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Energy-Efficient Design Projects
These architecture and engineering (A&E) firms are helping building owners prevent greenhouse gas emissions and make better decisions about energy performance in their commercial new construction projects. By setting an energy target and implementing strategies that reduce energy use, these firms created designs that meet ENERGY STAR criteria for Designed to Earn the ENERGY STAR.
- View an example of a firm’s title block with the ENERGY STAR Design Intent Graphic.
- Learn how your firm can achieve Designed to Earn the ENERGY STAR on your next design project.
- View design projects submitted for the ENERGY STAR Challenge in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
| Architect of Record1 | Project Team1 | Project Name | ENERGY STAR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building Design2 | Existing Building3 | |||
| Bergmann Associates | Silverside Commerce Bank, DE | 2009 | — | |
| CDS Associates, Inc. | KLH Engineers | SMECO Engineering & Operations Center, MD | 2009 | — |
| Dekker/Perich/Sabatini | Mesa-Innovation Park Building 2, NM | 2009 | — | |
| Donnally Vujcic Associates L.L.C. | Atlantic Corporate Park Building 1, VA | 2009 | — | |
| Donnally Vujcic Associates L.L.C. | Atlantic Corporate Park Building 2, VA | 2009 | — | |
| Gensler | BVM Engineering | 1515 Wynkoop Building, CO | 2009 | — |
| Hammel, Green and Abrahamson, Inc. | University of Wisconsin - Madison Education Building, WI | 2009 | — | |
| HOK | CalSTRS Headquarters Building, CA | 2009 | — | |
| Hord Coplan Macht | Baltimore County Center for Maryland Agriculture, MD | 2009 | — | |
| Laughlin Millea Hillman Architecture, LLC | CMTA, Inc. | Kosair Children's Medical Center - Brownsboro, KY | 2009 | — |
| Little | BlueCross BlueShield Corporate Facility, NC | 2009 | — | |
| Little | Phipps Plaza Tower, GA | 2009 | — | |
| Little | One Greenway Centre, TN | 2009 | — | |
| Little | Wake Forest Town Hall, NC | 2009 | — | |
| LMN Architects | Expedia Tower, WA | 2009 | — | |
| LPA, Inc. | Watson Land Company Headquarters Building, CA | 2009 | — | |
| Mahlum Architects | Nathan Hale High School, WA | 2009 | — | |
| Mancini Duffy | Council on Foreign Relations Building, DC | 2009 | — | |
| Michell Timperman Ritz Architects | CMTA, Inc. | Early Childhood Development Center, IN | 2009 | — |
| NAC|Architecture | Oak Harbor High School, WA | 2009 | — | |
| NAC|Architecture | Lakes High School Replacement, WA | 2009 | — | |
| NAC|Architecture | Deer Park High School, WA | 2009 | — | |
| NAC|Architecture | Ardmore Elementary School, WA | 2009 | — | |
| SfL+a Architects | Johnsonville Elementary School, NC | 2009 | — | |
| SfL+a Architects | Western Elementary School, NC | 2009 | — | |
| SfL+a Architects | Reece, Noland & McElrath, Inc. | Briar Chapel Middle School, NC | 2009 | — |
| SfL+a Architects | Snipes Academy of Arts & Design, NC | 2009 | — | |
| Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott Incorporated | The Lovett School, GA | 2009 | — | |
| Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects | CMTA, Inc. | East Jessamine Middle School, KY | 2009 | — |
| Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects | Shrout Tate Wilson Consulting Engineers | New Brooks Elementary School, KY | 2009 | — |
| SHW Group, LLP | CMTA, Inc. | Gloria Marshall Elementary School, TX | 2009 | — |
| The Troyer Group | Cedarwood Residence Hall, VA | 2009 | — | |
| Watkins Architect LTD | Michael L. Norris & Associates, Inc. | Growing Hearts Early Childhood Development Center, PA | 2009 | — |
| Wright & Dalbin Architects, Inc. | Jose L. Diaz, M.D., P.A. Orthopaedic Clinic, TX | 2009 | — | |
