Green

The new "Annex" to Self Storage of Brookfield on Pheasant Drive in Brookfield will be the recipient of a rain garden that will look similar to what is shown below.  

Rain Gardens are an attractive and effective solution to an managing storm water for new construction especially if the storage is best located at the front of a new building or development like that of the Self Storage of Brookfield "Annex" project.  

Sustainability at the GreenLeaf Inn knows no bounds.  If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the picture below constitute one of our briefest Anderson-Ashton blog postings to date. 

Today, more and more companies are feeling the pressure to advertise to their customers and clients that they are an environmentally conscience, "green" company, and if they haven't then you are being left way behind. The problem  with this is the lack of education and misleading information concerning the "green" movement and for that matter "global warming".

By Steven L.

The evidence keeps pouring in.  Systems Construction continues to up the ante when it comes to affordable, attractive, and sustainable building solutions.  As area representatives to Butler Manufacturing, we have a front row seat to some amazing new offerings and technologies offered by Butler and its parent company BlueScope Steel.

Going Green Without Wasting Green

Survey's taken of local executives and facility managers have found that many are interested in the idea of being "sustainable" or "green" but they are not interested in spending a lot to obtain those benefits. Many ideas offered up by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) while inspired, are often far fetched and usually priced beyond the limits of those companies looking for the "Green" edge.  

The time is fast approaching when the State of Wisconsin adopts the latest version of the International Building Code, and when that happens the requirement for continuously insulated wall systems will become a potentially expensive reality.  Having a continuously insulated wall systems mean that any wall built in this State will need to have a continuous layer of insulation between the exterior finish of a building, ie.

Anderson Ashton Design/Build has selected the Racine County artist Mrs. Lynn Garwood (http://lynngarwood.com) to create an original composition in time for next month’s building dedication in Rochester, WI.  

Part 2 - Continuously Insulated Walls

The Energy Code for many States are becoming more stringent and that includes States like Wisconsin.  There will become a point in the near future where the only way to meet these new and more stringent energy codes will be by incorporating some form of a continuously insulated wall system.  Simply put, mee