liquiddesign: Liquid Design is Helping Non-Profit Organizations to go Green

For non-profit organizations that are building facilities "green design solutions" are their future. Why? Well, here is how Liquid Design sees it. Non-profits survive on donorships and contributions from individuals and corporations. Each non-profit currently has a finite list of interested parties that believe in their cause / mission and are willing to provide volunteership and financial assistance. If the non-profit goes "green" with their facilities they can effectively open up their organization to a whole new set of individuals and corporations who support the sustainable / green ideals. These new donors might not have overwhelming convictions to support the non-profit's core mission but they will get excited and want to get involved with the non-profit for it's environmental commitment. Thus a major win for not only the environment but also for the future viability of the non-profit.

Two good example of this thought process are the United Family Service campus and the Charlotte Rescue Mission's "Dove's Nest" facility. We are designing both projects with the goal of obtaining LEED Gold for new construction. We are also helping these non-profits utilize our "earth-green design solutions" as a major marketing element to their overall fundraising process. The funds received are now being dedicated for both construction as well as long term operations, now that organizations can show a concerted effort towards minimizing their long term financial exposure, as well as conserving our limited natural resources.