| Wulff Architects, Inc. | McHugh Engineering Associates Inc | Floral Vale, PA | 2009 | — |
| Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects, LLP | PAE Consulting Engineers, Inc. | Port of Portland Headquarters Office Building & Parking Garage, Phase I, OR | 2009 | — |
| Architecture West, LLC | Peloton Cycles, CO | 2008 | — | |
| ATS&R Inc. | New Richmond New Elementary School, WI | 2008 | — | |
| ATS&R Inc. | New Richmond New High School, WI | 2008 | — | |
| Bassetti Architects | Lakota Middle School, WA | 2008 | — | |
| Bassetti Architects | Lynnwood High School, WA | 2008 | — | |
| Bassetti Architects | St. Thomas School, WA | 2008 | — | |
| Bates/LZW Architects | Ambient Energy, Inc. | Muskogee Community Hospital, OK | 2008 | — |
| BL Companies | OLA Consulting Engineers | Davis Street Arts Interdistrict Magnet School, CT | 2008 | — |
| BOKA Powell | BVM Engineering, Inc. | One Victory Park, TX | 2008 | — |
| Boroson Falconer LLC | OLA Consulting Engineers, PC | Sheridan Communication & Technology Academy, CT | 2008 | — |
| Callison | JCPenney #2999, CA | 2008 | — | |
| Chancey Design Partnership | Chancey Office Building, FL | 2008 | — | |
| Dalpos Architectural Integrators | Raymour & Flanigan, NJ | 2008 | — | |
| Dekker/Perich/Sabatini | APS Design-Build Middle School, NM | 2008 | — | |
| Dekker/Perich/Sabatini | Cielo Azul Elementary School, NM | 2008 | — | |
| Dekker/Perich/Sabatini | New Mexico Highlands University Student Housing Project | 2008 | — | |
| Dekker/Perich/Sabatini | Sandia Vista Elementary School, NM | 2008 | — | |
| Dekker/Perich/Sabatini | Thornburg Campus, NM | 2008 | — | |
| DMJM H&N | La Jolla Commons, CA | 2008 | — | |
| DMJM H&N | 2211 Michelson, CA | 2008 | — | |
| DMJM H&N | 3893 Howard Hughes Parkway, NV | 2008 | — | |
| Donnally Vujcic Associates L.L.C. | Riverside Building 5, MD | 2008 | — | |
| Elliott Workgroup Architecture, LLC | Zion's Bank Financial Center, UT | 2008 | — | |
| Forum Studio, Inc. | Eastgate Interlocken | 2008 | — | |
| FXFOWLE Architects, PC | 11 Times Square, NY | 2008 | — | |
| FXFOWLE Architects, PC | SAP America Headquarters Expansion, PA | 2008 | — | |
| Gensler | WYLIE Consulting Engineers | Discovery Tower, TX | 2008 | — |
| Gensler | Eldridge III, TX | 2008 | — | |
| Gensler | One Oak Park, TX | 2008 | — | |
| Gensler | WYLIE Consulting Engineers | Two Oak Park, TX | 2008 | — |
| Glavan Feher Architects | Pinnacle 23, IL | 2008 | — | |
| GLT Architects | St. Cloud Police Headquarters, MN | 2008 | — | |
| GLT Architects | Stearns County Westside Service Center, MN | 2008 | — | |
| GSR Andrade Architects, Inc. | JCPenney #2982, TX | 2008 | — | |
| GSR Andrade Architects, Inc. | JCPenney #2986, MS | 2008 | — | |
| Hammel, Green and Abrahamson, Inc. |
Kerry Americas Center of Excellence, WI | 2008 | — | |
| Hawtin Jorgensen Architects, PC | The
Durrant Group Inc.; RMI/ENSAR Built Environment Enermodal Engineering; Jorgensen Associates, PC |
Davey Jackson Elementary School, WY | 2008 | — |
| HKS Inc. | Purdy-McGuire, Inc. | One Legacy Circle Office Building, TX | 2008 | — |
| HOK | Energy Center - Phase I, TX | 2008 | — | |
| HOK | Energy Center - Phase II, TX | 2008 | — | |
| HOK | Manatee Justice Center, FL | 2008 | — | |
| HOK | NOAA National Center for Weather and Climate Protection, MD | 2008 | — | |
| Holland Basham Architects | Morrissey Engineering | 4940 Building, NE | 2008 | — |
| JCJ Architecture | OLA Consulting Engineers, PC | Bishop Woods School, CT | 2008 | — |
| K. Norman Berry Associates Architects PLLC | CMTA, Inc. | Overdale Elementary School, KY | 2008 | — |
| Kendall/Heaton Architects | BVM Engineering, Inc.; Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects; Cosentini Associates |
