FEMP Visit Reveals Common Sustainable Design Features
ANNAPOLIS, MD — What are the limitations to incorporating sustainable design in new construction or the renovation of existing buildings, including historical structures? Not many, if you have the imagination, the will to succeed, and a great project team. That’s what the Federal Energy Management Program’s (FEMP’s) Interagency Sustainability Working Group and FEMP staff learned on a recent site visit to two facilities in Annapolis, MD.
Two sustainable design projects in Annapolis illustrate that with creativity and imagination, saving energy and creating a pleasing and productive work environment can go hand-in-hand. The group’s first stop was the Philip Merrill Environmental Center, the recently completed headquarters of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF). The CBF is a 35-year-old organization dedicated to environmental advocacy and education and the restoration and protection of the Chesapeake Bay.