefit. The most important benefit is protection of our natural waterways. Other on-site
methods include vegetated swales or ponds,
and infiltration trenches (commonly called
French drains). The challenge with these
methods is space. Urban sites are too valu-
able to leave undeveloped and in many cases,

existing buildings like CSHQA have zero lot
lines. Streets or allies are the only option.
Todays urban architects, engineers and
planners have many challenges ahead in
managing storm water to new standards.
The time when cities across the county,
including Boise, can default to their rivers
for dispersing unwanted run-off is coming
to an end. We are being challenged to do
better for our environment. It will take all
stakeholders working together to find and
apply solutions.
Jeff Ward, PE is a civil engineer and associate with CSHQA. He has 12 years experience designing site utilities and layout including stormwater systems and erosion and
sediment control for commercial, industrial, aviation and institutional clients. He is a
Green Globes professional and member of
the Public Advisory group currently revising
stormwater management sections of the Ada
County Highway District Policy Manual.
A look at what goes into permeable pavers. Drawing courtesy of CSHQA.
Bringing energy efficiency and sustainability together

to achieve bottom-line value in your
commercial properties.
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Sharon Grant, LEED AP BD+C, CSBA
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| 9
S ustainable Development:
Meeting the needs of all Idahoans
By Jaap Vos
Special to the IBR
That means that sustainable development is just as much about economic

growth, farming, education, transportation
and the provision of local services. What
makes development sustainable is that it addresses both the short-term and long-term
needs of people. So, in order to talk
about sustainable development in
Idaho, the conversation needs to
start with identifying those needs.
What makes development
However, this is not an easy task.
the summer of 2014, the
sustainable is that it addresses NewIn York
Times published a map
of
the
United
States with the interboth the short-term and longesting title Where Are the Hardest
term needs of people. So, in
Places to Live in the U.S.? For most
the maps have a clear domorder to talk about sustainable states,
inant color or a color pattern that
reflects geographical features (such
development in Idaho, the
as coastal areas, river basins and
conversation needs to start with mountain ranges). Idaho looks like
a quilt made up of patches ranging
identifying those needs.
from dark blue to bright red, indic Jaap Vos, Professor and Head of the Bioregional ative of the staggering differences
between Idahos counties. The map
Planning Program at the University of Idaho
shows that educational levels vary
from 43 percent of the population with a college degree in Latah
County, to Owyhee County where
ment is not about the environment or envi- less than 9 percent of the population has a
ronmental protection. It is not about green college degree. Median income ranges from
buildings. It is not about climate change. It is over $60,000 in Blaine County to just under
not about electric vehicles, alternative energy $34,000 in Owyhee County.
The map is a good illustration of the
sources or light rail. Sustainable development
simply means meeting the needs of the pres- many sides of Idaho. There are distinct landent without compromising the ability of fu- scapes and cultures in Idaho, all with their
own set of issues and needs. While constructure generations to meet their needs.
Sustainable development has become
synonymous with environment and environmental protection that is also good for
the bottom line.
The reality is that sustainable develop-
tion in Boise is booming, rural communities struggle with unemployment, isolation

and the provision of basic services. While
a student in Moscow is sipping coffee at
Starbucks and studying for a final exam, a
rancher in Owyhee County is rounding up
his cattle, and firefighters in Lewis County
are fighting the Lawyer Complex fire. The
differences do not just exist between places,
they also exist within places. While a professor in Boise is able to spend time with her
family after a twelve minute bike ride home
over the greenbelt, an office assistant is stuck
in traffic for 45 minutes on the connector
on his way home to Nampa. While a second
home owner in Sun Valley enjoys the sunset
over the mountains, a service worker has to
drive 25 miles to her rental unit in Haley.
Sustainable development is about addressing the needs of all people and understanding that the long term well being of every resident, town and local business affects
our state. That is the real strength of sustainable development. It starts with addressing
the needs of all Idahoans. What those needs
are is different for different people and for
different places. But sustainable development is not just about the needs of an individual, it is just as well about supporting
local agriculture and businesses that invest
in our communities. It is about making sure
that infrastructure needed for people, businesses and farmers is adequate throughout
the entire state. It is about the ability of
workers, the backbone of business, to have
access to affordable services and the opportunity to spend their money on goods and
2,214 STORIES
EXPERTISE
Community
Fun
Some see an office block. Colliers International sees a hub of

workforce activity for thousands of individualseach with their
own story. At Colliers, we dont regard buildings simply by the
floor count. We regard them as resources for people to work
effectively and productively, together. Which is why we go to
such lengths to understand each clients business, and realize
the full opportunity for the use of space. Attention to the needs
of individualsits just one more way we accelerate success.
colliers.com/boise
Jaap Vos
services within their community.
Yes, sustainable development should address environmental issues because it is important to take care of the natural resources
that we rely on for our health, our well being
and our economy. But in the end, a healthy
environment is just one of many components that should be addressed to sustain a
high quality of life.
Jaap Vos is a Professor and Head of the Bioregional Planning Program at the University of
Idaho. He teaches and does research about the
role that planners can play in the future of the
American West.
10 |
Expert Opinions Roundup

They dont work in an oil refinery or a
nuclear power plant, so the vast majority
of tenants are not aware of the impact of
electricity usage, water savings or the amount
of waste that a building can create, both in
garbage and construction waste with tenant
improvements. If you relate it to residential
homes, the Gardner/Zions Bank Building at
Eighth and Main at approximately 250,000
square feet would be the equivalent of 83
3,000-square-foot homes.
DJ THOMPSON
associate director - Cushman &
Wakefield | Commerce in Boise
1) When searching for office space,

what proportion of clients mention
sustainable building and green design
as a priority?
In our market very few tenants even
mention sustainable or green design as
a criteria. If their top two choices in an
office came down to a green building and
a conventional building perhaps the ecoconscious would come out and put an extra
point for the green choice. I believe the
companies that will consider green as a priority
are those that are large enough to have ecology
or the environment as a part of their mission
statement and a company culture where they
consider the environmental impact of each
decision they make.
I believe that the reason green
construction or sustainability is not more
of an issue for office tenants is because they
do not view their workplace as having a
high negative impact on the environment.
2) Do your clients know specifically what

