Langan Committed to LEED Certification

Langan Engineering & Environmental Services, an Elmwood Park, N.J.-based environmental consulting firm, employs 121 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professionals(LEED APs). As a member of the United States Green Building Council, which governs the LEED program, Langan has trained and encouraged employees to become accredited. As a result, nearly 30 percent of Langan’s technical professionals are LEED APs.

With the large number of in-house LEED APs, Langan is well positioned to partner with clients, architects, MEP firms, and contractors seeking LEED certification on new construction and major renovation projects. The firm can provide critical assistance in securing project LEED points in categories ranging from sustainable sites to water efficiency to indoor air quality to energy and atmosphere.

"Langan recognized that sustainability in general and LEED certification in particular are the way of the future, so we took steps to incorporate green thinking and green building into our culture and business practice," says Michael Szura, LEED AP, ASLA, Director of Langan's Landscape Architecture + Planning Group and head of the firm's internal Green Team. "With well over 100 LEED APs, I am confident that no other consulting firm can match our integrated suite of services and comprehensive knowledge of LEED certification."

Langan's LEED APs can help achieve LEED points in multiple areas including site selection, brownfield development, habitat protection and restoration, open space design, parking and transportation planning, stormwater management, heat island minimization, indoor air quality improvement, green roofs, low-irrigation, and native landscapes. Additionally, Langan can also suggest other strategies to maximize a site's environmental performance.

Specifically, with respect to onsite renewable energy, clients can utilize Langan's core disciplines of geotechnical, site/civil, environmental engineering, as well as surveying and permitting services to develop green sources of energy, including biofuels, biomass, geothermal, solar, wind, and photovoltaic power.

"By selecting Langan, clients can realize what we call 'the green of green': the measurable financial value we provide our clients, coupled with the benefits of sustainable design through developing or renovating buildings that perform at the highest standards of energy and environmental sustainability," says Szura.