Sustainable Design/LEED

U.S. Green Building Council Member

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		LEED Gold Certification Union of Concerned Scientists Washington, DC
The following projects are LEED Registered through USGBC and are pending LEED Certification:
American Legacy Foundation, Washington, DC - 45,000 sq ft American Wind and Energy Association, Washington, DC - 31,000 sq ft Delucchi +, Washington, DC - 5,000 sq ft KGD Architecture, Rosslyn, VA - 11,000 sq ft Global Environment Fund, Chevy Chase, MD - 22,000 sq ft Hickok Cole Architects, Washington, DC - 6,000 sq ft Southern Elementary School, Western Wayne School District, Hamlin, PA - 103,000 sq ft  Cabela’s, Lacey Gateway Town Center, Lacey, WA - 180,000 sq ft Dallas High School, Dallas, PA - 224,000 sq ft
The following projects were designed employing LEED guidelines through our mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and/or structural engineering design but are not certified through USGBC:
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 Amityville New Village Hall, Amityville, NY - 18,000 sq ft Westhampton Library Renovation, Westhampton Beach, NY - 23,000 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