Practicing the Principles
of Sustainability

With the careful management of natural resources becoming an increasingly important priority, PBS&J assists clients in projects that incorporate features and processes that are environmentally responsible and promote sustainability.

From full-scale communities to individual buildings, our plans and designs aesthetically and functionally blend human and natural elements, while promoting resource conservation and cost-efficiency.

We revitalize downtowns and offer specialized expertise in brownfield redevelopment. Our technical expertise helps our clients preserve their cultural past through surveys and assessments, historic restoration and renovation, grant application preparation, and thoughtful planning that integrates historic sites with contemporary needs.

PBS&J-designed pedestrian and bike paths and mass transit centers are encouraging more healthy lifestyles and energy conservation. Our landscape designs are allowing communities and property owners to minimize the need for irrigation, pesticides, and herbicides. And with certified Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) specialists on staff, PBS&J can assist clients in meeting national sustainable design standards for their buildings and structures.

We are helping to conserve valuable drinking water supplies through integrated water resource plans that include the use of reclaimed water, aquifer storage and recovery, and other technologies, as well as public awareness campaigns. We are turning saltwater into drinkable water and polluted runoff into safe discharges. We support our clients’ air quality monitoring programs, and we are helping to restore ecological systems that provide vital habitat for native wildlife and protection to communities from natural disasters.

We offer a long history in providing integrated solid waste management solutions that encompass everything from landfill design and operations to waste reduction techniques, such as recycling, composting, and landfill mining. Today we are also helping to convert landfill gas into usable energy and turning landfills into bioreactors that reduce environmental impacts and extend the lives of landfills.

Through the application of bioengineering techniques, we are helping urban communities in addressing their flood control needs while still preserving the beauty and functionality of existing riparian corridors. Concurrently, we are working to improve and protect the overall quality of watersheds through monitoring, the setting of total maximum daily loads for pollutants, and best management practices.