12/1/23 IDeAs is excited to announce that Principal David Kaneda is a recipient of a 2023 Clean Energy Hall of Fame Award for his work combating climate change and contributing to California’s clean energy future through bold moves, leadership, and innovative ideas, while helping benefit communities in California through more equitable outcomes.
11/29/23 IDeAs Principal, David Kaneda presented as part of a keynote panel at the Smart Cities Connect Conference in Washington DC, sharing insights on how technology is transforming urban living, electrification and decarbonization to help the drive towards creating smarter cities.
11/26/23 See the article published in Work Design Magazine co-authored by IDeAs, WRNS Studio and Prospect Silicon Valley discussing decarbonizing offices. https://www.workdesign.com/2023/11/future-of-cre-zero-carbon-workplaces/
11/16/23 Tina Leong of IDeAs gave a seminar to Cody Anderson Wasney Architects clarifying the confusing 2022 changes to California Title 24 for non-residential buildings related to requirements for photovoltaic, battery energy storage and EV charging requirements. Contact us for information on what architects need to know.
10/17/23 See the article on discussing opportunities in decarbonizing buildings and how to approach financing the systems that support it written by Doug Davenport, Alex Kaffka and David Kaneda. https://facilitiesmanagementadvisor.blr.com/sustainability-business-continuity/decarbonizing-buildings-the-big-rethink/
10/9/23 Congratulations to: Rancho Cielo Youth Campus of Salinas, CA, the overall winner at the first Orange County Sustainability Decathlon https://ocsd23.com/. This remarkable institution, dedicated to serving underserved youth, is the smallest school competing and had the least resources, but the students, trustees, administrators, and teachers were determined to build the best house they could. “Their win also demonstrates the need for vocational training,” said Fred Smoller, OCSD president and CEO. IDeAs Principal David Kaneda was a juror for engineering and construction.
9/19/23 IDeAs’s David Kaneda presented Latest Trends in Electrification at Redwood Energy’s 15th Annual Zero Carbon Retreat, by the beach at Arcata, CA sharing ideas and innovations with an elite group of leading innovators and thinkers.
8/31/23 IDeAs’ David Kaneda served on the technical review jury for the 2023 AIA California Design Awards and Residential Design Awards. California continues to lead the nation in redirecting architect’s focus from primarily beauty to a broader set of issues including integrating energy, ecosystems, resource efficiency, water, well being, social equity, economy and change.
5/18/23 IDeAs’s David Kaneda gave a presentation on some of the latest trends in electrification to members of New Buildings Institute’s staff and NBI Senior Fellows including a new concept flying EV!
5/18/23 IDeAs Consulting, Gabel Energy and Smith Millar Associates gave an overview of key issues related to electrification, impact the grid, electrifying existing buildings, and renewable/batteries/microgrids to nearly 100 members of Perkins Eastman Architects.
4/4/23 IDeAs is excited to be starting design on an off-grid home with Stoecker + Northway Architects, intended to be run entirely off of on-site generated renewable energy incorporating a state-of-the-art microgrid powered by photovoltaics, hydrogen electrolysis and a wind turbine.
11/1/2022 David Kaneda and Stephen Chapes of IDeAs Consulting and colleagues Galen Wu for Point Energy Innovations and Alex Kaffka from Verdera teamed up to give an expert level presentation at 2022 Greenbuild titled: “Microgrids the Solution to Many Different Problems”, discussing several unique applications for Microgrids and the financial math being used to analyze their expected performance.
9/1/2022 IDeAs Principal – David Kaneda, recently completed his term serving on the GSA’s Green Building Advisory Committee, including the last 2 years as the Chair of this important committee. It has been an honor for our small firm to have an opportunity to provide guidance to the GBAC and see various Federal agencies and organizations incorporating the advice of the Committee’s experts into policies that will have major impact in accelerating our country’s journey to a greener, cleaner and healthier future.
