Inside NPA
LEED Certified Projects
We currently have 10 LEED projects that are targeting or have already received certification!
LEED AP
We currently have 10 LEED accredited professionals, with a goal of 100% of our professional staff to be accredited in the near future! Knowledge is power!
Email Signature
As a standard at NPA, all our email signatures include the tag line “please consider the environment before printing this email”.
Our hope is that this is a friendly reminder to THINK before printing!
NO Styrofoam Policy
We discourage the use of Styrofoam (which currently cannot be recycled in our region). We have zero Styrofoam products in our office, and we ask all lunch and learn vendors to bring lunches from companies who do not use Styrofoam. If styrofoam finds its way into our office, we find a way to recycle it.
Green Cleaning Products
We use a green brand of cleaning products from Seventh Generation in our office.
Non toxic and creates cleaner air for the environment in which we work while respecting the earth!
Material Reuse and Recycle
Rather than throwing away unused interior finish samples, we recycle samples either by donating them to collegiate programs—such as Winthrop & Greenville Tech—or by sending samples back to the manufacturer, thanks to their pre-paid postage return labels.
Recycling
We recycle!! We have a recycling service through Evergreen Recycling who recycles our paper, plastics, aluminum, and glass!
We also have a “Sustain” printer solely dedicated to reusing one-sided printed paper. If we have documents that have been previously printed on, we stock them back in our printer and print on the backside! After both sides have been used we recycle them! This reduces 50% of the paper we use!
We also reuse 1 sided printed paper to make handy-dandy notebooks for staff members! Recycling is stylish!
We Ride Our Bikes to Work!
NPA currently has several employees who frequently commute via bike into work! Our office is located within walking distance to the Swamp Rabbit Trail!
For every mile we cycle, we keep 3.6 lbs of automobile pollutants from entering the atmosphere!
Biking is quiet, a huge reduction of noise pollution.
Bicycles are 100 percent non-polluting!!
Cindy Benjamin Promoted To Partner
Cindy Benjamin, AIA, LEED AP, architect at Neal Prince Architects since 2005, has been promoted to partner. Cindy has distinguished herself as a valued member of the Neal Prince family by providing key leadership in the direction and management of the firm. She has proven herself to be a strong project manager for many high profile projects, including Internal Medicine Associates (IMA) and Converse College’s Senior Student Housing.
About Cindy Benjamin:
Promoted to associate in 2007 and recognized as Young Professional of the Year by the Greenville Chamber 2009, Cindy Benjamin, age 34, has established herself as a star both in her chosen profession and community involvement. She led her Leadership Greenville Class 33 project, served on the Leadership Development Board of Regents, the board of Safe Harbor and on the executive committees of the Greenville Professional Women’s Forum and the American Institute of Architects Greenville chapter.
Matt Tindall Achieves Professional License
Neal Prince Architects is proud to announce that Matt Tindall, AIA, has achieved his Architectural Professional License. Matt received his Master’s of Architecture from Clemson University and has been working at NPA for the past three years.
At NPA, Matt serves in our Residential Architecture department. Perhaps his most significant project to date, Matt just finished with the Bishop Residence, a 10,000-sq. ft. home at The Reserve at Lake Keowee. “The site has a 300-degree view of the lake,” he says of the project. “You can enjoy a view of the water out of just about every window throughout the house.”
From everyone here at NPA, congrats, Matt!