What's this Consortium Thing?

The Hickory Consortium is a group of professionals in the building construction field allied to provide design, management and technical assistance with sustainable desoign, energy conservation and construction issues relating all types of buildings.  We are architects, engineers, systems building construction professionals, building scientists, component manufacturers, modular building manufacturers, marketing communicators, information technologists, building testing, instrumentation and monitoring specialists and multifamily developers.  Though everyone in the group works on many disparate projects, each is available for any project as necessary.

Our many services include:

- Sustainable Design Planning

• - LEED energy design and modeling
• - Systam selection and design supervision
• - Energy conscious design with regard to building envelopes
• - Building design integration for health, durability, cost and performance.
• - Energy generation and storage systems design
• - Sustainable design of building materials, sources, and construction process
• - Energy conscious design for community developed projects, including ownership structures to      maximize occupant awareness to minimize energy waste
• - Systems analysis of the whole building to assure optimal integration and performance
• - Engineering for alternative energy creation sources, including solar, PV, fuel cell, microturbine,    CHP cycle, and wind power as they apply to residential building
• - Sustainable design in systems, materials selection, development process
• - Healthful design for indoor environment, light, and air quality