8/23/22 IDeAs Consulting and Point Energy Innovations co-authored a new research paper titled: “Battery Energy Storage Systems and PV/battery Microgrid Applications for Buildings” which was presented at the 2022 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings at Asilomar, CA. This is a conference with presentations by leading building energy efficiency related researchers including staff from DOE, NREL, LBNL and PNNL. It needs more architects and engineers to attend. https://aceee2022.conferencespot.org/event-data
6/30/22 See the video that IDeAs’ David Kaneda made demonstrating his induction wok burner. Cooking on a wok is a concern frequently brought up when discussing all electric cooking. It’s safer, just as easy, and MUCH EASIER TO CLEAN UP AFTERWARDS (watch the 5:00 mark in this video)! https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:6894105939570495488?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=member_desktop_share&utm_content=post
6/29/22 IDeAs is excited to be starting work on a project for Portland General Electric https://portlandgeneral.com/about/who-we-are/sustainability designing a facility that is meant to be an example of a highly resilient campus in the event of any of a wide variety of potential natural disasters that might occur in the region, with Sera Architects and Ecotope, two leaders in deep green, sustainable design.
6/24/22 Congratulations to Sam Nunes FAIA, Founding Partner at WRNS Studio for being inducted into the AIA College of Fellows. Our IDeAs engineers have collaborated with Sam and WRNS Studio on numerous deep green projects over decades. Sam is the 4th partner at WRNS to be elevated by the AIA into the College of Fellows.
3/31/22 IDeAs’ David Kaneda, will present the GSA Green Building Advisory Committee’s work on Building Energy Storage at the 2022 Federal Environmental Symposium.
12/8/21 Congratulations to Brad Jacobson FAIA of EHDD and Pauline Souza FAIA of WRNS Studio for being inducted into the AIA College of Fellows. Brad and Pauline are both nationally recognized sustainability leaders that our IDeAs engineers have collaborated with on numerous deep green projects over decades.
10/25/21 See IDeAs’ David Kaneda and Stephen Chapes present on their experience developing innovative microgrid concepts on Friday October 29 at the Getting To Zero Forum 2021. You can join the Forum virtually.
10/20/21 IDeAs is excited to be starting design of a Multipurpose Building for San Mateo Foster City School District with Lionakis.
9/23/21 IDeAs – Principal and Thought Leader David Kaneda presenting and with grid-carbon experts Peter Turnbull – Turnbull & Associates, Paul Torcellini – National Renewable Energy Labs and Henry Richardson – WattTime on “The Future of the Grid and Its Impact on Buildings” at Greenbuild 2021 in San Diego.
8/23/21 Join us as IDeAs’ David Kaneda and Stephen Chapes, and PEI’s Galen Wu present on Microgrids on September 13 at Net Zero 2021! www.NetZeroConference.com
5/26/21 Can residential all electric kitchens perform better than gas? IDeAs’ David Kaneda and Charley Stott from the AIASF COTE join Rachelle Boucher and Alex Snow as they give a live cooking demonstration demonstrating an induction cooktop instead of gas burners! Better cooking performance, safer and healthier homes, and a more sustainable planet!
05/08/21 IDeAs is excited to be designing the electrical systems for Mitchell Park, an affordable housing project for the intellectually or developmentally disabled in Palo Alto, CA with Architects FORA and Alter Consulting Engineers for Eden Housing.
4/16/21 IDeAs is excited to be starting work on three residential towers in San Jose for SHPE/NABR with Point Energy Innovations and Bjarke Ingels Group.
1/25/21 Congratulations to IDeAs’ David Kaneda for becoming an Senior Fellow with the New Buildings Institute. https://twitter.com/NewBldgsInst/status/1353827713904074752
1/20/21 IDeAs is excited to be collaborating with Point Energy Innovations and EHDD on the renovation of the AIA Headquarters in Washington D.C. which includes an exciting BIPV solar shading system.