Timeline

1984

AIA National Honor Award for Design Excellence - RJ Reynolds Industries Headquarters (Winston-Salem, NC)

1985

Positano on Park Avenue - First New York City project

1986

Energy modeling employed - Early adopters in this practice

19??

New York City commissions the firm to create alternate sustainability models and related experiments to measure results

1989

National Resources Defense Council Headquarters completed (New York, NY) NRDC’s lighting system became the prototype for the citywide “Enlightened Energy” program – the first rebate system, which gave birth to the U.S. EPA’s “Green Lights” program.

1991

Interiors Magazine National Award for Socially Conscious Design

1992

National Audubon Society Headquarters completed (New York, NY) with the NRDC Audubon House, with its associated book, was the subject of the 1995 PBS documentary Building Green - In Pursuit of Sustainable Architecture and Energy Efficiency.
In January 1994, we received the first National Innovation Grant for Green Demonstration Projects for Columbia University’s Geochemistry Facility at Lamont-Doherty.

That April, our design and construction methodology for the National Audubon Society Headquarters and Natural Resources Defense Council Headquarters was shared in the book Audubon House and featured in the 1995 PBS Special: Building Green.

And that December, we received the second National Innovation Grant for Green Demonstration Projects for the New England Aquarium Addition in Boston

1994

48 Metrics of Sustainability introduced – LEED 1.0 followed in 1999

1994-2002

Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters completed (Washington, DC) The Large Environmental Chamber Testing protocol developed for this project’s furniture is now used by Greenguard, LEED, and other testing facilities).

2003

USGBC National Leadership Award for establishing “the founding principles and practices of Green Architecture in America”

2004

Development of the World Trade Center Sustainable Design Guidelines (SDG) for the redevelopment of the site by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey – the first to incorporate urban strategies for enhanced neighborhood quality, pedestrian infrastructure, reduction and control of construction-generated pollution, noise and vibration at the site, and human outdoor comfort issues.

2005

USGBC National Leadership Award – for Randolph Croxton’s contributions to the creation of AIA National’s Committee on the Environment

Development of the World Trade Center SDG Reference Manual for the Port Authority, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, and New York State Energy Research Development Authority (NYSERDA) – a 400 page guide for architects working in Lower Manhattan providing details about the site, its history, and the sustainable initiatives that must be incorporated in its development as well as its inherent buildings