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lockouts and provide temporary access to visitors or contractors.
Sustainability
ASSA ABLOY provides transparency in their products through de- tailed ingredient lists, Environmental Product Decelerations, Health Product Declarations and Declare labels. This effort matched the desire of Commerce Tower to redesign in a sustainable manner and meet its LEED Gold Certification.
“The LEED Gold Certification and the commitment to green building is one of our big claims to fame,” Scott said. “Focusing on sustainability and really everything behind sustainability and what goes into it from green products to energy efficiency, has been a huge part of the vision for what we wanted our story to be in downtown Kansas City.”
Scott said that her team sought out partners who would not only help them achieve compliance but also be partners in their commit- ment and help them reduce energy consumption.
“When you look at renovation from this angle and consider that the best way to deal with old construction is to be transparent in your efforts to improve the building, then you know you want partners who believe in that transparency as well,” Scott said. “When you find the right people then you know, for certain, that everyone is willing to go the extra mile with you.”
Historic Aesthetics and Good Design
Another critical element for Commerce Tower was to ensure that a visibly stunning look in the redesign matched with the historic rem- nants of the building’s past.
“We wanted to retrofit in the sense that things became modern-
ized, sleek and minimalistic,” Scott said. “At the same time there were several areas of the building that we had to revive, and we couldn’t touch due to it being a historic preservation and restoration. We had to ensure that our design complemented those existing features.”
Everyone met this commitment to good design principles that seek out ways to ensure that doors, openings and door accessories compliment and highlight the rest of the building. A long-held belief is that the door handle is the most immediate point of contact for people in a building, and that by starting with excellent design at that point of contact you define the user experience.
“Solutions for all of the many needs of a build are discovered by making sure we are partners in innovation with the end user, the in- tegrators, and the architects and designers,” Smith said. “By listening to the building owner, thinking insightfully and thoughtfully about their intended use, then working with our partners and offering ap- propriate options, we get to find success across the multiple areas, and needs, of a building.”
Partners in innovation with all of its clients, ASSA ABLOY seeks out ways to meet all types of needs for security, sustainability and design. It is these efforts that result in buildings like Commerce Tower leading the way in solutions for all types of uses and that meet all types of needs. Building officials wanted
to be a trendsetter while respecting the history
of the building.
“What we came away with is something beauti- ful,” Scott said. “The building speaks for itself.”
Howard Carder is a freelance writer involved in the security industry.
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