Sustainable Design
In 2011, Ayers Saint Gross was ranked by Engineering News Record as 33 out of the Top 100 Green Design Firms. Engineering News Record Its projects are designed to meet standards set by the U.S. Green Building Council under its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program. About 70 percent of the firm’s architects are LEED-accredited. Landscape Online Ayers Saint Gross designs to LEED Silver standards and has exceeded this rating on some projects, such as the Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center at Monticello. Thomas Jefferson Foundation At Emory University, the architects have designed several freshman residence halls to make use of rainwater harvesting and condensation reclamation. Carlson, Scott. “New Buildings at Emory U. and Furman U. Use Innovative Technology for Sustainability.” Chronicle of Higher Education. May 23, 2008 King, W. Scott, “Come Rain or Shine,” Architect magazine, September 2008. The firm designed the John and Frances Angelos Law Center for the University of Baltimore, undertaken in partnership with Behnisch Architekten of Stuttgart, Germany, to be the first completely LEED Platinum-certified law school building in the United States. CityBiz Real Estate, February 15, 2012
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