they are looking for when they discuss
sustainable building and design?
No, again due to the reasons listed
above.
3) What are clients top three requests?
(i.e. natural lighting, solar power,
energy efficient building materials).
The vast majority of office tenants in
our market are still looking for the age-old
amenities in an office space, but it is not
always clear how these can also be green:
1) Great natural light - Obviously
this is accomplished with windows, but
green buildings also consider using this
light for power via solar energy. They
may also bring light to internal areas of
the building using lighting features that
serve to lower electricity costs and help
employees feel better.
2) A heating and cooling system that
works and has multiple zones - Green
buildings often have more efficient
and flexible HVAC systems that allow
a tenant to move ducting and vents to
maximize the systems efficiency or the
happiness of their employees.
3) Ample parking - green parking lots
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having permeable surfaces allow rain

water to naturally reenter the ground
and can reduce the need for ugly and
mosquito-infested detention ponds.
4) Quality of workplace amenities employees like riding their bikes to work
so having amenities such as secure bike
storage is a great feature that makes employees happy and aids in keeping cars
off the road. Other features such as air
quality can increase efficiency and the
bottom line of a company by keeping
employees healthier.
5) High efficiency/low expenses - The
more efficient and flexible a building is designed and constructed, the more efficient
it is, which in turn keeps expenses down
that would eventually be passed onto the
tenant in form of additional rent.
Debbie Martin
principal - DK Commercial in Boise

as a priority?
I have been doing office leasing for 28
years and I havent had one client who that
is their main priority.
I would say not typically.
KARENA GILBERT
office specialist - Thornton Oliver
Keller in Boise

as a priority?
Tenants often request specific high
performance items such as daylighting,
energy efficient lighting or low-VOC
(volatile organic compound) interior
products without actually requesting a
green or sustainable design. Those seeking
certification such as LEED or Green Globes
tend to be fewer and are often companies
with specific sustainability requirements.
Landlords and tenants seeking
sustainable design understand the
benefits of energy efficiency, often seeking
reduced operational costs and increased
performance but they dont always
understand the means of getting there.
Identifying measures to ensure the building
is high-performance is an opportunity to go
beyond lighting and discuss the importance
of other important factors such as a tight
envelope, controls or commissioning. In
addition, building owners are beginning to
understand the value of using technology
early in construction with Building
Information Modeling (BIM) to help
streamline construction as well as Building
Energy Modeling Systems (BEMS) to ensure
the building performs.
energy efficient building materials)
Tenants are looking for employee
satisfaction through daylighting, indoor
air quality including thermal comfort
and location (walk to food, public
transportation and parking). Owners
and investors are beginning to realize the
return on investment in high performance
buildings, requesting energy efficient
lighting, performance HVAC and controls.
Together, landlords and tenants have the
ability to design a space that offers both
environmental and financial benefits
improving employee performance and the
bottom line.

Tenants like a lot of natural light (which
doesnt have anything to do with being
green) and they are more concerned about
things like enough parking, a good HVAC
system that works and location.
Chris Meyer
partner - Parkwood Business
Properties in Coeur dAlene

as a priority?
Our typical office user tenant doesnt
really rank sustainable building and green
design as a priority. Id say maybe 10
percent express this preference.
Most folks wont ask for sustainable
design by name, but they are often
concerned about attributes that are often
found in sustainable design. Most acutely
noted are electrical and HVAC costs which
can be kept low by using sustainable
design features but without sacrificing
occupant comfort.
Electrical costs as demonstrated
through lighting switching (occupancy
sensors, timeclocks) are by far the most
recognized features of sustainable design
in our market. HVAC controls are a close
second, and energy efficient materials
(roof insulation levels, window thermal
performance) are a distant third.
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A place in the sun

BUILDING DESIGNERS ADD ROOFTOP
PLANTINGS FOR INSULATION, GREEN SPACE
COVER STORY
Francisco, have seen a surge in green
roofs and rooftop gardens, Boise has
been slow to adopt the practice of using
plants for beauty and natural cooling.
Places like C.W. Moore Plaza, which has
a rooftop cafe, are spots of green. Boise
State Universitys College of Business and
Economics building has a working garden
where students grow fruits and vegetables.
The Mulvaney medical office building on
the Saint Alphonsus campus has a rooftop
patio with plants and hardscaping.
Photo by Pete Grady.
The Boise State University College of Business and Economics has 6,000 square
feet of living succulents planted on its roof to help manage rainwater runoff and
provide other environmental benefits. The windowed structure was designed to
let natural light into the building.
Photo by Celia Southcombe.
COVER PHOTO: SAINT ALPHONSUS

MEDICAL SYSTEM
Saint Alphonsus Medical System included a garden on the fourthfloor roof of its main hospital building in 2005 as a place for patients,
staff and visitors to step outdoors I the course of their day.
The 6,500-square-foot garden was not created as a living roof
that would create environmental benefits, but as a place for users to
relax. It was planted with drought-tolerant plants such as succulents,
lavender, and oregano, and with amur maples, and it has a fountain.
It was designed by the hospitals Healing Environment Team, which
used evidence-based healthcare design, said Tony Fisk, manager of
community services.
Fisk said the designers looked key principles such as access to
nature, and access to natural light. Its easily accessible off an elevator
lobby, and patients, their families, and staff use it regularly, Fisk said.
We have a gentleman who goes out there on his break and plays
his bagpipe, he said. You can go out there with a physical therapist,
or we can wheel a bed or wheelchair out.
Continued from 1
degrees on a sunny, 95-degree day.
Rooftop vegetation cools the air over
the building, and can reduce indoor
temperatures by as much as six to eight
degrees during hot weather. This, in
turn, can reduce air conditioning costs
by 25 to 30 percent in a single story
building.
Rooftops can serve as a place for
pollution to settle and detoxify. The soil
in green roof systems absorbs rain water,
and can reduce excess runoff by up to 90
percent annually, depending on climate,
soil, and roof pitch, thus reducing the
impact on municipal storm drainage
systems and surrounding watersheds.
According to Seattles Magnusson
Klemencic Associates, green roofs can
offset their installation and maintenance
costs 30 percent to 60 percent by
reducing the need for on-site storm
water management systems. A green
roof can even extend the life expectancy
of a roof by protecting it from drying
winds, the suns U.V. rays, or mechanical
damage, according to Magnusson
Klemencic, a structural engineering
company.
Krisjan Hiner
Wed love to see more, said Krisjan

