We collaborates on all capital improvement projects and provides sustainability expertise for the City of Austin. We collaborates on all capital improvement projects and provides sustainability expertise for the City of Austin. We collaborates on all capital improvement projects and provides sustainability expertise for the City of Austin. We collaborates on all capital improvement projects and provides sustainability expertise for the City of Austin.
At the Architectural Project Management Division, our goal is to promote and implement sustainability rating systems that compliment green building efforts, expand sustainable networks, and improve green infrastructure in accordance with the goals of the City of Austin. By designing and planning for the future, we are able to improve the environment of our home here in Austin, Texas. Each project links to the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan by reducing energy, water, waste, traffic emissions, as well as improving indoor air quality.
SITES requires careful planning and the protection of existing, functioning natural features that are unique, critical, sensitive, or threatened, such as farmlands, floodplains, wetlands, and wildlife habitats.
Before design begins, an integrated design team must conduct a comprehensive site assessment of existing physical, biological, and cultural conditions that will inform planning and design.
Projects that are designed to conserve water, maximize the use of precipitation, and protect water quality encourage strategies and technologies that restore and mimic natural systems.
Proper soil management as a design element and construction priority can serve as the foundation for robust vegetation, filtering pollutants and help prevent excess runoff, erosion, sedimentation, and flooding.
Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) is a third-party green building certification program and the globally recognized standard for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings and neighborhoods. The rating system approach focuses on efficiency and leadership to deliver the triple bottom line returns of "people, planet and profit."
Learn MoreThe Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) Rating System offers a systematic approach to define, develop, enhance and restore landscapes with the goal of improving ecosystem services, community benefits and economic performance.
WELL is a performance-based system for measuring, certifying, and monitoring features of the built environment that impact human health and well-being, through air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort and mind.
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Austin Energy Green Building (AEGB) cultivates innovation in building for the enrichment of the community’s environmental, economic, and human well-being. In 1991, AEGB developed the first rating system in the U.S. for evaluating the sustainability of buildings, inspiring many cities to follow.
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Developed by the Austin City Council with input from thousands of residents, the Imagine Austin comprehensive plan is an ongoing vision for the city to achieve a healthy, connected, and sustainable future by 2040. Sustainability rating systems achievements contribute directly to Imagine Austin's Building Block 5: City Facilities and Services. The comprehensive plan paired with the city's goals for zero waste and greenhouse gas reductions allow our facilities to achieve these goals.
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