South Station Office Tower, MA | 2008 | — |
| Kendall/Heaton Architects | BVM Engineering, Inc. | MainPlace, TX | 2008 | — |
| Kendall/Heaton Architects | BVM Engineering, Inc.; Alvine Engineering |
300 North LaSalle, IL | 2008 | — |
| Kendall/Heaton Architects | BVM Engineering, Inc.; Alvine Engineering |
Camelback Phase II, AZ | 2008 | — |
| Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc. | BVM Engineering, Inc. | Greenway Center, MA | 2008 | — |
| Little | JCPenney #2529, TN | 2008 | — | |
| Little | JCPenney #1140, VA | 2008 | — | |
| Little | JCPenney #2522, OK | 2008 | — | |
| LPA, Inc. | Konsortum 1 | Chabot Community College Instructional Office Building, CA | 2008 | — |
| LPA, Inc. | Konsortum 1; Glumac |
Technology Park at Legacy Park, CA | 2008 | — |
| Miller|Hull Partnership, LLP | PAE Consulting Engineers, Inc. | University of Michigan, Art & Architecture Building Addition | 2008 | — |
| NAC|Architecture | Eastgate Elementary School, WA | 2008 | — | |
| Nudell Architects | JCPenny Store #0171, WI | 2008 | — | |
| Open Atelier | Hill Energy Services, Inc. | Raymour & Flanigan Furniture Showroom, NY | 2008 | — |
| RB+B Architects, Inc. | CY Middle School, WY | 2008 | — | |
| RB+B Architects, Inc. | Enermodal Engineering, Inc. Beaudin Ganze Consulting Engineers |
Seven Generations Office, CO | 2008 | — |
| Richard L. Bowen & Associates Inc. | Adlai Stevenson School, OH | 2008 | — | |
| Richard L. Bowen & Associates Inc. | Robert H. Jamison School, OH | 2008 | — | |
| RLC Architects, P.A. | Lynn Financial Center Buildings A&B, FL | 2008 | — | |
| RossTarrant Architects, Inc. | CMTA, Inc. | Sherman Elementary School, KY | 2008 | — |
| RossTarrant Architects, Inc. | CMTA, Inc. | T.C. Cherry Elementary School, KY | 2008 | — |
| RSP Architects | Quest Energy Group | Momentum Chandler Piazza, AZ | 2008 | — |
| SfL+a Architects | Watauga High School, NC | 2008 | — | |
| SH Architecture | Cashman Equipment Project, NV | 2008 | — | |
| SH Architecture | East Career and Technical Academy, NV | 2008 | — | |
| Sherman Carter Barnhart | Shrout Tate Wilson Consulting Engineers | Hearn Elementary School, KY | 2008 | — |
| Sherman Carter Barnhart | Shrout Tate Wilson Consulting Engineers | North Middle School, KY | 2008 | — |
| SmithGroup, Inc. | BVM Engineering, Inc. | 1200 19th Street, DC | 2008 | — |
| Spacecoast Architects P.A. | Odyssey Charter School Prototype-2, FL | 2008 | — | |
| Spillman Farmer Architects | Lehigh Valley Industrial Park, Inc., PA | 2008 | — | |
| Svigals + Partners | OLA Consulting Engineers, PC | Christopher Columbus School, CT | 2008 | — |
| The S/L/A/M Collaborative | OLA Consulting Engineers, PC | Metropolitan Business Academy, CT | 2008 | — |
| VAI Architects, Inc. | EAD Annex Building, TX | 2008 | — | |
| Wright & Dalbin Architects, Inc. | El Paso County Ysleta Annex, TX | 2008 | — | |
| Wright & Dalbin Architects, Inc. | El Paso County Ysleta Annex Building B, TX | 2008 | — | |
| W. Steven Gross / A.I.A. | Allied Drywall, IL | 2008 | — | |
| Architecture West, LLC | Freedom Elementary School, CO | 2007 | — | |
| Architecture West, LLC | Beaudin Ganze Consulting Engineers | Sundance Professional Center, CO | 2007 | — |
| Architecture West, LLC | Architectural Energy Corporation; The RMH Group, Inc. |
United Way Housing Services Day Center, CO | 2007 | — |
| Bergmann Associates | Seneca Hall, NY | 2007 | — | |
| CDS Associates, Inc. | KLH Engineers | Union Rural Electric Office, OH | 2007 | — |
| Context3 | Creative On Center, TX | 2007 | — | |
| Eppstein Uhen Architects, Inc. | Rocky Mountain Institute | Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation | 2007 | — |
| GLT Architects | Kennedy Community School, MN | 2007 | — | |
