West Valley College Language Arts and Social Sciences Renovation West Valley College is a major renovation of an existing classroom building. The project is LEED Silver certified. The project includes a new chiller plant and boiler plant with chilled beams for cooling of classrooms. The project also includes metering of all end uses…
Western Oregon University Hall certified LEED Platinum Ackerman Hall is one of the first large-scale, new construction residence halls in the country to receive LEED Platinum certification. It’s also a living-learning environment where the building’s design elements educate the hall’s users and spur savings on an ongoing…
Westley F. Anastasio Westley is a Team Leader and Project Manager, and continues to adapt and engage various projects simultaneously with an attention to detail with a focus in project management. He has experience working on a wide variety of projects including healthcare, retail,…
Westmoreland Union Manor Westmoreland Union Manor is a seven-story building comprised of 301 studio and one-bedroom apartments. This major renovation project focused on lowering energy costs, updating building systems, and enhancing the quality of the interior environment for tenants and…
Westmoreland Union Manor Senior Housing Gets Energy Retrofit Constructed in 1966, Westmoreland Union Manor in Southeast Portland has provided housing for thousands of senior citizens living on very low fixed incomes. Like many other government-built multifamily buildings of similar age around the country, Westmoreland was due…
What is Commissioning? The word commissioning is used in many different ways when it comes to building construction. Many contractors will use commissioning interchangeably with equipment start-up as a way to describe turning on equipment and making it operational. While controls contractors…
What Makes a Good Lighting Designer? I recently attended my first IALD conference with designers from all over the US and the world. I started to notice a very different perspective on how to approach lighting and two types of approaches taken by lighting designers. There is the technical approach;…
What Will Our Post-COVID Office Look Like? That is the question everyone is asking as we slowly approach our ‘back to work’ office dates. Some approach it with excitement, finally some human interaction in person! But others are cautious, the world has changed and now the thought of pressing a light switch or…
What's New with the GSA P100 Facilities Standards v2024 We’re excited to offer the second installment of our 2024 High Performance Buildings Fall Educational Series, “What’s New with the GSA P100 Facility Standards.” Join Interface Engineering, for an informative presentation on the newly released P100: Facilities…
Whisper Valley Whisper Valley is a $2 billion, 2,066-acre master-planned community located eight miles from downtown Austin determined to make a positive impact on the environment and future technology use. When completed, Whisper Valley will be the largest zero-energy ready housing…
Whisper Valley featured on 'Ask This Old House' Ask This Old House home technology expert, Ross Trethewey visits the Whisper Valley community, a progressive and highly innovative Interface Engineering project located in Austin, Texas. When completed, the more than 7,500 homes, retail, commercial, and multi-family…
Whisper Valley Named Project of the Year Interface is delighted to announce our Whisper Valley project was honored with the 2021 Project of the Year award by Austin Green Awards. This mixed-use community in Texas includes neighborhoods and business districts as well as 700 acres of outdoor parks and scenic…