Hiner, a partner in the Boise landscape
architect firm Stack Rock Group. But
we have a hard time convincing building
owners of the benefits.
Rooftop gardens provide a place
for employees to visit. From higher
points, they also provide a great visual
alternative to the default, which is often
a barren space sporting industrial-sized
air conditioning units, compressors, vents
and other equipment.
The cost of putting plants on a
roof depends on the size of the space
and its design, such as vegetation vs.
pavers. Plants can range from a few
dollars for enough grass seed to cover a
two or three hundred square feet, to a
several hundred dollars for a single tree.
Maintenance equipment can run from
a simple hose to elaborate drip and
sprinkler systems.
It doesnt have to be a big burden
on the structure or the budget, said
Hiner. There are so many different ways
to do it. A layer of fescue grass and a
few sedums would only cost a couple of
dollars a square foot to put in, and they
need very little irrigation.
Rooftop plants have unseen benefits,
Hiner said.
Most of the heat loss from a
building goes up through the roof, he
said. Combine that with all the asphalt,
concrete, and the concentration of cars,
buses and people in urban areas, and
you create heat islands; areas that are
producing significantly more heat that
the surrounding rural areas. Putting
plants and vegetation on rooftops works
just like the insulation you put in the
walls: It makes the building operate
more efficiently. The air conditioning
runs less in the summer, the heating
system runs less in the winter, and that
helps the bottom line.
Studies have shown that conventional
roof surfaces can reach as high as 175
Dan Everhart
People and wildlife also benefit

from rooftop oases. The Royal Plaza
apartment building in downtown Boise
has a rooftop garden for residents and
guests. Stack Rock Group has done
rooftop projects in the Boise area, as
well as for clients in Portland, Seattle,
Salt Lake City, and many others, and
Dan Hiner said the company has one
planned that will change things in
Boise a ton.
In San Francisco, a city ordinance
dictates that any new building must set
aside some construction costs for public
art and a green rooftop.
Green roofs dont have to be limited
to new construction. The nonprofit
Preservation Idaho, which carried out a
rooftop tour in June, supports rooftop
gardens and green roofs because they
help keep old buildings running as
smoothly and efficiently as possible, said
Everhart, a Preservation Idaho board
member.
Historic rehabilitation should
incorporate sustainable elements where
possible, Everhart said. The historic
preservation movement has long argued
that preserving and rehabilitating historic
structures is the ultimate act of recycling,
so why not add in a green roof where
possible.
For this company, sustainable office

includes ping-pong
Photos by Celia Southcombe

1. The wool-blend chairs are on coasters, with little handles on the
back so they can be moved around.
The Gardner Companys official color is red, a fact that becomes

immediately apparent on a tour of its 12th-floor office in the U.S.
Bank Building. Bright red accents the sunny space, which was
designed in 2013 by Suzie Hall of Cornerstone Design.
Gardner, a development company that built the Eighth and
Main building across the street, owns the U.S. Bank Building, and
is working on City Center Plaza next door to its offices, set out to
create a lively space where it would be fun and comfortable to work,
said Jen Maier, director of commercial operations for the company.
We like the bright, modern, crisp look, Maier said. The
furniture came from Sprague Solutions in Boise.
2. The Gardner office has eight televisions, Jen Maier said.

Theyre used for meetings and presentations. All the more executive-level guys here have TVS in their offices.
3. The ping pong table traveled with Gardner from its former office
to its new space in the U.S. Bank Building. Facing is Weston Arnell
on the left and Mark Cleverley on the right. With their backs to the
camera are Matt Pettersson (left) and Holt Haga (right).
4. There is a soda machine in the kitchen. They are all Diet Coke
addicts, so they just decided one day to get a Coke machine,
Maier said. The kitchen is always stocked with good snacks; we
do Costco runs. Its free for everybody.
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A Q & A with Steve Freeman:

How sustainable is your furniture?
By Frank Jossi
Dolan Media Newswires
sustainable products from retailers.
Several years ago, a group of furniture

manufacturers created the Sustainable
Furnishings Council to promote an
environmental ethos in the industry and to
encourage the use of green materials.
Among the founders of the North
Carolina-based organization was Golden
Valley, Minn.-based Room & Board. The
retailer uses sustainable materials in many
of its products, from tables and chairs to
sofas and accessories.
For the past four years the companys
vendor resource manager, Steve Freeman,
has served as president of the Sustainable
Furnishings Council. He has taken the
expertise and leadership skills he gleaned
from working with suppliers and applied it
to his role at the council.
The trade groups original goal, he
said, was to create something along the
lines of the U.S. Green Building Councils
Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design certification program.
The impetus was to bring awareness of
sustainability to the furnishings industry,
to provide leadership, education and tools
to the members to give them the ability to
highlight their sustainability efforts, he said.
As the Sustainable Furnishings Council
president, what has been your focus?
Since Ive been on board we have
pushed for more consumer awareness and
retail awareness of sustainability. Weve
been doing more public relations geared
toward consumers and hoping that their
interest will lead to more demand for
Has that happened?

Consumers are becoming more interested
in sustainability, but what weve found at
Room & Board is a greater interest in health.
Customers ask less about sustainability
and more about health and whether the
furniture will have any negative impacts in
their homes. We generally see sustainability
and health are sort of one in the same.
Has there been a particular health issue
that has cropped up?
Fire retardant chemicals have been
in the news, especially because they are
considered detrimental to the health of
consumers and of firefighters who have to
deal with the chemicals when fighting fires.
California has a new standard we use at
Room & Board that eliminates the need for
toxic flame retardants.
What has been the primary challenge
for the council?
There is a stigma about sustainability.
Once you start talking about products being
sustainable many people think that they
are automatically going to be a lot more
expensive. In some cases thats true, but its
not necessarily the case in all situations.
often pursuing LEED and asking a lot of

questions about whether products they
might use are sustainable. Furnishings dont
offer a huge amount of (LEED) points but
every little bit helps.
Are businesses better customers for

sustainability?
Businesses are a much more important
market for sustainable furniture than the
consumer market. When a business is
designing a high-end property they are
How does Room & Board incorporate

