LEED Experience

INTEGRATED DESIGN GENERATES INNOVATIVE RESULTS

NSI focuses on designing natural systems that help preserve and restore our environment. NSI works to create design solutions that address the challenges surrounding the human uses of water. Our projects include creating innovative water supply, wastewater treatment, stormwater management, and water reuse systems. Many of our engineered systems have contributed to precedent setting sustainable building projects.

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)

LEED is an internationally recognized certification system, developed by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). LEED measures how well a home, building, or community performs across a series of ‘green’ building metrics. Points are awarded for the achievement of energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.

Living Building Challenge (LBC)

LBC is the Cascadia Region Green Building Council’s ‘call to the design and construction community to pursue true sustainability in the built environment.’ Often referred to as ‘beyond Platinum’, projects require buildings to generate its own energy with renewable non-toxic resources, capture and treat all of its water, and operate efficiently and for maximum beauty.

SUSTAINABLE PROJECT INVENTORY

NSI’s has experience across the United States, collaboratively working in more than 40 states.Our international resume includes sustainability projects in Canada, Mexico, Central America, Asia, and the Middle East. NSI’s staff has worked on an abundance of projects including:

  • 11 LEED certified projects (including 6 of which are certified Platinum)
  • 26 LEED registered (pending certification) projects, including 6 Living Building Challenge (LBC) projects

LEED Platinum Experience:

  • Willow School Art Barn – Gladstone, New Jersey (LEED-NC: Platinum) – certified 2005 –
  • Las Vegas Springs Preserve Visitors Center – Las Vegas, Nevada (LEED-NC: Platinum) – certified 2005 –
  • Desert Living Center - Las Vegas, Nevada (LEED-NC: Platinum) – certified 2005 —
  • Sidwell Friend Middle School – Washington DC (LEED-NC: Platinum) – certified 2006 —
  • Rieth Village at Goshen College – Wolf Lake, Indiana (LEED-NC: Platinum) – certified 2007 —
  • Downtown Tempe Transit Center – Tempe, Arizona (LEED-NC: Platinum) – complete 2009 –
  • Omega Center for Sustainable Living – Rhinebeck, New York (LEED-NC: Platinum) – complete 2009 –
  • Civic Garden Center – Cincinnati, Ohio (LEED-NC: Platinum) –under construction —
  • Tierra on Ashley – Ann Arbor, Michigan (LEED-NC: Platinum) — design phase —
  • Corn Creek Visitor Center – Las Vegas, Nevada (LEED-NC: Platinum) – design phase –
  • Beethoven Corporate Headquarters – San Antonio, Texas (LEED-NC: Platinum) – design phase –
  • King Gillette Ranch – Calabasas, California (LEED-NC: Platinum & Net Zero) – design phase –
  • Pingry School Headmaster’s House – Martinsville, New Jersey (LEED-NC: Platinum) — design phase –
  • J. Craig Venter Institute – La Joya, California (LEED-NC: Platinum & LBC) – design phase –
  • Grass River Nature Center – Bellaire, Michigan (LEED-NC: Platinum & LBC) — design phase –
  • Bullitt Foundation – Seattle, Washington (LEED-NC: Platinum & LBC) — design phase – 
  • WARM Training Center – Detroit, Michigan (LEED-NC: Platinum & LBC) — design phase – 
  • EnviroCenter – Jessup, Maryland (LEED-NC: Platinum & LBC) — design phase – 

LEED New Construction (NC)

  • Willow School Phase I – Gladstone, New Jersey (LEED-NC: Gold) – certified 2004 –
  • Lincoln Hall Renovation – Berea, Kentucky (LEED-NC: Silver) – complete 2006 —
  • Oryana Natural Foods Market – Traverse City, Michigan (LEED-NC: Silver) - complete 2008/2009 –
  • Downtown Tempe Transit Center – Tempe, Arizona (LEED-NC: Silver) – complete 2009 –
  • Barrett Honors College – Tempe, Arizona (LEED-NC: Silver) – complete 2009 –
  • Duke Farms – Hillsborough, New Jersey (LEED-NC: Gold) – design phase –
  • Corn Creek Visitor Center – Las Vegas, Nevada (LEED-NC: level pending) – design phase –
  • Cincinnati Nature Center – Cincinnati, Ohio (LEED-NC: level pending) – conceptual design complete –
  • Stroud Water Research Center – Avondale, Pennsylvania (LEED-NC: level pending) – design phase –
  • New Central Library – Austin, Texas (LEED-NC: level pending) – schematic phase –

LEED Neighborhoods (ND)

  • Panamaes Community (75 homes) – Pedasi, Panama (LEED ND: level pending) – under construction —
  • The Village at Galisteo Basin Preserve (500 homes) – Galisteo, New Mexico (LEED ND: Gold) – design phase –
  • Hudson (3000 homes) – Hudson, Alabama (LEED ND: level pending) – design phase –
  • KAPSARC (1000 homes+) – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, (LEED ND: level pending) – design phase –

LEED for Homes

  • Lake Michigan Residence – Omena, Michigan (LEED for Homes: Gold)  – certified 2009 —
  • Metro Detroit Residence – West Bloomfield, Michigan (LEED for Homes: Platinum) — complete 2009 –

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