Greening EPA
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Living Our Mission
EPA implements a range of strategies to reduce the environmental impact of our facilities and operations, from building new, high-performance structures to improving the energy and water conservation of existing buildings.
Greening EPA Sustainability Map
We have buildings in over 40 locations across the country that are committed to promoting the agency’s mission to protect human health and the natural environment by incorporating sustainability wherever possible. Click on the locations highlighted with stars, circles, and diamonds to learn more about the sustainable features at EPA offices and laboratories.
Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center
- Energy savings performance contract for comprehensive energy upgrades
- Ground source heat pump
- Water-efficient fixtures and condensate recovery
National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory
- Energy savings performance contract for comprehensive energy upgrades
- Lighting controls and replacements
- Cooling tower optimization
Laboratory Services and Applied Science Division
- Condensate recovery system
Ecosystem Processes Division Laboratory
- Solar hot water heaters
- Photovoltaic system
- Boiler and lighting replacement
- ENERGY STAR® certified building
- Lighting upgrades
- Native landscaping and sustainable stormwater management
- LEED® BD+C Gold
- ENERGY STAR® certified building
- Green roof
New England Regional Laboratory
- LEED® BD+C Gold
- Variable air volume fume hoods
- Solar window awnings
- Condensate recovery
- Sustainable stormwater management
Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center
- Infrastructure replacement project
- Water-efficient restroom fixtures
- Sustainable stormwater management
- Main Building/Annex 1: Meets Guiding Principles
- LEED® BD+C 2.1/2.2 Gold
- Meets Guiding Principles
- Energy-efficient systems and lighting
- Sustainable stormwater management and landscaping
- Energy-efficient lighting
- Nighttime setbacks for HVAC system
- Nighttime setbacks for HVAC system
- Single-pass cooling reduction
Pacific Ecological Systems Division Laboratory
- Delivered green power
- Roof-mounted photovoltaic array
- LEED® O+M Certified
- ENERGY STAR® certified building
- LEED® BD+C Gold
- ENERGY STAR® certified building
- Energy-efficient features
- Rooftop photovoltaic system
Office of Compliance and Enforcement’s National Enforcement Investigations Center
Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division Laboratory
- Water-efficient restroom fixtures
- Water from Lake Superior
- Sustainable stormwater management
- A solar water-heating system
- Sustainable stormwater management
- Photovoltaic array
- Meets Guiding Principles
- Water-efficient fixtures
- Condensate recovery systems
- Sustainable stormwater management
Region 2 Caribbean Environmental Protection Division
- LEED® ID+C Gold
- Water-efficient restroom fixtures
- Cistern collects rainwater and air handler condensate water for irrigation
Gulf Ecosystem Measurement and Modeling Division Laboratory
- Building 67: LEED® BD+C Silver
Environmental Services Branch Laboratory
- Water-efficient irrigation system
- LEED® BD+C Gold
- Graywater collection and reuse
- LEED® BD+C Gold
- LEED® O+M Platinum
- ENERGY STAR® certified building
- Water-efficient restroom fixtures and landscaping
- Sustainable stormwater management
- Variable air volume fume hoods
- Four photovoltaic panels
National Analytical Radiation Environmental Laboratory
- Solar lighting in parking lot
- Air handler condensate recovery system
Atlantic Coastal Environmental Sciences Division Laboratory
- Infrastructure Replacement Project efficiency upgrades
- Green roof
- 5 kilowatt (kW) photovoltaic array
Pacific Coastal Ecology Branch
- Tanks for stormwater capture
- ENERGY STAR® certified building
- ENERGY STAR® certified building
- Mechanical upgrades
- Combined heat and power
- A-Wing Addition: LEED® BD+C Gold
- A-Wing Addition: ENERGY STAR® certified building
- A-Wing Addition: Meets Guiding Principles
- Rooftop solar photovoltaic system
- Air handler condensate recovery system
- Water-efficient fixtures
- LEED® BD+C Silver
- ENERGY STAR® certified building
- Meets Guiding Principles
- Rooftop photovoltaic system
First Environments Early Learning Center
- LEED BD+C Silver
- Rooftop photovoltaic system
- Porous asphalt parking spaces
- LEED® ID+C Platinum
- LEED O+M Gold
- ENERGY STAR® certified building
- LEED® ID+C Gold
- LEED O+M Gold
- ENERGY STAR® certified building
- ENERGY STAR® certified building
- Sustainable stormwater management