Sustainability Initiatives
For nearly a decade, EOP Architects has been a leader in sustainable design. Firm principal, Richard Polk, has been a LEED Accredited professional since 2002 and served as a founding member of the Kentucky Chapter of the US Green Building Council.
In 2004, Berea College's Lincoln Hall, a renovation project designed by EOP, became the first LEED certified building in Kentucky.
Since EOP's involvement with the Lincoln Hall project, the firm has gone on to become one of the leading advocates and stewards of sustainable design within the state and region. The following are highlighes of the firm's accomplishments:
- Currently, more than three-quarters of EOP's staff are LEED Accredited Professionals;
- EOP is repeatedly requested to present at various sustainability conferences for such organizations and institutions as USGBC, AIA, University of Kentucky School of Architecture, IFMA, etc.;
- EOP provided architectural services on 6 SPiRiT Certified (US Army and Corps of Engineers' equivalent to LEED) buildings for the Department of Military Affairs and the Commonwealth of Kentucky at the Wendell Ford Center in Greenville, Kentucky;
- EOP designed the renovation of Berea College's Boone Tavern, which was recently granted LEED Gold certification; this facility is the first LEED certified hotel in Kentucky.