Sustainable Design/LEED

U.S. Green Building Council                               Member

ENERGY STAR Partner                           Service & Product Provider

GPI incorporates sustainable design strategies and practices into our projects through an integrated approach that evaluates design and engineering decisions based on energy savings, life cycle costs, and environmental concerns. Energy conservation and efficient design, as well as material and systems selection, often provide payback to a client without adding significant initial cost to the project.   Through our approach, our projects strive for the best integration of sustainable design strategies and technologies to increase the efficiency of the building systems and reduce overall costs. Through careful product and systems selection, and sophisticated energy modeling software, we are able to produce design solutions that balance cost, energy efficiency, and environmental impact.   We employ U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design® (LEED) Rating System to evaluate our sustainable design projects. In fact, GPI’s Annapolis Junction office performed planning and design for the site work of the 32,000 sq ft Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Philip Merrill Environmental Center located on the Bay. GPI’s work included design of a 105-space parking lot, under building parking, an entrance road, stormwater management, site utilities, wetland creation/enhancements, shore protection, and a pier/boardwalk for waterfront access. This project earned the first ever Platinum LEED Certification from the nonprofit U.S. Green Building Council.    The following projects were awarded LEED Certification:
LEED Silver Certification Medical Science Research Building II Duke University Durham, NC  160,000 sq ft				LEED Gold Certification Union of Concerned Scientists Washington, DC 18,000 sq ft
LEED Gold Certification American Legacy Foundation Washington, DC 45,000 sq ft				LEED Silver Certification Delucchi + Washington, DC 6,300 sq ft
LEED Certification Cabela's Lacey, WA World's Largest LEED Certified Retail Store 240,000 sq ft				LEED Gold Certification Global Environment Fund Chevy Chase, MD 22,000 sq ft
LEED Gold Certification Hickok Cole Architect 4th Floor Renovation Washington, DC 6,000 sq ft				ENERGY STAR Benchmarking & LEED EB Study  8757 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring, MD
The following projects are LEED Registered through USGBC and are pending LEED Certification:
American Wind and Energy Association, Washington, DC - 31,000 sq ft KGD Architecture, Rosslyn, VA - 11,000 sq ft Southern Elementary School, Western Wayne School District, Hamlin, PA - 103,000 sq ft  Marywood University School of Architecture, Dunmore, PA - 30,000 sq ft Price Modern of Washington DC Showroom, Lanham, MD - 15,000 sq ft GSA - CDER Storage Facility, Rockville, MD - 16,000 sq ft CHAI, Baltimore, MD - 9,700 sq ft Silver Spring Plaza, Silver Spring, MD - 243,500 sq ft Merwick Care Center, Plainsboro, NJ - 115,000 sq ft Thales, Arlington, VA - 26,100 sq ft Visitors Education & Admin. Facility, Wind Gap, PA - 11,000 sq ft Amityville Village Hall, Amityville, NY - 18,000 sq ft (registered as confidential) Westhampton Free Library, Westhampton Beach, NY - 35,000 sq ft (registered as confidential) 1050 K Spec Suite, Washington, DC - 2,500 sq ft (registered as confidential) Lockheed Martin Corporation HQ DEM 1 Facility, Bethesda, MD - 55,000 sq ft (registered as confidential) Washington, DC Gov. Affairs, Washington, DC - 11,500 sq ft (registered as confidential)
The following projects were designed employing LEED guidelines through our mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and/or structural engineering design but are not certified through USGBC:
Dallas High School, Dallas, PA - 224,000 sq ft Swain Annex, Quantico Marine Corps Base, Quantico, VA - 35,000 sq ft Jacobsburg Environmental Center, Northampton Co., PA - 10,000 sq ft Moravian College, New Dormitory, Bethlehem, PA - 101,000 sq ft Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center, Stony Brook, NY - 42,000 sq ft Rockland County Highway Department Facility, Chestnut Ridge, NY - 30,000 sq ft Academic Instruction Building, Quantico Marine Corps Base, Quantico, VA - 25,000 sq ft Quantico Bachelor Enlisted Quarters Basic School Design, Quantico, VA - 59,000 sq ft Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, Quantico Marine Corps Base, Quantico, VA - 42,000 sq ft