Green Building Consulting Services

Green building - the body of practices that achieve high energy efficiency, healthful interiors, and environmentally sound buildings - has been gaining ground in the U.S. The "cost of green" has decreased as materials and equipment manufacturers have responded to the demand for greater efficiency and more healthful materials. Today, green need not cost more. For instance, the additional cost of a more energy-efficient building envelope can be offset by smaller mechanical systems. And the payoff of lower energy costs occurs every year.

Aqua Cura is deeply involved in green buildings. Its integrated water management practice applies directly to water efficiency and environmental protection, two important elements of green building. The firm's principal, David Sheridan, is a member of the Steering Committee for the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) program. He also chairs the Council's technical advisory group for Water Efficiency.

Current Green Project Descriptions

LEED® consulting for the new Pennsylvania DEP laboratory.
Aqua Cura assisted the owner of a building in Harrisburg, PA to document green building practices applied to the adaptation of an office building to house the main laboratory for the PA Department of Environmental Protection. The building was designated a LEED-Gold building by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Green building consulting for Franklin & Marshall College.
Aqua Cura lead a team of green building professionals in a workshop to consider measures to achieve high energy efficiency and other green objectives for a new life sciences building on F&M campus in Lancaster, PA.

Green building consulting for affordable housing.
Aqua Cura participated in a workshop to consider green practices that would be cost-effective for an affordable housing project proposed by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the County of Dauphin in Steelton, PA.