Conserving resources—including water, energy, land, habitat, minerals or materials—is imperative in today’s competitive environment and is the focus of many of our clients’ sustainability initiatives. Our biologists, geologists, engineers and technology specialists work every day with clients looking to make the most of their resources and build for the future.

At GeoEngineers, we believe that, in addition to conservation, sustainability can also mean optimizing existing systems, as with our work maximizing ground source heat pump performance, or returning land to more beneficial use, as in our brownfields initiatives like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Headquarters project. All of these approaches can help make the best use of resources, reduce lifecycle costs and provide long-term benefits to the community.

GeoEngineers’ expertise in earth systems makes us the ideal team to help clients explore these paths to sustainability. Here are just a few examples of how our science and technology expertise has yielded cost-effective, innovative and sustainable solutions for our clients:

• Used our specialized skills to design new marshes and shoreline protection features along the Louisiana Gulf Coast
• Helped a consortium of utility companies, university scientists and a state agency determine where to site a geologic carbon sequestration facility
• Worked with a city municipality to maximize stormwater storage and infiltration using a natural aquifer
• Rejuvenated a contaminated industrial site to enable a new, sustainable commercial development
• Designed an in-stream irrigation diversion that benefits both people and fish
• Helped design the first Living Building in Washington state

We invite you to contact us for more information on sustainable solutions or follow our sustainability discussions on Field Notes, the GeoEngineers blog.