Green Infrastructure Consulting

LG²ES provides expert consulting services to assist government agencies, individuals, corporations, municipalities, and more in the design and execution of green infrastructure planning and sustainable business operations.  As a comprehensive, multidisciplinary environmental consulting firm passionately committed to its mission and community, LG²ES is uniquely situated to help with:

1. The environmental aspects of specific developments and businesses,
2. All phases- from visioning to public involvement to maintenance activities- of multi-scale green program development and implementation,
3. General and site-specific green building development plans,
4. Green building construction techniques and materials,
5. Political and economic marketing of green infrastructure and low impact developments,
6. Sustainable business environmental management systems that are the framework for operational policies focused on improving health and safety for employees and the environment while decreasing costs,

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE is defined as the ecological framework for social, economic, and environmental health; the interconnected networks of natural areas and other open spaces that conserves natural ecosystem functions and values, sustains clear air and water, and provides a host of benefits to people and wildlife.  Green Infrastructure differs from conventional paradigms to natural resources protection and conservation of land because it approaches conservation together with land development and our built world, or gray infrastructure.  LG²ES is proficient in all aspects of smart planning. 

SUSTAINABILITY is most universally defined as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.  Sustainability is central to the notion of stewardship, or assumption of responsibility for the welfare of our environment, economy, and society.  Stewardship of nature involves everyone, both individually and collectively. 

SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS OPERATIONS focus on maximizing environmental health and safety and employee efficiency benefits while also minimizing costs and liabilities.  Many different industries have profited from LG²ES’ professional assistance.

LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT is a model developers and planners use to create healthy, valuable environments for humans and wildlife alike, while combating the fact that the rate of open space conversion is exceeding population growth in the US. 

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