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Stanton W. Mead Education & Visitor Center

Mead Wildlife Area DNR Headquarters & Education Center - Click to see a detailed Case Study and description of Sustainable Design & Renewable Energy features.

Mead Wildlife Area DNR Headquarters

Milladore, Wisconsin

Thomas Brown, Architect

Project Honored with State & National Awards

2006 Wisconsin Governor's Award - Division of State Facilities

Excellence in Sustainable Design & Construction

2006 Wisconsin Sustainability & Energy Efficiency (SE2) Award

Excellence in Sustainable Design & Construction

2006 National Association of Conservation Engineers - Award of Honor

2005 Wisconsin Governor's Service Award - Division of State Facilities

Awarded to the Friends of Mead-McMillan Association

The Mead Education & Visitor Center features state-of-the art Sustainable Design and Construction Methods.

In addition to a high-performance building envelope, the facility incorporates 5 different Renewable Energy systems: Wind, Solar Photovoltaic, Solar Hot water, Ground-source Geothermal and Wood Biomass.

Click here for a Case Study on the Mead DNR facility
   
   
         
   
   

Mike & Melba Sullivan Residence

Sullivan Residence - click to see a PowerPoint slide presentation on the design, construction and performance of this house

Stevens Point, Wisconsin

Project Honored with National Award
National EnergyValue 2000 Gold Award - First-place

National Association of Homebuilders Research Center (NAHBRC)
The Sullivan Residence, pictured at left, is a Wisconsin High-Performance Home.

This residence was honored with a first-place National Award by the National Association of Homebuilders Research Institute. It was selected as the best Innovative/Advanced home in a Cold-climate Region.

This home also received a 5-Star Plus rating under the US/EPA EnergyStar Program.

The Sullivan Residence was built by Gimme Shelter Construction of Amherst, Wisconsin.

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Tom Brown

About The Firm
Thomas Brown has been a Registered Architect in Wisconsin since 1977, and holds national certification by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB). His practice specializes in environmentally-responsible design, emphasizing the use of state-of-the-art energy-conserving design, advanced construction techniques, and the adaptive re-use and restoration of historic structures. He has designed numerous projects utilizing advanced construction methods and heating systems throughout central Wisconsin and has successfully completed several federally-certified Historic Preservation Tax Credit projects.

Tom Brown holds certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) as a Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED)-Accredited Professional.
Tom is a founding member of the Energy & Environmental Building Association (EEBA), an international organization of builders, designers and researchers promoting the use of energy conserving construction methods in residential and light-commercial buildings. He is also a founding member of the Wisconsin Green Building Alliance (WGBA), a statewide organization promoting sustainable approaches in design and construction, and a member of the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA).

His firm has been located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin since 1979, except for a sabbatical from 1991-1995 when he and his family relocated to the southern Africa country of Mozambique. Through the United Nations Development Program, Tom provided technical assistance and coordinated a countrywide school construction and rehabilitation program funded by the World Bank. Upon returning to Stevens Point, he reopened his architectural practice. He has been a frequent presenter at local, regional and national energy and sustainable building conferences and teaches an environmental design course in the Interior Architecture program at UW-Stevens Point.
 
   
   
         
   
   

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