Case Studies

A shared understanding of protocols, procedures, and terminology helped The George Washington University develop a collaborative and decisive crisis response program.

How Cadmus led the first-ever statewide airport sustainability management plan, helping Virginia airports lower operating costs, engage with airport stakeholders, manage their environmental footprint, and optimize their use of resources.

How Cadmus helped RESNET develop energy code changes that benefit builders, officials, consumers, the market, and the environment

How Cadmus helps provide the White House and Congress with an assessment of the nation’s preparedness for natural and human-caused disasters

Cadmus’ groundbreaking multi-stakeholder drought exercise helps participants understand actions communities can take to advance sustainability and enhance resilience.

The Sponsors of Mass Save used Cadmus’ social listening analysis to inform and strengthen pre-existing marketing and messaging strategies for

Mass Save online promotions increased e-commerce sales by 95 percent, resulting in a 196 percent increase in program energy savings.

Transforming a Low-Income Community into a LEED-Gold Lifestyle

New empirical evidence from a Cadmus study shows commercial refrigeration measures could be the new low-hanging fruit.

A Cadmus study helped two Indiana utilities discover how smart thermostats save their customers money and energy

How Cadmus helped a leading green city research the impact of innovative sustainable technologies

Cadmus applies industry expertise and 30 years in energy-efficiency program evaluation to provide guidance to California’s investor-owned utility financing programs.

Cadmus’ research showed how Western Vermont’s H.E.A.T. Squad Program increased home energy retrofit uptake by 46 percent in Rutland County, Vermont.

When industry needed regulatory guidance on a new technology, Cadmus helped EPA develop a rule in record time

Cadmus’ innovative grassroots outreach approach helped National Grid drive energy-efficiency program awareness.

Providing actionable recommendations through social media analytics to EPA’s ENERGY STAR® program

How Cadmus created and sustained a dynamic platform for health education programs to share, learn, and connect

How Cadmus helped EPA develop a campaign that empowered communities to reduce the harmful impact of asthma

How the brand synonymous with energy efficiency entrusts Cadmus with maintaining its integrity and consistency

How Cadmus provides essential research and communications support to help a unique industry ensure consumers have access to safe drinking water

How Cadmus helped EPA bring energy savings to life for more than three million Americans

Cadmus' recommissioning support helped a large Las Vegas resort save an estimated $274,000 in annual energy costs and retain a 35 percent tax

How Cadmus helped the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Institute for Water Resources plan for climate change The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (the

Cadmus’ award-winning social media approach helped the Sponsors of Mass Save transform how utilities promote energy efficiency.

How Cadmus used video to help the Water Research Foundation make best practices training more compelling.

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) that supports state and local governments in the design, construction, and maintenance of the nation’s highway system and highways on various federal and tribal lands.

How Cadmus is helping FHWA promote an ongoing exchange of ideas and drive momentum for wider implementation of context sensitive solutions in the

The Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) is an applied research program that develops near-term practical solutions to problems faced by airport operators and their stakeholders. The program is managed by the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies and sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). ACRP undertakes research and other technical activities across a diverse set of industry disciplines, including airport design, construction, maintenance, operations, safety, security, policy, planning, human resources, and administration.

How Cadmus is helping to increase airport practitioners’ awareness of industry research and resources.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Global Change Impacts and Adaptation program, the Office of Research and Development (ORD) Global Change Research Program, evaluates the vulnerability of EPA's air, water, ecosystem, and human health protection efforts to climate change and other global change stressors at the federal to municipal levels. The program also researches and develops adaptation options to build resilience to these stressors.

How Cadmus helped a leading environmental organization break down barriers in a Wisconsin stream network.

How Cadmus helped a California real estate owner become the state’s largest owner of LEED-certified properties.

Cadmus was retained by the U.S. EPA to provide support to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in the development of TMDLs for impaired

Over the past decade, ambient monitoring of coastal waters of the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) has shown episodic violations of water quality standards for bacteria, which pose a threat to the health of the island’s permanent residents and create the potential for loss of tourism dollars. Additionally, many of these coastal waters contain rare and sensitive ecosystems such as coral reefs and mangrove forests. While previous efforts to identify the causes of bacteria impairments have pointed to a variety of sources, further investigation was needed to better understand sources of bacteria pollution and implications for watershed management.

Cadmus provides support to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and individual states on the use of recovery potential screening (RPS) methods to compare the relative restorability of watersheds with water quality concerns. The evaluations rely on a systematic method for comparing the ecological, stressor, and social factors that affect water quality across thousands of watersheds.

Cadmus conducts TMDL effectiveness monitoring and assessment for the U.S. EPA in locations throughout the United States.

Cadmus was retained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to conduct an assessment of the hydrologic and ecological health of representative streams and rivers in New Mexico, including an evaluation of hydrologic alteration using continuous streamflow records.

As part of Cadmus’ support to the Initiative, we provided extensive research and writing in support of the development of EPA’s Identifying and Protecting Healthy Watersheds technical document, which provides an assessment methodology, tools, and information necessary to identify, evaluate, protect, and manage undisturbed aquatic ecosystems that may be vulnerable to human impacts. Furthermore, Cadmus created design, layout, and figures for the final document.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched the Healthy Watersheds Initiative to:
Protect and maintain watersheds with natural, intact aquatic ecosystems.
Prevent them from becoming impaired.
Accelerate restoration successes.

Cadmus is working to develop and implement a cutting-edge solution to meet high performance green building goals for GSA buildings. Cadmus’ approach

Cadmus has provided the Clarement Colleges with high performance building support, including LEED certification and energy audits/sustainability

At $8.5 billion, CityCenter is the largest privately owned and financed construction project in the history of the United States. With over 17 million square feet on 67 acres of the Las Vegas strip, the mixed-use project encompasses hotels, residences, casino, retail, dining, and an on-site cogeneration plant. CityCenter opened to the public in December 2009 and is one of the world’s largest environmentally sustainable urban communities.

The World Trade Center® Denver, a 792,000-square-foot, two-tower property managed by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), wanted a way to stand out in the downtown Denver real estate market by demonstrating its commitment to environmental sustainability, energy efficiency, and the health and well-being of all occupants.

Cadmus provided LEED consulting and documentation support, along with energy consulting and documentation services and commissioning services, to make

For over a decade, Cadmus has been the prime contractor to provide communications support for EPA’s ENERGY STAR® program—a notable example of a

Pleasant Bay is an estuarine system located on Cape Cod in the towns of Orleans, Chatham, Harwich and Brewster, Massachusetts. The Pleasant Bay Alliance was formed in 1998 to oversee the implementation of a resource management program developed by the four towns, which includes a bay-wide water quality monitoring program.