LEED in Your Landscapes
AME Southwest, Inc. supports customers who are seeking LEED certification of their building(s), and striving to bring their landscaping and exterior grounds maintenance programs into compliance with LEED standards. We understand the Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and the specific standards required for achieving certain levels of sustainability. We also know from experience that more sustainable landscaping practices can produce significant economic benefits to property owners and managers. Our comprehensive LEED partnering includes the following key practices:
  • Design and development of LEED self-sustaining landscapes
  • Retrofitting of existing exterior landscapes to support LEED criteria
  • Water audits and water conservation, quantifiable irrigation systems that save 20% to 30% on water usage
  • trees and shrubs by our certified arborist and horticulturist; and selective use of fertilizers and pesticides
    • Prevention of soil pollution through controlled and limited applications of eco-friendly per-emergent herbicides, post-emergent herbicides, and fertilizers
    • Integrated pest management with the use of less-toxic control methods
  • Minimize soil erosion and storm water run-off into storm drains
  • Use of newer low-emission power equipment
  • Green waste recycling, shrub and tree trimmings are shredded and used as compost
  • Field supervisors and landscape maintenance technicians are trained in eco-friendly landscaping practices
  • Complete management of your landscaping asset to improve the value and appearance of your property, while delivering a cost-effective, eco- friendly landscape maintenance solution

An essential component of LEED in landscaping is that it must be an integrated and collaborative process with a landscaping maintenance provider who is experienced and knowledgeable in sustainable landscaping practices. Green landscaping solutions cannot be maintained by landscape companies who are not experienced in how to minimize environmental impact while maximizing the value of your landscape maintenance investment. The two practices are inseparable.

Eco-Friendly Landscape Design and Maintenance

Not only can AME Southwest, Inc. be your vested LEED partner, we are a green landscaping partner for building owners and managers who are interested in minimizing their property’s impact on the environment. For 35 years, we have initiated and partnered with our customers to include more green initiatives in their landscaping design, installation and maintenance. The desire for your landscape to be more eco-friendly is our mindset, not an after-thought. A more sustainable landscape will not only improve the quality and visual impression of the property, it can cost less to maintain.

Savings can include reduced maintenance labor, reduced consumption of irrigation water, fewer fertilizer, herbicide and pesticide treatments, and overall less cost for landscaping maintenance. More sustainable landscapes are healthier and require less drastic measures to keep them that way. One thing is certain, more sustainable landscapes are becoming the norm rather than the exception.

Your Green Landscaping Partner

AME provides the same core services to manage sustainable, eco-friendly landscapes that we provide to customers who are engaged in LEED certification. The difference is that LEED is structured around quantifiable performance measures that have to be verified and certified in order for the building and landscaped areas to be LEED compliant.

As a green landscape design and maintenance company, we are committed to reducing the impact of commercial landscapes on the environment, especially in the fragile eco-systems of dry southwestern climates. No matter what your property consists of -- high-rise office building, corporate campus, shopping center, HOA or condo community, municipality, industrial center, strip mall, apartment complex…we can be your partner in creating and maintaining a more sustainable “green” landscape maintenance program.