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				LEED Gold Certification Union of Concerned Scientists Washington, DC

LEED Gold Certification American Legacy Foundation Washington, DC				LEED Silver Certification Delucchi + Washington, DC

LEED Silver Certification Cabela's Lacey, WA				LEED Gold Certification Global Environment Fund Chevy Chase, MD

LEED Gold Certification Hickok Cole Architects Fourth Floor Renovation Washington, DC				ENERGY STAR Benchmarking & LEED EB Certification 8757 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring, MD

LEED Certified Price Modern of Washington DC Showroom Lanham, MD				LEED Silver Certification Washington, DC Gov. Affairs (Time Warner Cable) Washington, DC

The following projects have also achieved LEED Certification:
KGD Architecture, Rosslyn, VA - LEED Gold Certification Marywood University School of Architecture, Dunmore, PA - *LEED Gold Certification* Price Modern of Washington DC Showroom, Lanham, MD - *LEED Certification* GSA - CDER Storage Facility, Rockville, MD - *LEED Silver Certification* 1050 K Spec Suite, Washington, DC - *LEED Gold Certification* Lockheed Martin Corporation HQ DEM 1 Facility, Bethesda, MD - *LEED Silver Certification* Project Independence, Jackson Township, PA - *LEED Silver Certification* American Wind and Energy Association, Washington, DC - *LEED Gold Certification* Thales Group, Arlington, VA - LEED Gold Certification Winrock International, Arlington, VA - *LEED Silver Certification* AvalonBay Communities, Inc., Arlington, VA - *LEED Certified*

The following projects are registered with USGBC and are pending LEED Certification:
Southern Elementary School, Western Wayne School District, Hamlin, PA CHAI, Baltimore, MD Merwick Care Center, Plainsboro, NJ Visitors Education & Admin. Facility, Wind Gap, PA Amityville Village Hall, Amityville, NY Westhampton Free Library, Westhampton Beach, NY Open Society Institute, Washington, DC National Park Conservation Association, Washington, DC MVA / Hilltop Shopping Center, Reisterstown, MD GSA Tenant (FDA New Office Building), Silver Spring, MD Banner Life Headquarters, Urbana, MD Teknion, Washington DC Showroom, Washington, DC The Columbia Group, Washington, DC Systems Planning & Analysis, Washington, DC Marywood University, Aquatics Center, Scranton, PA Richard H. Poff Federal Building, Roanoke, VA Dallas School District, High School, Dallas, PA