Sunday, April 27, 2008
Local Engineer Awarded LEED Certification
The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) has awarded Kenneth L. Fry LEED AP, (Leader in Energy and Environmental Design), certification. This national accreditation certifies that Fry, a partner and senior vice president of BD Engineering, Lakewood, is an expert in green-building design; e.g., reusing existing materials and buildings, the reducing water-consumption waste, reducing energy consumption, and developing sites that are environmentally sound and improve environmental air quality, among other requirements.
LEED is the benchmark the government is using to ensure the building industry is using certified green building status. Fry says, “There is a shift in the way the industry is approaching construction. Architects, engineers, and builders are now being held to a higher standard and are expected to preserve the earth for future generations by utilizing green-building design and technology.”
Fry and his partner Brian Tannenhaus are currently working on two LEED projects. One is the renovation of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, a 330,000 square foot industrial-use conversion of an historical building, parts of which date to 1840’s. The other is new construction of a food processing plant and its corporate offices.
Fry, a graduate of Westwood High School, Massachusetts, attended both Penn State and Princeton University to study mechanical engineering. He is a member of ASHRAE, the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air conditioning Engineers; and a member of the Southern New Jersey Business Development Council.
BD Engineering is a member of the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce and participates in the UEZ (Urban Enterprise Zone) program in the Lakewood Industrial Park. The business is categorized as SBE-l, a small business enterprise, with the State of New Jersey.
Submitted by Fran Kirschner, Frantasy Enterprises
LEED is the benchmark the government is using to ensure the building industry is using certified green building status. Fry says, “There is a shift in the way the industry is approaching construction. Architects, engineers, and builders are now being held to a higher standard and are expected to preserve the earth for future generations by utilizing green-building design and technology.”
Fry and his partner Brian Tannenhaus are currently working on two LEED projects. One is the renovation of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, a 330,000 square foot industrial-use conversion of an historical building, parts of which date to 1840’s. The other is new construction of a food processing plant and its corporate offices.
Fry, a graduate of Westwood High School, Massachusetts, attended both Penn State and Princeton University to study mechanical engineering. He is a member of ASHRAE, the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air conditioning Engineers; and a member of the Southern New Jersey Business Development Council.
BD Engineering is a member of the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce and participates in the UEZ (Urban Enterprise Zone) program in the Lakewood Industrial Park. The business is categorized as SBE-l, a small business enterprise, with the State of New Jersey.
Submitted by Fran Kirschner, Frantasy Enterprises
