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		<title>ABD to Host 10 Year Anniversary Party</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acoustics By Design, an independent acoustical consulting and audio-visual design firm headquartered in downtown Grand Rapids, will celebrate its 10 year anniversary on October 6, 2011, at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. The invitation only event will host 300 architects and engineers as they celebrate a milestone for one of their own.
After the event sold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The National Council of Acoustical Consultants &amp; the American Institute of Architects</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 20:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Thelen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Council of Acoustical Consultants (NCAC) is the only North American organization fully devoted to certifying the credentials of acoustical consultants. Kenric Van Wyk, President of Acoustics By Design, was elected to the NCAC Board of Directors in 2006.  He has served as the Vice President of Finance, and was recently elected as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acoustics By Design is Named One of “West Michigan’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Thelen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acoustics By Design was recently honored by the Michigan Business &#38; Professional Association as one of “West Michigan’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For.” 2011 marks the fifth consecutive year that ABD has received the award.
Being named to this prestigious list is a designation that hundreds of companies pursue. And this year, there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acoustics By Design selected as one of “West Michigan&#8217;s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Thelen</dc:creator>
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Acoustics By Design, an independent acoustical consulting and audio-visual design firm headquartered in downtown Grand Rapids, was recently selected by the Michigan Business &#38; Professional Association as one of &#8220;West Michigan&#8217;s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For.&#8221; 2010 marks the fourth consecutive year that Acoustics By Design (ABD) has received the award.
Being named [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take The Poll. What is the Biggest Challenge Facing LEED?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Thelen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s face it, the LEED Green Building Rating System™ is facing some big challenges. The much heralded LEED for Healthcare program was supposed to be released in early 2009, but it is still sitting on the shelf unreleased. The LEED for Schools program has not been met with wide acceptance (since its release in 2007, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Opportunity Lost? GM&#8217;s Saturn Division &#8211; Success Squandered or Just Delayed?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early in my career, I was a young acoustics engineer working at the General Motors &#8220;Noise and Vibration Laboratory&#8221; (NVL) where our function was to provide automotive noise and vibration control solutions to the various vehicle development teams. At one point, my job was to lead the design and development of the noise control (&#8220;Sound [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How LEED V3 Changes Everything</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenric Van Wyk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official! The all new LEED Version 3 has been launched by the U.S. Green Building Council. The new system makes several big changes that affect everyone from architects and engineers to builders and building owners. This information is especially important if you are working on a LEED project or if you are a LEED [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Green Design Can Save You Some Green $$$</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Thelen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like every project that comes across my desk has a stated goal of attaining some level of LEED Certification (LEED Silver, Gold, Platinum, whatever). We&#8217;re talking K-12 schools, universities, healthcare facilities, churches &#8211; they&#8217;re all &#8220;going green.&#8221; But how much does all this stuff cost? And can green design really save you some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 AIA Grand Valley Honor Award Winners</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Thelen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Saturday night we attended the 2009 AIA Grand Valley Honor Awards program at the Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts (UICA) in downtown Grand Rapids. As a Professional Affiliate Member of the AIA, our firm serves as consultants to architects.  Although we are not eligible to receive an award, we look forward to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Acoustical Stimulus Package</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Thelen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you&#8217;re a fan or not, Obama&#8217;s economic stimulus package passed recently, opening the door to gobs of government money (ie: your tax dollars at work) being pumped into the economy. So where do acoustics fit into the puzzle? Well, they&#8217;re becoming a key piece. To use an analogy from the car industry, acoustical design [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greenwashing Solution</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Thelen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As long as you haven&#8217;t been living in a cave this past year, you&#8217;ve probably noticed that America&#8217;s new favorite color is green. Even the &#8220;big, scary corporations,&#8221; like Walmart and McDonalds, have re-worked their ad campaigns to reflect a more-green, environmentally friendly corporate image. Seemingly everyone is going green. The term &#8220;greenwashing&#8221; has come [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LEED for Healthcare to be Adopted in 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenric Van Wyk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The LEED Green Building Rating SystemTM is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. LEED was created by the U.S. Green Building Council to define &#8220;green building&#8221; through a common standard, and to promote integrated, whole-building design practices. There are several categories of LEED building certification programs including: LEED for New Construction, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take Me Out To the Ballpark</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenric Van Wyk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medlar Field at Lubrano Park in State College, Pennsylvania isn&#8217;t just the first LEED Certified ballpark in the world &#8211; it&#8217;s the only one (to date). Known as &#8220;The Med&#8221;, the new ballpark raises the bar in &#8220;green&#8221; sports facility design in several areas: water conservation, waste management, and recycled materials. Acoustics By Design first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Green Buzz</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Thelen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s interesting to watch the broader culture around us as it adapts to new ideas and theories. The &#8220;Green&#8221; concept (the idea that we need to take care of the environment, reduce our carbon footprint, save energy, etc.) really isn&#8217;t new at all, but the mounting &#8220;buzz&#8221; around the word certainly is. When I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Highlights From the AIA Design Retreat at Torch Lake</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Thelen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are so many retreats going on this time of year, that we at Acoustics By Design were forced to pick and choose which ones to attend. This year, it was the AIA Design Retreat at Torch Lake and the AIA Educational Facilities Planning Conference at Grand Traverse Bay Resort in northern Michigan. This post [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond the Auditorium: Acoustics and LEED For Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenric Van Wyk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When most people hear about the new Acoustic Standards in the LEED for Schools Rating System, their eyes start to glaze over like day-old Crispy Creams. With over thirty pages of detailed acoustical design criteria, the ANSI Standards are a force to be reckoned with. Today we will take a few moments to highlight the [...]]]></description>
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