page_title: Kirksey Architecture
section_title: References
hierarchical_section_title: Kirksey Architecture / References
caption_attribution_description: English: Horizon Wind Energy Houston
context_page_description: Founded in 1971, Kirksey Architecture began as a small commercial architecture firm and today has evolved into a diverse organization of 12 specialized and practiced groups, each focusing on a particular business segment. Kirksey is headquartered in Houston, Texas on a LEED certified corporate campus.
  Kirksey designs high-performance, healthy buildings for all clients. This was formalized through the creation of the EcoServices team, a private think-tank and consulting group whose focus is to mainstream environmentally friendly building practices. The team educates other firm members and the community on green building practices. A basicGREEN program was developed that prescribes sustainable design measures to be implemented on every project, regardless of LEED Certification and at no added cost to the project.
  Kirksey currently has over 27,000,000 sq ft of LEED projects certified or underway, and has designed many of Houston's first
  LEED buildings including:
  1st LEED certified building in Houston
  1st LEED CI in Houston
  1st LEED EB in Texas
  1st LEED CS, which is also the 1st Gold certified building, in Houston
context_section_description: "Urban Growth Equals Smart Growth', "Texas Construction," February 1, 2009.
  "Designing better places to work among the specialties at Kirksey', "Houston Business Journal," September 26, 2008.
  "Giants 300', "Building Design & Construction," July 1, 2008.
  "The Growing Importance of LEED-EB', "Texas Real Estate Business," May 1, 2008.
  "Top 500 Design Firms 2008', "Engineering News-Record," April 21, 2008.
  "2007 #3 Largest Houston-Area Green Architects", page 8b. Houston Business Journal, November 25, 2008.
  "2009 #7 Largest Houston-Area Architectural Firms", page 6b. Houston Business Journal, June 5, 2007.
  http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Harris-County-commissioners-chooses-Kirksey-10808321.php
caption: Horizon Wind Energy Houston offices
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