The new EKU science Center applies sustainable concepts in all six LEED categories including on-site energy production.

A key component of the new Science Center at Eastern Kentucky University is the natural wetlands system, which not only controls storm water, but pre-treats the run-off prior to entering the city's storm sewer system. As a monitored system, it is also utilized as a teaching tool and outdoor classroom.

Designed to meet LEED Silver standards, the Public Safety Operations Center in Lexington uses many sustainable strategies including sunshades and lightshelves, the incorporation of regionally produced materials, a cool roof system and native species landscaping.

To reduce solar gain and optimize energy performance, a low-emissivity coating and a ceramic-coated frit pattern were applied to the number two surface in the glass units of the Northern Kentucky University Student Union.

The formed zinc cladding panels used on the Northern Kentucky University Student Union surpass all other cladding options on extraction of raw materials, use of the latest processing equipment, and recyclability.

To reduce the environmental impacts resulting from transportation of materials, the brick used for the University of Kentucky University Health Service building was extracted and manufactured in Stanton, Kentucky, only 45 miles from the project site.

To increase energy efficiency and reduce solar gain, sunshades are integrated into the window-framing system on south-facing windows of the University Health Service building at UK.

The Center for Advanced Manufacturing at Gateway Community and Technical College uses low emissivity insulated glass with fritting to reduce solar load, light wells into interior spaces, and centralized mechanical spaces to reduce air and water distribution energy.

To provide a comfortable thermal environment that supports productivity and well-being, approximately 4% of the acceptable areas in the University of Kentucky University Health Services buiding have operable windows.

Lexington's largest branch public library, the Northside Branch features a number of sustainable strategies including a sophisticated geothermal HVAC system.

Sustainable design strategies for the University of Kentucky Center for Rural Health in Hazard focused on indoor environmental quality credits.

Phases one through three of these projects for the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth were part of the Sisters' Sustainable Project. Design strategies focused on the use of regional and recycled materials.

Western Elementary School received a Merit Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects as an environmental learning center and high performance school, including its storm water design which accommodates adjacent sinkholes.

The Combs Cancer Research Facility at the Markey Cancer Center at the University of Kentucky included the first lightshelves used on a public building in Kentucky and a sophisticated daylighting system.

One of the first commercial buildings in Kentucky with an extensive solar energy system, the GTE TSPS Remote Traffic Office received an Honor Award from the Kentucky Society of Architects in 1981.

The roof for the underground Animal Care Facility at the University of Kentucky includes the first vegetative green roof successfully applied to an entire building project and water efficient landscaping to reduce the need for irrigation.