We consistently work towards incorporating energy-saving tactics into the buildings we design. We profile projects detailing energy-saving statistics. We are committed to energy-efficient spaces and reducing the environmental impact of each building.
We’re looking at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University, located just blocks from the White House. The project incorporates numerous sustainable features, including a green roof, native plantings, low-flow plumbing fixtures, lighting controls, C02 monitoring and numerous local, rapidly renewable and recycled content materials. The building’s HVAC systems consist of both active chilled beam and mass air displacement technologies.
While the university’s medical center was founded in 1824, the School itself was only established recently in 1997 and has never had a true “home.” Instead, its seven departments currently occupy space in various university buildings and several leased locations in and around GW’s Foggy Bottom campus. This project, a signature new building for the School, is intended to help create a singular identity to the general public.
Energy reduction from the code baseline.
Which is equal to the annual energy consumed by 202 residential homes.
Reduction in lighting power density.
Reduction in building water usage.
Which is equal to 6,173 bathtubs per year.
Reduction in stormwater runoff.
The green roof and greywater system capture the equivalent of 322 bathtubs of water per year.
Of the roof area is vegetated.
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We are honored to share PAYETTE has received two 2026 Green Good Design Awards from The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies—Land’s Sake Farm and The Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard.
“Green GOOD DESIGN identifies and emphasizes the world’s most important examples of sustainable design and works to develop a public awareness program that informs the general public about which global companies are doing the best job in ecological and sustainable design for our world. Architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning projects, as well as product, packaging, and graphic design projects from over 30 nations were honored with the 2026 Green GOOD DESIGN Award.”
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