sustainability into furniture?
Its in the philosophy of what we do. We
design furniture that has a long life span,
does not go out of style quickly and uses
finishes that are going to last. We use low-
Photo by Bill Klotz
VOC (volatile organic chemicals) in many

products. The steel we use is 75 percent or
more from recycled steel.
How did you get interested in
sustainability and the environment?
I have been a big outdoors person my
entire life and every year I do an annual
expedition wilderness canoeing trip. Being
in nature calms and energizes me and I want
that experience to still be available to my
kids, my grandkids and future generations.
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Indoor air quality

matters, too
By Elizabeth Cooper
Special to the IBR
We spend approximately 90 percent of
our time indoors, but we dont completely
understand indoor potential hazards.
It pays to pay attention to indoor air
quality.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the first costs of construction account
for only 2 percent of the 30-year total building costs for commercial office buildings.
Operations and maintenance of a building
are a bit more at about 8 percent of the total
lifetime expenditures.
The other 92 percent of the buildings
costs are spent on the people that will use
the building. That means even incremental
improvements in performance can translate
to big savings. Reductions in absenteeism,
employee turnover, and direct healthcare
costs, and an increase in productivity, can
mean big financial rewards for a building
owner who pays attention to indoor air quality. The consequences of failing to address
unhealthy indoor environments, whether
Elizabeth Cooper
actual or perceived, can have a large impact

on the health of the building occupants and
the owners bottom line.

There are precise ways to measure indoor air quality. The United Kingdom
came up with an energy efficiency standard (BREEAM) in the 1980s, and the
U.S. Green Building Councils LEED program started its first pilot project in 1998.
Since then, many developers and building owners have come to recognize the real
savings associated with energy efficiency.
Its easy to do the math on some of those
savings: change in the energy use multiplied
by the cost of the energy, less the additional
cost of the intervention.
Extensive, complex and accurate approaches to design, analysis and verification have been developed to optimize the
energy performance of buildings. However,
the role of human health and well being in
sustainability has, until recently, largely been
ignored or dismissed. In an effort to reduce
building energy consumption, we have been
designing and building more and more tightly contained indoor environments. As the air
infiltration has been minimized, we have simultaneously introduced advanced materials
that often result in an increase in emissions
of contaminants.
Human health is affected by a wide range
of building components. Historically, it was
lead in paint, asbestos found in insulation
and flooring, and PCBs in everything from
caulking to lighting fixtures. Those materials
caused a multitude of health problems, including cancer.
In modern buildings, contaminants include VOCs from paint, adhesives, carpet and
other finishes, which can cause eye, throat
and lung irritation. Mold and mildew from
improperly installed or maintained finish
materials that may cause allergic reactions or
asthma. There are also new types of chemicals that are common, in large amounts and
that persist for months or years in the buildings. These chemicals, called SVOCs, have
been linked to developmental problems,
hormone disruption, and cancer. Building
users come in contact with SVOCs from the
surfaces they touch, the food they eat, and
the air they breathe. It is therefore important
to try to both limit the use of these products
in the construction of the building, but also
to design systems that allow these contaminants to be cleaned out of the building as
efficiently as possible. People also need adequate amounts of daylight, access to views
and a comfortable and controllable range in
temperatures. Without these, people become
less productive, they request more leave, and
turnover rates increase.
A few standards are starting to take notice of the opportunities that the gap in the
green building market represents, and
one of these may be beginning to get some
traction. Yet, there is still resistance in some
sectors to implement an integrated design
process, or to use the most cost-effective and
efficient methods.
Given the resistance to a relatively simple and quantifiable approach to design and
construction, how will the more qualitative
impacts of improvements in the built environment for human health be addressed and accepted? One group of entrepreneurs is poised
to try to answer that question with their standard that was developed with human health
as its target objective. Delos Living LLC created and launched the WELL Building Stan-
dard in October of last year. It is administered

by the International WELL Building Institute
(IWBI) a public benefit corporation (B-Corp).
The standard was designed around seven
concepts that are considered to be relevant
to the built environment and human health
and well being: Air, Water, Nourishment,
Light, Fitness, Comfort and Mind.
Each of these concepts includes a list of
features that are applied to the project. Primarily, the features are performance-based
standards with specifically identified metrics
to be measured, met and monitored. There
are, however, some features that require very
specific approaches or technologies to be
implemented before the feature can be included in the score.
The standard has selected eleven systems
of the human body that are intended to benefit from each feature, including nervous,
endocrine, cardiovascular, reproductive, integumentary, muscular, skeletal, urinary,
respiratory, digestive and immune systems.
In total there are 102 features that are concept-specific, address certain health systems,
and are targeted at three building types. As
with other certification standards, some of
the features are compulsory, called Preconditions in WELL, and others are voluntary,
called Optimizations.
The first version of WELL was optimized
for commercial & institutional buildings.
But pilot projects in multifamily, restaurant,
retail, education are underway. Not all projects, even office projects, will approach the
certification in the same way, and not all features are appropriate for every project.
Three project typologies have been established: New & existing buildings (certification), new & existing interiors (certification) and core and shell (compliance).
Certification of registered projects is done
through a process of onsite assessment and
performance testing. IWBI has contracted
with GBCI, the same organization that certifies LEED projects, to assess and certify
WELL buildings. As with LEED buildings,
there are levels of performance that can
be earned based on the number of optimization features achieved. In addition,
WELL has been designed for simultaneous
use with LEED v4 or The Living Building
Challenge. WELL features can be attained
through several of the LEED categories, including materials and resources, material
disclosure and optimization, material ingredient reporting, avoidance of chemicals
of concern, indoor environmental quality,
enhanced indoor air quality strategies, and
low-emitting interiors.
It is yet to be seen if this new standard
will prove to be cost-effective and will benefit health and well-being. Given the significant contribution of personnel costs on
business operations, it only makes sense
that we include human health impacts in
the design, construction and maintenance
of our buildings. The list of registered or certified WELL projects is still very small, with
none yet in Idaho. But with healthcare costs
continuing to rise, and the costs of absenteeism and impaired productivity so high, the
consideration of human health in the built
environment seems destined to become a
part of the integrated design process.
Elizabeth Cooper is the interim director of
the University of Idahos Integrated Design Lab
in Boise.
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Photo by Bill Klotz.
Sonia James, environmental specialist at Boston Scientific, shows how colorful signs inform employees which items should go into the bins for compost, trash
and single-source recycling.
Recycling of organic matter goes mainstream

