SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTING


© 2025 Cooper Carry
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© 2025 Cooper Carry
Since 1960, Cooper Carry has been dedicated to designing spaces that connect people to place. Inspired by our founder, Jerry Cooper, we approach every project with curiosity—asking the right questions to uncover the best solutions for our clients and the communities they serve. Our leadership team consists of both advocates and experts, empowered by decades of experience to shape environments that prioritize placemaking, civic space, and the well-being of communities, tenants, residents, and visitors.
Ecosystems bring many diverse contributors together to create something far beyond the capacity of one. They create and capture new and greater value. At Cooper Carry, we approach our work as a collaborative ecosystem. We have multiple studios and services that mix and match daily to provide each project the depth of expertise it needs to meet business objectives. Our breadth of experience goes far beyond broad building types. We offer a deeper level of expertise, engaging in more possibilities and offering more creative solutions. The mixed-use ecosystem allows us to help our clients create the platform on which tenants and target audiences can flourish.



WELL ACCREDITED PROFESSIONALS





We believe that sustainable design is smart, integrated design. We understand the implications of sustainable design on operations, feasibility, lifecycle costs, user desirability, and profitability. We design beautiful solutions that can increase bottom line performance while creating positive environmental impacts.
Our sustainability consulting process features a holistic approach. Starting at the regional context with urban planning and carrying the concepts through design, construction and occupancy, Cooper Carry considers sustainability in every aspect of the project in order to maximize positive results for our clients and communities.
Below are a few examples of the sustainable design strategies our team has researched and implemented on past projects:
• Mass timber structures
• Net zero-energy building design
• Embodied and operational carbon neutrality
• VRF with geothermal technology
• Passive solar design
• Daylight analysis
• Whole Building Life-Cycle Assessment
• Building integrated PV systems
• Rainwater harvesting
• Greywater treatment and irrigation
• Bioretention
• Living walls + biophilic design
• Green roofs + edible production gardens
• Rain gardens + bioswales
• Electrochromic glass
• Product disclosures + healthy materials

AECOM WAS THE GSA DESIGN EXCELLENCE ARCHITECT

LEED V2 BD+C: NEW CONSTRUCTION, PLATINUM
AWARDS
2013 CLIENT ADVISOR AWARD, LARGE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FIRM
2012 NASA BLUE MARBLE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN ENERGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT
2012 VIRGINIA GOVERNOR ROBERT MCDONNELL’S ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARD, GOLD-LEVEL
2012 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, FEDERAL ENERGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT AWARD
2011 ENR SOUTHEAST, BEST GREEN BUILDING
2011 GSA REAL PROPERTY INNOVATION AWARD, SUSTAINABILITY CATEGORY







CERTIFICATION
LEED V3 BD+C: CORE AND SHELL, PLATINUM
AWARDS
2022 NAIOP DC | MD, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, BEST MARYLAND URBAN OFFICE
2022 NAIOP DC | MD, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, BEST SUSTAINABLE PROJECT
2021 ABC EXCELLENCE IN CONSTRUCTION
AWARDS, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
CERTIFICATION
LEED V3 BD+C: NEW CONSTRUCTION, PLATINUM
AWARDS
2013 ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
2013 DBIA MID-ATLANTIC REGION AWARDS, HEALTHCARE CATEGORY, HONORABLE MENTION
2013 NAIOP MARYLAND/DC, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, BEST INSTITUTIONAL FACILITY
DIMELLASHAFFER WAS THE GSA DESIGN EXCELLENCE ARCHITECT






CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
CLEMSON, SC
CERTIFICATION
GREEN GLOBE CERTIFIED AWARDS
2022 AIA GEORGIA DESIGN & HONOR AWARD, BUILT CATEGORY
2022 NIRSA OUTSTANDING FACILITIES AWARDS
2021 U.S. WOODWORKS, WOOD DESIGN AWARD FOR REGIONAL EXCELLENCE
2020 ENR SOUTHEAST, BEST SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY






LEED V2 BD+C: NEW CONSTRUCTION, GOLD
AWARDS
2016 DBIA MID-ATLANTIC REGION, HONOR AWARD
2015 AIA NORTHERN VIRGINIA AWARD OF MERIT IN INSTITUTIONAL ARCHITECTURE
2015 ENR SOUTHEAST AWARD OF MERIT FOR GREEN CATEGORY
2015 FEDERAL ENERGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT AWARD, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
2015 GSA PROJECT MANAGEMENT AWARD FOR LARGE FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION
2015 GSA REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR AWARD FOR MAKING A MORE SUSTAINABLE GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT

AECOM WAS THE GSA DESIGN EXCELLENCE ARCHITECT





ATLANTA, GA

CERTIFICATIONS
LEED V2 ID+C: COMMERCIAL INTERIORS, PLATINUM
PURSUING FITWEL CERTIFICATION
PURSUING WELL CERTIFICATION



ALEXANDRIA, VA

CERTIFICATIONS
LEED V2 ID+C: COMMERCIAL INTERIORS, GOLD
PURSUING FITWEL CERTIFICATION





WASHINGTON, DC

CERTIFICATION
LEED V2 BD+C: NEW CONSTRUCTION, SILVER
AWARDS
2015 WASHINGTON BUILDING CONGRESS, CRAFTSMANSHIP AWARD
2015 WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL BEST REAL ESTATE DEAL
2015 NAIOP DC/MD AWARD OF EXCELLENCE BEST MULTI-FAMILY
DESIGNED IN COLLABORATION WITH DAVID M. SCHWARZ ARCHITECTS






CHARLOTTE, NC
PURSUING LEED GOLD - LEED-NC
PURSUING WELL V2 CORE - BRONZE


WASHINGTON, DC

CERTIFICATION
LEED V3 BD+C: NEW
CONSTRUCTION, SILVER AWARDS 2015 WASHINGTON
BUILDING CONGRESS, CRAFTSMANSHIP AWARD



BALTIMORE, MD

CERTIFICATION
LEED V3 BD+C: NEW CONSTRUCTION, SILVER





WASHINGTON, DC

CERTIFICATION
LEED V3
BD+C: NEW CONSTRUCTION, SILVER





NC STATE UNIVERSITY’S CENTENNIAL CAMPUS, RALEIGH, NC
CERTIFICATION
LEED V3 BD+C: NEW CONSTRUCTION, SILVER




NORFOLK, VA

CERTIFICATION
LEED V3
BD+C: NEW
CONSTRUCTION, CERTIFIED



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