| Gould Evans Associates, PL | Hahn Engineering | Tinker Elementary School, FL | 2007 | — |
| H+L Architecture | ME Group | Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, CO | 2007 | — |
| Hammel, Green and Abrahamson, Inc. | Meyer Lodge, IL | 2007 | — | |
| Holst Architecture | Portland AIA Center for Architecture, OR | 2007 | — | |
| Kishimoto. Gordon. Dalaya, Architecture |
EMO Energy Solutions, LLC | 2000 Tower Oaks Boulevard, MD | 2007 | — |
| Leo A. Daly | d’Autremont- Helms & Associates |
Burbank Community Services Building, CA | 2007 | — |
| LPA, Inc. | CTG Energetic, Inc.; Syska Hennessy Group, Inc. |
Flight Project Center, CA | 2007 | — |
| LPA, Inc. | Sweetwater High School, CA | 2007 | — | |
| Mahlum Architects | Gray Middle School, WA | 2007 | — | |
| Moseley Architects | T.C. Williams High School, VA | 2007 | — | |
| RB+B Architects, Inc. | Bethke Elementary School, CO | 2007 | — | |
| Richard L. Bowen & Associates Inc. | Pardo Consultants |
Garfield Elementary School, OH | 2007 | — |
| Richard L. Bowen & Associates Inc. | Harvey Rice K-8 School, OH | 2007 | — | |
| Serena Sturm Architects, Ltd. | ShoreBank Racine Branch, IL | 2007 | — | |
| SH Architecture | Northwest Career and Technical Academy, NV | 2007 | — | |
| SH Architecture | Lyal Burkholder Middle School, NV | 2007 | — | |
| SHW Group, LLP | La Villita Elementary School, TX | 2007 | — | |
| SHW Group, LLP | Dr. Jack Cockrill Middle School, TX | 2007 | — | |
| SHW Group, LLP | Henry W. Sory Elementary School, TX | 2007 | — | |
| SHW Group, LLP | Percy W. Neblett Elementary School, TX | 2007 | — | |
| SHW Group, LLP | Sendera Ranch Elementary School, TX | 2007 | — | |
| SHW Group, LLP | Strickland Intermediate School, TX | 2007 | — | |
| SHW Group, LLP | Tehama Ridge Elementary School, TX | 2007 | — | |
| Siegel & Strain Architects | Orinda City Hall, CA | 2007 | — | |
| Ellis Group Architecture | Creekside Professional Village Building #1, SC | 2006 | — | |
| Innovative Design | Washington Montessori School, NC | 2006 | — | |
| Lord, Aeck and Sargent Architecture | Southface Eco Office, GA | 2006 | — | |
| LS3P Associates | McCracken & Lopez, PA | Lowe’s CSC South — Phase III, NC | 2006 | — |
| Opus Architects & Engineers, Inc. | Syska Hennessy Group, Inc.; Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership |
EPA Region 8 Headquarters, CO | 2006 | — |
| RB+B Architects, Inc. | Rice Elementary School, CO | 2006 | — | |
| Schmidt Associates | Decatur Central High School, IN | 2006 | — | |
| Innovative Design | Reedy Fork Elementary School, NC | 2005 | — | |
| RB+B Architects, Inc. | EMC Engineers, Inc. | Kinard Junior High School, CO | 2005 | 2007 |
| Innovative Design | Northern Guilford Middle School, NC | 2004 | — | |
| Innovative Design | Heritage Middle School, NC | 2004 | — | |
| Innovative Design | Millbrook Elementary School, NC | 2004 | — | |
| Krueck & Sexton Architects | Herman Miller Building, MI | 2004 | — | |
| Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee, PA | Cary High School Classroom Building, NC | 2004 | — | |
| Small Kane Architects | Cedar Fork Elementary School, NC | 2004 | — | |
| Small Kane Architects | Forestville Elementary School, NC | 2004 | — | |
| Small Kane Architects | Carpenter Elementary School, NC | 2004 | — | |
| Small Kane Architects | Barwell Road Elementary School, NC | 2004 | — | |
| Small Kane Architects | Harris Creek Elementary School, NC | 2004 | — | |
| Alicia Ravetto AIA — Architect | RAFI, NC | — | 2001 | |
1 These A&E firms are ENERGY STAR partners that worked on this project.
2 Year the design project was awarded Designed to Earn the ENERGY STAR graphic.
3 Year the operating building was awarded an ENERGY STAR label.
