SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTING
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COOPER CARRY
Since 1960, Cooper Carry has been dedicated to designing spaces that connect people to place. Inspired by our founder, Jerry Cooper, we approach every project with curiosity—asking the right questions to uncover the best solutions for our clients and the communities they serve. Our leadership team consists of both advocates and experts, empowered by decades of experience to shape environments that prioritize placemaking, civic space, and the well-being of communities, tenants, residents, and visitors.
Cooper Carry’s Mixed-Use Ecosystem
Ecosystems bring many diverse contributors together to create something far beyond the capacity of one. They create and capture new and greater value. At Cooper Carry, we approach our work as a collaborative ecosystem. We have multiple studios and services that mix and match daily to provide each project the depth of expertise it needs to meet business objectives. Our breadth of experience goes far beyond broad building types. We offer a deeper level of expertise, engaging in more possibilities and offering more creative solutions. The mixed-use ecosystem allows us to help our clients create the platform on which tenants and target audiences can flourish.
The Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry
WELL ACCREDITED PROFESSIONALS
SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTING
We believe that sustainable design is smart, integrated design. We understand the implications of sustainable design on operations, feasibility, lifecycle costs, user desirability, and profitability. We design beautiful solutions that can increase bottom line performance while creating positive environmental impacts.
Our sustainability consulting process features a holistic approach. Starting at the regional context with urban planning and carrying the concepts through design, construction and occupancy, Cooper Carry considers sustainability in every aspect of the project in order to maximize positive results for our clients and communities.
Sustainable Design Features that Inspire
Below are a few examples of the sustainable design strategies our team has researched and implemented on past projects:
• Mass timber structures
• Net zero-energy building design
• Embodied and operational carbon neutrality
• VRF with geothermal technology
• Passive solar design
• Daylight analysis
• Whole Building Life-Cycle Assessment
• Building integrated PV systems
• Rainwater harvesting
• Greywater treatment and irrigation
• Bioretention
• Living walls + biophilic design
• Green roofs + edible production gardens
• Rain gardens + bioswales
• Electrochromic glass
• Product disclosures + healthy materials
AECOM WAS THE GSA DESIGN EXCELLENCE ARCHITECT
NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER HEADQUARTERS
HAMPTON, VA
GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION
LEED V2 BD+C: NEW CONSTRUCTION, PLATINUM
RECOGNITION
2013 CLIENT ADVISOR AWARD, LARGE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FIRM
2012 NASA BLUE MARBLE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN ENERGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT
2012 VIRGINIA GOVERNOR ROBERT MCDONNELL’S ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARD, GOLD-LEVEL
2012 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, FEDERAL ENERGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT AWARD
2011 ENR SOUTHEAST, BEST GREEN BUILDING
2011 GSA REAL PROPERTY INNOVATION AWARD, SUSTAINABILITY CATEGORY
AVOCET TOWER
BETHESDA, MD
GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION
LEED V3 BD+C: CORE AND SHELL, PLATINUM
RECOGNITION
2022 NAIOP DC | MD, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, BEST MARYLAND URBAN OFFICE
2022 NAIOP DC | MD, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, BEST SUSTAINABLE PROJECT
2021 ABC EXCELLENCE IN CONSTRUCTION
AWARDS, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME
SCOTT BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC
GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION
LEED V3 BD+C: NEW CONSTRUCTION, PLATINUM
RECOGNITION
2013 ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
2013 DBIA MID-ATLANTIC REGION AWARDS, HEALTHCARE CATEGORY, HONORABLE MENTION
2013 NAIOP MARYLAND/DC, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, BEST INSTITUTIONAL FACILITY
DIMELLASHAFFER WAS THE GSA DESIGN EXCELLENCE ARCHITECT
ANDY QUATTLEBAUM OUTDOOR EDUCATION
CENTER
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
CLEMSON, SC
GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION
GREEN GLOBE CERTIFIED
RECOGNITION
2022 AIA GEORGIA DESIGN & HONOR AWARD, BUILT CATEGORY
2022 NIRSA OUTSTANDING FACILITIES AWARDS
2021 U.S. WOODWORKS, WOOD DESIGN AWARD FOR REGIONAL EXCELLENCE
2020 ENR SOUTHEAST, BEST SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY
NASA INTEGRATED ENGINEERING SERVICES BUILDING
HAMPTON, VA
GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION
LEED V2 BD+C: NEW CONSTRUCTION, GOLD
RECOGNITION
2016 DBIA MID-ATLANTIC REGION, HONOR AWARD
2015 AIA NORTHERN VIRGINIA AWARD OF MERIT IN INSTITUTIONAL ARCHITECTURE
2015 ENR SOUTHEAST AWARD OF MERIT FOR GREEN CATEGORY
2015 FEDERAL ENERGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT AWARD, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
2015 GSA PROJECT MANAGEMENT AWARD FOR LARGE FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION
2015 GSA REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR AWARD FOR MAKING A MORE SUSTAINABLE GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT
AECOM WAS THE GSA DESIGN EXCELLENCE ARCHITECT
COOPER CARRY ATLANTA OFFICE
ATLANTA, GA
GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATIONS
LEED V2 ID+C: COMMERCIAL INTERIORS, PLATINUM
FITWEL 1 STAR
PURSUING WELL CERTIFICATION
COOPER CARRY WASHINGTON, DC OFFICE
ALEXANDRIA, VA
GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATIONS
LEED V2 ID+C: COMMERCIAL INTERIORS, GOLD
FITWEL 1 STAR
THE WOODLEY
WASHINGTON, DC
GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION
LEED V2 BD+C: NEW CONSTRUCTION, SILVER RECOGNITION
2015 WASHINGTON BUILDING CONGRESS, CRAFTSMANSHIP AWARD
2015 WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL BEST REAL ESTATE DEAL
2015 NAIOP DC/MD AWARD OF EXCELLENCE BEST MULTI-FAMILY
DESIGNED IN COLLABORATION WITH DAVID M. SCHWARZ ARCHITECTS
THE
WOODLEY, LEED V2 BD+C: NEW CONSTRUCTION, SILVER
CARSON & TRYON
CHARLOTTE, NC
GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATIONS
PURSUING LEED GOLD - LEED-NC
PURSUING WELL V2 CORE - BRONZE
CAPITOL POINT HYATT PLACE
WASHINGTON, DC
GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION
LEED V3 BD+C: NEW CONSTRUCTION, SILVER RECOGNITION
2015 WASHINGTON
BUILDING CONGRESS, CRAFTSMANSHIP AWARD
HYATT PLACE BALTIMORE INNER
HARBOR
BALTIMORE, MD
GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION
LEED V3 BD+C: NEW CONSTRUCTION, SILVER
HYATT PLACE BALTIMORE/INNER HARBOR, LEED
HOMEWOOD SUITES BY HILTON WASHINGTON DC
CAPITOL-NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON, DC
GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION
LEED V3
BD+C: NEW CONSTRUCTION, SILVER
STATEVIEW MARRIOTT AUTOGRAPH HOTEL
NC STATE UNIVERSITY’S CENTENNIAL CAMPUS, RALEIGH, NC
GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION
LEED V3 BD+C: NEW CONSTRUCTION, SILVER
THE MAIN
NORFOLK, VA
GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION
LEED V3 BD+C: NEW
CONSTRUCTION, CERTIFIED
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