By Frank Jossi
Dolan Media Newswires
After finishing meals in one of the four
cafes of Boston Scientifics sprawling campus in Arden Hills, employees face four bins
where they dutifully separate the remains of
their trays.
Colorful signs depict which items should
go into the two compost bins and those for
trash and single-source recycling. Having
begun an aggressive program of collecting
organic materials in a separate waste stream
this year, the medical device manufacturer
is seeing an average of 8 tons of materials
a month being diverted from solid waste to
composting.
This is a complex site to manage, and
its been a couple of steps forward, a couple of steps back but its come together,
said Sonia James, environmental specialist
at Boston Scientific. It was a big change but
we thrive on change.
Composting is coming into its own as
the next frontier in recycling. Theres been
an uptick in interest in organic recycling,
said Mike Harley, executive director of the
Minneapolis-based Environmental Initiative. We just had our first event solely fo-
cused on this topic and thats a reflection of

how far this issue has come and how much
interest there is in the business community.
Its not only corporate campuses but also
building management companies that have
become interested in organic composting,
he said. Continuing interest in sustainability from the business community has been
helped along by the Minnesota Chamber of
Commerces Waste Wise Foundation program to reduce waste, said Harley.
In fact, Waste Wises website points to
other examples of organics composting. The
St. Paul Hotel won the 2014 Sustainable St.
Paul award for an aggressive organics program that saves $5,000 every year in waste
hauling fees. Cafe Latte has reduced waste by
50 percent since implementing an organics
program in 2011.
Waste reduction is old hat, Harley said.
This has emerged as a primary component
of the waste stream, and businesses now
recognize that they need to get their arms
around it. There is cost savings because materials that are removed are not subject to the
hefty weight tax [for waste] that businesses
pay which varies county by county.
Two public policy changes have occurred

in the past few years to boost organics recycling in significant ways, Harley said. One
is a regional goal of diverting 75 percent of
the waste stream from landfills. It will be
difficult if not impossible to do that without
business being fully engaged and without
organics being part of it, he said.
A commercial recycling mandate goes
into effect January 2016, which requires
most businesses to recycle three different
materials.
Its not specific which three materials,
but you have to pick three, Harley said. It
can be paper products, plastics and organics can be one of them.
To create more of an organic diversion
program, leadership has to be involved.
People worry about compost smelling and
attracting flies. Harley points out that these
same items sit in garbage cans even though
there is no composting.
Its something thats a common misperception, he said. If leadership is committed to this you can overcome some of those
misperceptions.
Making it work isnt easy. Good signage
and employee education are starts, though

befuddled employees standing before the
bins are reminders that it takes time, he said.
Having the bins together is another key to
making any recycling work because employees will not walk to several spots in the lunchroom to dispose of their leftovers, he noted.
Jill Curran, executive director of the Waste
Wise Foundation, said interest has increased
as counties around the state have struggled
to reach recycling goals. Single stream recycling has helped improved recycling rates,
she said, but organic materials have to be in
separate containers. The good news is once
a business embarks on organics recycling
there is no going back.
Weve never had a business that started
an organics diversion program ever stop it
because of problems with the smell or anything else, she said.
Tom Heuer, business development director of the Minneapolis-based Aspen Waste
Systems Inc. said that organics composting
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JUNE
Two new business
strategists join TitleOne
Bill Clark and Kerrie Scott have joined TitleOne as business strategists.
Clark has ten years of experience in the construction industry and 12 years of experience in business development.
He volunteers as a youth referee and serves as the life director for the North Idaho Building and Contractors Association and on the NIBCA board of directors.
Scott brings more than 12 years of experience in the title
and escrow industry and 13 years in real estate sales. She
founded the Coeur dAlene Traders Club, served as education chair on the Coeur dAlene Association of Realtors for
six years, and she is a member of the Womens Council of
Realtors and Business Networking International.
Coldwell Banker Tomlinson

Group adds agent team
New president for Guerdon

Modular Buildings
Pete Murray has been hired

as president and COO at
Guerdon Modular Buildings.
Guerdon, which is based
in Boise, carries out largescale, modular construction projects and modular
multi-family housing developments in the western
United States. Murray joins
Guerdon from Welch Allyn,
where he led the companys
West Coast operations for
12 years with specific responsibilities for Welch Allyns Oregon manufacturing facilities.
Commercial modular construction has been considered
a niche approach, but as developers, architects and contractors recognize the value of the process over traditional construction techniques, modular is becoming mainstream.
said Lad Dawson, CEO of Guerdon Modular Buildings, in a
prepared statement.
Murray earned a BS in mechanical engineering from
University of California and an MS in manufacturing engineering and an MBA from Boston University. He started at
Guerdon March 4.
Icon Credit Union hires

Dee Carter as mortgage
sales manager
Dee Carter has joined Icon

Credit Union as a mortgage
sales manager. He brings
more than 27 years of mortgage experience and more
than 15 years in various mortgage sales management roles.
Most recently, he led the Zions Bank mortgage sales team
in the Idaho region.
Carter earned a degree
in marketing from Boise
State University and an MBA
from Northwest Nazarene
University.
Megan Dougherty joins

