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Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Center on Landscape Architecture: Headquarters Operations Assessments

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The Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Center for Landscape Architecture, the headquarters of the American Society of Landscape Architects in Washington, D.C, is a showcase for how to apply the highest standards of sustainable architectural and landscape design to reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions while improving occupant health and well-being.
 
Since 2024, Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ has released annual assessments of greenhouse gas emissions from its headquarters operations, which includes the Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Center for Landscape Architecture building, staff business travel and commuting, Landscape Architecture Magazine, and Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ's LABash student conference: 
 
2023
2024 

Sustainability highlights of the Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Center:  

100% Renewable Energy

The Center is entirely powered by locally-sourced wind power.  
   
LEED Platinum and WELL Gold Certification

The 12,600-square-foot headquarters was built in 1995 and completely renovated in 2016 to achieve certification. The renovation focused on maximizing energy efficiency, storing carbon in sustainable wood materials and native trees and plants, and improving human health and well-being.

Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ also achieved by improving indoor air quality, lighting, nourishment, and promoting active lifestyles.

Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Green Roof

The Center's green roof, designed by , includes a unique sedum floor covered with a mesh grate that enables visitors to walk over much of the green roof surface. Some key benefits of the roof:

• Captures all stormwater: Any roof run-off is channeled to a 700-gallon cistern and used to irrigate the ground-level outdoor patio space, which is filled with native plants and features a green wall.
• Reduces the local urban heat island effect: the roof is as much as 59 F cooler than the conventional black roofs on neighboring buildings.
• Reduces building energy use: The roof's trees, plants, and engineered soils cool the center during the summer and providing insulation in the winter.
• Sequestering carbon: The roof captures and stores carbon in its trees, plants, and soils.

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Incentives for Low-Emission Commutes

Since 2005, Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ has been named a . Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ provides financial incentivizes to employees to walk, bike, or ride Metro to work, which reduces transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions. Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ also removed one of its parking spaces in order to make way for multiple bicycle parking spaces.