Fennie + Mehl Architects

300 Brannan Street, Suite 310, San Francisco, CA, 94107

(415) 278-9596

12/ 6/2009

Fennie + Mehl Architects have always acted in an environmental sustainable manner. Since 2002, we have implemented working 80 hours every 9 days thereby eliminating over 160 round trip commutes a year for our staff.  As a registered San Francisco Green Business, we demonstrate our continued commitment to improve our employee wellness and productivity, conserve energy, reduce waste and use less toxic products.  Our practice has had a healthy dose of renovation projects where we saved and reused significant portions of the existing buildings into our designs, in essence, extending the useful life of the in-place materials and systems.  We have also advocated the use of energy efficient lighting and HVAC systems for all our projects.
Our approach to sustainable design is simple and uncomplicated.

• We start with the big picture. We focus the design effort on the sustainable design concepts that offer the biggest reductions in negative impacts on our environment.


• We make smart choices. We make environmentally sound choices of construction materials, building products, and construction techniques, while keeping overall costs in check and the project on schedule.


• We lead the design conversation. We have led the efforts for third-party certification (i.e. LEED) on a number of significant projects and help our clients assemble teams of like-minded professionals to ensure the latest green building concepts are leveraged to provide the most sustainable projects.

List of recent Green Sustainable Designs:

• Silicon Valley Bank, San Francisco, CA.( LEEDv2009 Silver Certification)


• Bar Association of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (pursuing LEEDv2 Certification)


• Avalon Willow Creek Renovation, Fremont, CA


• Walmart.com Photography and Emerging Brand Studio, South San Francisco, CA


• Rincon Gardens Apartment Rehabilitation, Campbell, CA


• Immersa Marketing, San Francisco, CA