Griffis/Blessing at Owyhee
Laurel and Scott Meyer have joined Coldwell Banker
Tomlinson Groups Eagle office.
Laurel Meyers experience includes residential and model home interior design, as well as retail merchandising. She
received a BA in interior design from California State University, Long Beach.
Scott Meyer spent nine years in graphic design and advertising management before becoming a licensed contractor in California and Idaho. He holds a BA in Illustration
from California State University, Long Beach.
Shannon Stacey is broker

assistant for Tomlinson Group
Coldwell Banker Tomlinson Group has appointed Realtor Shannon Stacey

as the new broker assistant
for the companys downtown Boise office. She will
assist Managing Broker Patrick McTigue in supporting
and mentoring the offices
real estate agents, as well as
helping in the companys
agent recruiting efforts.
Stacey has experience in
the business development
and insurance industries
and holds a BS in anthropology from Boise State University.
Megan Dougherty has

joined Griffis/Blessing as the
new operations coordinator
at The Owyhee. She will assist the propertys general
manager, Thomas Felter,
by handling resident tours,
move-in packages, broker
showings, and tenant and
resident relations.
Most recently, Dougherty
worked for H&E Equipment
Services in Boise.
Robert Agnew joins TOK as

property accountant
Thornton Oliver Keller

Commercial Real Estate
has hired Robert Agnew as
a property accountant. He
brings more than nine years
of accounting and finance
experience with four years
focused on property management accounting.
Agnew is a U.S. Navy
veteran with nine years in
the nuclear power field. He
holds a BBA in accounting
from Boise State University
and is in the process of earning his CPA.
Business Interiors of Idaho

hires designer and
sales assistant
Natalie Fitch and Tara

Mason have joined Business
Interiors of Idaho.
Fitch is the sales support
administrative assistant. She
gives product quotes, clarifies product questions with
manufacturers and clients,
and works with the operations manager to quote installation and delivery.
Previously she was a supervisor at a call center for the Affordable Care Act and managed
Beach Club Tanning Salon.
Fitch is working toward a degree in business management and sign language through Idaho State University.
Mason is a designer working with commercial clients.
She has experience in residential design and real estate, serving as a project manager and interior designer for Intelligent
Commercial Environments and an interior designer for We
Remodel Colorado.
Mason earned a BA in interior design from The Art Institute in 2007, where she also studied multimedia and animation. She is the co-creative chair for The Creative Acre
Fund, a nonprofit which honors and supports wildland
firefighters.
Justin Robertson promoted

to assistant VP for TitleOne
in Twin Falls
Justin Robertson has

been promoted to assistant
vice president and Twin Falls
team leader for TitleOne. He
will oversee office operations and manage title, escrow, sales and administrative members in Twin Falls.
Robertson joined TitleOne in 2005 and most recently was a commercial escrow officer in Boise.
In a news release about
Robertsons
promotion,
TitleOne President Doug
Brigham said, With all of the growth taking place in the
Magic Valley, Twin Falls is a going to be a very important
market for us going forward.
JULY
Chrissy Smith is specialist
at Cushman & Wakefield
Boise office
Chrissy Smith has joined

Cushman & Wakefield Commerce as an office specialist at the companys Boise
office. She managed and
marketed her own business
for 16 years and has experience in the retail market,
including knowledge about
start-up needs like location,
square footage, space planning, and connectivity.
Carrie Bucher joins Ralston

Group Properties
Currie Bucher has joined

Boise-based residential and
commercial real estate brokerage Ralston Group Properties.
Prior to entering the
real estate profession, Bucher had a career in advertising, and later founded a
boutique in Austin, Texas.
She is an honors graduate
of Vanderbilt University in
Nashville, Tenn.
Bucher serves as a board
member of the Ben Town
Foundation and volunteers with the Alzheimers Association and Chrysalis.
Holly Chetwood joins


Commercial Real Estate has
added Holly Chetwood to
its retail brokerage team. She
has experience in tenant and
landlord representation and
negotiation and creating a
desirable tenant mix in retail
centers, most recently with
Palouse Commercial Real
Estate in Spokane, Wash.
Chetwood is a certified
commercial
investment
member designee and she is
pursuing her CCIM accreditation. She is a licensed realtor in Idaho and Washington
and a member of the International Council of Shopping
Centers. She holds a BA from the University of Puget Sound.
Kenneth Kean is loan officer

at Idaho Independent Bank
Kenneth Kean has been

appointed real estate loan
officer at Idaho Independent
Banks West Boise Branch.
He has more than 20 years
of mortgage and construction lending experience.
Kean graduated with a
BA in business management
from Saint Martins University in Lacey, Wash. He is an
announcer for Timberline
High School baseball and
the Boise Gems American
Legion baseball team.
City of Idaho Falls hires

economic development
coordinator
Dana Briggs will serve as

the city of Idaho Falls economic development coordinator, effective Aug. 3. She
will lead and oversee the creation and implementation
of a city model for shortand long-term planning of
economic development and
policy formation activities.
Briggs comes to the city
from the Greater Idaho Falls
Chamber of Commerce
where she has served as the
programs and events director since 2012. She was a team leader and analyst for the
Eastern Idaho Entrepreneurial Center, she has worked with
Bengal Solutions at ISU, and she is an adjunct faculty member at BYU-Idaho.
Briggs received her MBA in management and corporate
relations from Idaho State University and a BS in recreational leadership from BYU-Idaho.
AUGUST
Northwest Commercial
Advisors adds three staffers
Jeffrey Hall, Chad Hamilton and Brii Mason have

joined Northwest Commercial Advisors brokerage
and development teams.
Hall most recently worked
at Cushman & Wakefield |
Commerce where he was
honored as the 2014 top
producer. He began his real
estate career in 2001 as a
commercial developer in the
Treasure Valley and he owns
several businesses in the
Boise-Meridian area. He is a member of the International
Council of Shopping Centers, Building Owner & Managers
Association and a Certified Commercial Investment Member Institute associate.
Hamilton is licensed in Idaho and Washington. He will
specialize in investment and development services. He
earned a BS in construction management, cum laude and a
BBA from Washington State University. He is a member of
the Urban Land Institute Idaho Chapter, BOMA, and ICSC.
Mason will be responsible for the daily brokerage management, transaction coordination, and assistance with development services. She most recently worked with Cushman & Wakefield | Commerce where she served as a senior
brokerage assistant.
Kara Carter returns to

AmeriTitle in Ketchum
Kara Carter has joined

AmeriTitle in Ketchum in
the position of escrow assistant to Escrow Officer Paige
McAllister. Carter served
in the same position at
Ketchum branch from 2004
to 2006.
Her career in the title
and escrow industry began
in 1999 in Jackson, Wyo.
Since then, she has worked
markets in Wyoming, Idaho, and most recently in
northern Nevada.
BreeAnna Fratusco joins

