• Sustainable Design
    • LEED
    • gis
    • environmental design
sustainable
 
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT


Avalon Rockville Centre

Communities, corporations, and governments can be better global citizens by assuming responsibility for their environmental and social impacts. Doing so can also improve financial sustainability and competitiveness by increasing efficiency. Cameron Engineering’s Sustainable Design and Environmental Management staff design and evaluate places, products, and services that reduce use of non-renewable resources, minimize environmental impacts, and create lasting and vibrant communities.


LEED

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is critically important to environmentally sustainable and healthy development. Cameron Engineering’s 28 LEED Accredited Professionals (AP) represent all of its engineering and environmental disciplines. Our LEED AP’s focus on: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality. The US Green Building Council (www.usgbc.org) continues to advance the LEED Green Building Rating System™.

SMART GROWTH AND SUSTAINABLE PLANNING

Cameron Engineering values livable, economically sustainable, and environmentally responsible growth or “Smart Growth.” We encourage infill development and downtown re-development so that open space can be preserved. We believe that mixed-use, mixed-income communities can be convenient, attractive, and exciting places to live. We offer:
  • Comprehensive Community-Based
    Land Use Plans
  • Mixed Use Development Plans
  • Downtown Revitalization and
    Infill Development Plans
  • New Urbanist and Traditional
    Neighborhood Site Design
  • Smart Growth Municipal Code Development
  • Public Participation Planning and Charettes
  • Transit Oriented Development Plans
  • Open Space Preservation and Transfer of Development Rights Studies
  • LEED Neighborhood Development
    Assessments and Certification

LOW IMPACT SITE DESIGN

Properly managed stormwater can reduce off-site environmental impacts, can add attractive green features to the landscape and will protect surface waters and green spaces. Cameron Engineering professionals design:
  • Oyster Bay Western Waterfront
    Innovative Stormwater Collection and Treatment Systems
  • Clustering and Open Space Land Use Plans
  • Preservation and Integration of Natural Features
  • Designs with Pervious Paving and Surface Reduction
  • Rain Garden, Bioretention Area, Infiltration Trench,
    Grassed Swale Designs
  • Wetland Protection, Enhancement, and Restoration Design
  • Green Roof Structural, Stormwater, and Planting Design
  • Designs Incorporating Riparian Buffers, Urban Forestry, Native Plants
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENERGY SYSTEMS
The cost of energy and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is rising. As conventional fuel costs rise, so does return on investment from energy efficiency improvements and conversions to alternative energy systems. Cameron Engineering ’s mechanical and electrical engineers provide these services:
  • Energy Auditing and Performance Evaluations
  • Energy Management and Conservation
  • Energy Star Consulting and Design
  • Renewable Power Purchasing Assistance
  • Cogeneration
  • Photovoltaics
  • Geothermal and Heat Pump Systems
  • Energy Grant Applications and Financial Incentive
    Program Administration
  • See All Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Services
    (click here)
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND POLLUTION PREVENTION
Cameron Engineering assists our clients reduce the environmental impact of their products, activities, and services. We can reduce environmental liability exposure and increase operating efficiency by helping with:
  • Mill Pond, Port Washington North
  • Environmentally Preferable Purchasing and Supply Chain Analyses
  • Life Cycle Analysis
  • Community Right-to-Know
  • Air, Soil, and Water Monitoring
WASTE REDUCTION AND REUSE
  • Potable Water Efficiency
    › Residential and Commercial Water Use
    › Reduction and Reuse Systems
    › Process Water Use Reduction
    › Landscape Water Use Reduction
  • Graywater Treatment & Reuse
    › Collection and Treatment System Design
    and Maintenance
    › Reuse System Design
    › Permitting and Agency Reporting
  • Sanitary Wastewater Treatment & Reuse
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  • Stormwater Treatment & Reuse
    (See Low Impact Design)
  • Solid Waste Reduction & Recycling (click here)
  • Soil and Groundwater Contamination Investigations and Remediation
  • Brownfield Redevelopment and Site Restoration
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  • Hazardous Waste Management

 

 

 
Becoming better global citizens by assuming responsibility for environmental and social impacts
 

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