Green design offers many benefits beyond preserving and protecting the environment, such as reduced construction, operation, and maintenance costs. Green design benefits all stakeholders involved, including owners, occupants, and the general public.
The green design consulting services offered by Sapphos Environmental, Inc. is guided by the national green building rating system, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), which was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). LEED evaluates the sustainability of buildings and environmental performance from a holistic perspective.
Sapphos Environmental, Inc. offers clients state-of-the-art expertise provided by LEED-accredited professionals, who have been certified by the USGBC to design environmentally sustainable structures.
Benefits
- Reduce Operational Costs: The average operational cost benefit over 20 years is $50 to $60 per square foot in reduced water, energy, and waste costs.
- Reduce Project Cost: Reduce unnecessary mechanical or structural needs. Costs vary greatly with projects, but studies show no impact to initial project costs.
- Avoid Environmental Impacts: Reduce project environmental impacts and costly mitigation.
- Improve Public Perception: Increase positive perception among community groups, regulatory agencies, and local politicians, and reduce opposition against project.
- Provide Funding Opportunities: Federal, state, and local government tax savings, incentives, and subsidies.
- Enhance Asset Value and Profits: Increase occupant comfort and safety levels, worker productivity, and retail sales.
- Streamline California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Process: Reduce environmental review costs by avoiding impacts and streamlining environmental compliance process.
Services
- Green Design Consultation
- Design team coordination
- Design charrettes
- Site planning
- Building and systems design
- Design guidelines
- Materials selection and specification
- Life-cycle cost analysis
- LEED Certification Process
- LEED credit evaluation and cost analysis
- Project registration
- LEED documentation
- Funding Assistance
- Funding opportunity identification
- (grants, tax incentives, and subsidies)
- Grant writing
- Relevant Experience
- County of Los Angeles Data Center LEED Feasibility and Design Strategies
- County of Los Angeles Consolidated Fire Protection District Headquarters Complex LEED Certification
- County of Los Angeles Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park Interpretive Center LEED Feasibility and Design Strategies
- Long Beach Memorial Medical Center Miller Children’s Hospital LEED characterization and grant writing