Slifer Designs aspires to be environmentally conscious and utilize sustainable design principles in all aspects of its practice. We adhere to the U.S. Green Building Council’s philosophy of “working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable, and healthy places to live and work.”

Independent of departmental divisions within the firm, Slifer Designs has an active “Green Team” that meets regularly to discuss sustainable design, products, and solutions, producing in-house documents that address varying design issues and alternatives and their implementation. The Green Team has also created a database of sustainable products that is maintained on its intranet, and new products are introduced to the entire firm on a monthly basis.

Within the community, Slifer Designs continues to co-host monthly Green Building Group meetings open to the public. Slifer Designs is the proud sponsor of the recycling program at the Vail Post Office, which subsequently has grown to a pilot program throughout the State of Colorado and is projected for expansion to the national level. Slifer Designs was an active participant at the EnvironDesign 6 conference in Seattle, WA in 2002 and EnvironDesign 7 in Washington, D.C. in 2003. We continue to attend many local conferences and seminars to expand our knowledge of sustainable design principles.