Cushman & Wakefield
BreeAnna Fratusco has

joined the Boise office of
Cushman & Wakefield |
Commerce as a broker administrator. She will provide
support to brokers in the
sale and lease of commercial
real estate properties in the
Boise area.
Fratusco was previously
an agency assistant at MassMutual Idaho, assisting in
new business and training
on FieldNet through MassMutual University. She graduated from the University of Idaho in sociology with minors in psychology and justice policy issues.
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Coldwell Bank Tomlinson

Group adds realtors
Matt Foster has joined Coldwell Banker Tomlinson

Groups Nampa office and Holly McNeel has joined the
groups Meridian office.
Foster is an Idaho native and earned his BS in political
science from Idaho State University.
McNeel is a former teacher with 12 years of experience.
She holds a BA in English and an MA in elementary education from Boise State University.
Darren Howard to manage

Grand Teton Mall in
Idaho Falls
Darren Howard is the

new general manager for
the Grand Teton Mall in Idaho Falls, owned by General
Growth Properties.
Howard is a business
management graduate from
Boise State University and
has a background in real
estate, property and operations management.
Most recently, Howard
was the operations manager
for another GGP property in
St. George, Utah.
Brooke Brennan to lead

development at Fidelity
National Title
Brooke Brennan has

joined Fidelity National
Title as Fidelitys newest assistant vice president and
development manager. Prior
to joining Fidelity, Brennan
spent 10 years as an operations manager in the Idaho
title insurance and escrow
industry. Her experience
includes both title examination and escrow closing
services, as well as public
relations, business strategy
and development.
Brennan comes from a ranching and agricultural background in Southern Idaho. She is a graduate of Boise State
University where she received a BA in business economics
and an MA in executive business administration.
Fidelity National Title

promotes April Lane
April Lane is now a senior escrow officer on Fidelity National Titles Idaho team. She has over 20
years of experience in the
real estate industry and has
spent most of that time in
the residential real estate
marketplace. She has experience closing multiple
types of transactions for
residential agents, lenders,
investors and developers.
See PEOPLE, page 18
18 |
PEOPLE
Patrick Curtis joins Arthur
Berry & Company
Patrick Curtis has joined

Arthur Berry & Company, an
Idaho-based business brokerage and commercial real
estate firm. He is a licensed
agent with the Idaho Real Estate Commission and he will
be specializing in small business sales and acquisitions.
Curtis has more than 19
years of business experience.
His previous experience includes an engineering position with the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration and a sales position at Hewlett-Packard. He holds
a BA in business and finance and he is a certified developmentally handicapped kids counselor.
DJ Thompson is promoted
to associate director at
Cushman & Wakefield
DJ Thompson has been

promoted to associate director at Cushman & Wakefield
Commerce in Boise. Thompson
earned his promotion by attaining exemplary percent-of-quota
sales benchmarks and securing
the organizations 2015 Lease of
The Year Award.
Before joining the commercial real estate brokerage
in April 2012, Thompson
worked in the intellectual
property industry where he
developed two patents in the
field of sporting goods. He also served as a general manager
for a major water company in Los Angeles.
Downtown Boise
Associations Karen Sander
joins Cushman
& Wakefield | Commerce
Kren Sander, the executive

director of the Downtown Boise Association, is leaving her
position to join the Cushman
& Wakefield | Commerce commercial real estate team.
Sander announced the
change to her board Aug.
28. She plans to stay with
the DBA through September and expects to start at
Cushman & Wakefield the
week of Oct. 5. Her first task
will be to refresh her real
estate knowledge and skills
through a few weeks of training.
Its back to school for me, said Sander, who has held a
real estate license in the past. She will have to take federal
and state licensing exams after completing her schooling.
Sander has been with the DBA for 11 years. She said
shes changing jobs because she would like more a flexible
working schedule so she can spend more time with her
8-year-old.
With this, I can set my own schedule, she said. It is
really important to me that I have that flexibility so I can
spend more time with him, but still stay very very involved
with downtown.
The DBA board will meet early the week of Aug. 31 to go
over the job description and job announcement, Sander said.
Look for the second edition of

IBRs quarterly Square Feet Jan. 15,
focusing on property management.
Continued from 18
SEPTEMBER
Ben Zamzow is vice
president at Rocky
Mountain Companies
Ben Zamzow has joined

Rocky Mountain Companies as vice president of real
estate development. He has
worked at Thornton Oliver
Keller Commercial Real Estate for nine years, where for
the past three years he was
named as a top producer.
He holds CCIM and SCLS
industry designations.
Zamzow earned an MBA
from Boise State University and an undergraduate
degree, summa cum laude,
with an emphasis in finance and economics, from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash.
Rocky Mountain Companies is a Boise-based commercial real estate development and investment company.
Laurie Reynoldson joins

Hawkins Companies LLC
Laurie Reynoldson has

joined Hawkins Companies
LLC in Boise as a leasing
manager.
Reynoldson's first day of
work at Hawkins was Sept. 8.
In her new position, she'll be
doing retail leasing at Hawkins properties throughout
the country.
Reynoldson earned her
undergraduate degree at the
University of Washington in
design and planning studies.
She earned her law degree at
Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash. Before joining Hawkins, she worked as an in-house attorney at the Albertsons
corporate office, was a partner at Spink Butler LLP for five
years, and then worked at Holland & Hart LLP for three and
a half years.
BOSTON
SCIENTIFIC

Continued from 15
nesses because of the cost of the pickup. The cost is

generally 10 to 20 percent more for organic recycling,
though the rate can be adjusted downward over time.
One problem is the cost of the compost bags, which
are around 70 cents compared to 3 cents for polyurethane bags. To avoid that cost some clients use metal
containers, he said. Another challenge is that composting puts more trucks on the roads because picking
that material up requires an extra visit by haulers.
Despite a few misgivings, Heuer still thinks composting makes sense. It is really in its infancy, but 20
or 30 years ago no one recycled in office buildings,
Heuer said. Its going to take some time before its
ingrained in society.
Although Boston Scientific had recycling and energy-efficiency efforts in place for a number of years, the
company decided last year to go a step further and begin
recycling organics. Part of the impetus came from a desire to achieve ISO 14001 certification and part of that
process requires showing environmental improvement.
A $55,000 grant from BizRecycling, a program of the
Ramsey/Washington County Resource Recovery Project also
persuaded senior management to push forward, said James.
Next came changes to the campus dining and coffee areas.
Since the campuss four cafeterias do not have washable
dishware, the company started using compostable plates,
spoons and forks, James said, despite the higher cost. Bins
were redesigned for single-source recycling, trash and composting. Visual depictions inform employees what goes
where. For composting those items include paper towels,
vegetables, food matter and the dishware.
Boston Scientifics food vendor made certain that
items sold in containers, such as yogurt, were in compostable materials, James said. Compostable bags replaced plastic ones. In addition to the cafes, the company
put compostable bins in 80 coffee areas spread among
nine buildings on the 1 million-square-foot campus,
where more than 2,600 employees work, she said.
LANDSCAPING

