Sustainable Design

Sustainability is defined as living and designing our world so that all living things may thrive in perpetuity. LS3P takes that seriously and is an active member of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE); both are foremost coalitions of leaders from across the building industry, promoting buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable, and healthy places to live and work.

We have successfully completed over 90 LEED projects, certified at all levels of achievement, and maintain direct relationships with USGBC technical staff and account directors for ongoing help and fewer delays. LS3P design teams are passionate about integrative sustainable design and high-performance buildings, and our Sustainability Director provides progressive leadership and resources to our teams for achieving and exceeding our clients’ goals.

LS3P has formalized our commitment to sustainable design and carbon reduction by signing on to the

AIA2030 Commitment, targeting 70% energy savings, and adopting USGBC LEED® best practices as our own standards with the goal of all of our projects resulting in high performance buildings. The AIA2030 Commitment focuses on regularly achieving net zero energy buildings by 2030, significantly and immediately reducing greenhouse gas emissions toward that goal.

Effective sustainable design does not add cost for the client. We start early at LS3P, setting robust energy and water targets during the schematic design phase, addressing resilience and facility flexibility. We design mindful buildings that inherently reduce future demand for energy and resources, and then we assess on-site energy generation and water capture with smaller loads to meet. When we reduce wasted energy, water, materials, budget, time, and people, and the whole planet benefits as well as our clients.