American Structurepoint Among the Greenest Design Firms in Nation

Environmentally focused engineering is at the forefront of design methods used by the nearly 275 professional engineers and architects at American Structurepoint, Inc. With 19 LEED-accredited professional engineers on staff, the multi-discipline A/E firm has made its debut on The Top 100 Green Design Firms list, according to revenue for design services generated in 2010, published in July 2011 by ENR.

American Structurepoint pulled in $7.9 million of “green” revenue in 2010, making up 14 percent of its total revenue the year, for sustainable designs on 67 government office projects, 14 multi-residential projects, nine healthcare projects, five retail/office projects, one education project, and five projects in other markets.

American Structurepoint’s experts focus on integrating green options into clients’ projects through three core principals, including reducing energy use, conserving resources and promoting the health of users. The firm accomplishes this through low-impact site design, reducing operating and maintenance costs, opting for high-performance exterior envelopes on buildings, using natural daylight, white roofing, low VOC selected materials, solar shading devices, energy-efficient mechanical systems, integrating greenways and parks, creating pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly roadways, habitat restoration, cool and vegetated reroof systems, and other methods.

American Structurepoint’s LEED Gold-certified designs include such projects as the MEDCO development, a 290,000-sft, fully automated pharmacy distribution facility in approximately 87,000 sft of office space at Anson development in Boone County, Indiana. Development of the parking and utilities, particularly electrical, was critical to the success of the project. Several site amenities were incorporated in the project, including an employee dining patio off the cafeteria, employee recreation plaza, and trail tied to the Anson network of trails. In addition, American Structurepoint has LEED Silver-certified project experience, including Norman Pointe II, a 10-story, 347,000 sft office building in Bloomington, Minnesota.