Continued from 5
system also texts or emails a staff member to tell them

about the break.
Another way to save water is to plant grass that needs
less water to thrive. Turf Company, Inc. and Cloverdale
Nursery both offer several varieties of turf. Cloverdales
Defiant XRE fescue is used extensively in area parks. Its
got a thicker blade and isnt quite as soft underfoot as,
say, a bluegrass/rye mix, but it requires a lot less water
and looks just as green.
A lot of people plant species of trees and shrubs that
just dont belong in this climate, Helton said. And they
dont usually last very long. Planting something thats going to do well in the area for 20 to 30 years is important.
Any of the maples do well in the Treasure Valley,
Helton said. Ash and honey locusts are also well-suited to the areas hot, dry climate, although their root
systems can break up concrete if theyre planted too
close to a sidewalk or driveway. Minimizing the size
of the lawn, using drip irrigation systems, and planting native, drought-tolerant species can go a long way
toward saving water.
Water scarcity is a big issue around the country,
and many states, such as California, Texas and Colorado, have mandatory watering restrictions in place.
Idaho has several major river systems and a large
underground aquifer across the southern part of the
state. Thats probably one reason many developers
and commercial builders havent made much of an
effort to move toward water-thrifty planting, said Eric
Tabb, a horticulturalist at Cloverdale.
There are a few more contractors than before specializing in xeriscapes and water-wise planting, Tabb said.
But by and large its still pretty traditional in this area.
Helton said Idahoans should be thinking about
water conservation.
Peoples expectations for vibrant, well-manicured
lawns are really high. Thats good for business, but its
also going to take a toll as the area grows, and as the
demand for pressurized irrigation grows theres going
to be a big battle between subdivision landscaping
and farmers, he said.
Cutting Edge and some of the companys peers in
the industry are taking their own steps to help with
sustainability, too.
Landscaping in general is a pretty dirty industry,
Helton says. Small gas engines represent five percent
of all carbon air pollutants nationwide. Its been a
tough balance trying to meet expectations in the industry, remain competitive, do a quality job, and achieve
sustainability at the same time, so weve focused more
on the back end, like implementing propane mowers,
and recycling all our grass waste. We even went as far
as manufacturing our own bio-fuel for our trucks for a
while, but the process got to be so big and complex that
it wasnt really worth it on such a small scale.
The propane cut emissions by up to 70 percent,
and its cheaper than gasoline, Helton said.
The cool thing with propane is that prices go up
in the winter and down in the summer, he said. That
matches the companys usage perfectly.
Helton said he most effective change would come
through planners and developers. Suppliers are already pushing more suitable plants to builders; now,
Helton said, builders and developers need to start including the appropriate species in their initial designs
for both commercial and residential projects.
Right now, while Boise city water is expensive, many
homes in the valley have canal irrigation. If water cost
more, said Tabb, people would get on board with conserving it. He said he often speaks to customers who
have recently moved to Idaho from California, where
water was restricted, and want to plant green lawns they
couldnt have back there.
With people moving up from down there who have
experienced the restrictions, a lot of them dont seem to be
learning anything from it, he said. Theyre coming here
and wanting to return to the old days of abundant water.
An information campaign began on Thanksgiving

Day 2014, when the company provided employees with
an annual free dinner. But that year it was presented on
compostable dishware. More than 80 percent of the staff
shows up for the Thanksgiving dinner its a free meal,
she said with a laugh.
Follow-up emails, information on digital monitors, a
campaign by the companys Green Team and good signage all contributed to impressive results. The companys recycling rate jumped from 61 percent in 2014 to 70
percent in 2015. The campus saw 36 percent of its solid
waste diverted from trash to composting.
James called the program the most impactful thing
her environmental team has done over the last two years.
Were happy with the success but were not surprised,
she said. We thought that if we build it, they will come.
Many people we speak to say its one of the best programs
theyve seen around the campus.
Sales Points
REAL
ESTATE
Residential
CONSTRUCTION
Single Family Homes
Treasure Valley
Northern Idaho
Eastern Idaho
Twin Falls
Idaho Falls
4.1 %
$33,960
943
$153,473
64
16.1
7.7
-10.9
44
Kootenai County (Coeur dAlene)

850
# sold
$242,281
Avg. price
Days on market 81
716
$213,720
90
18.7
13.4
-10
32
Bonneville County (Idaho Falls)

518
# sold
$157,000
Median price
Days on market 81
371
$168,960
93
39.6
-7.1
-12.9
Twin Falls County

334
# sold
$161,671
Avg. price
Days on market 87
285
$161,155
87
17.2
0.3
0
@ $42,446,152
@ $8,701,289
35
@ $6,069,184
@ $4,345,615
Boise Airport
Unemployed
Avg. wage
171
Canyon County
1,095
# sold
$165,351
Avg. price
Days on market 57
AIR TRAVEL
WORKFORCE
562,914
21.4
6.9
-6
@ $65,944,843
52
Q2 2015 Q2 2014
got on a plane 367,760 340,307

got off a plane 369,984 345,111
Magic Valley Regional Airport

got on a plane 7,839
7,329
got off a plane 8,057
7,521
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2,259
$245,909
50
JUNE 2014
Coeur dAlene
@ $13,493,528
Post Falls
Q2 2014
Ada County
2,743
# sold
$262,930
Avg. price
Days on market 47
JUNE 2015
264
Boise
Meridian
Eagle
Nampa
Caldwell
Q2 2015
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he views from Boises tallest

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Youve heard real estate is all about location,

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One way to get your business on board is to make

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The ratings systems vary, but what they all have in

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