Port of Long Beach Sustainable Design and Construction Guidelines

The Port of Long Beach (Port) has systematically moved forward in developing tools, mechanisms, and decision-making frameworks to further Port sustainability by developing the Port of Long Beach Sustainable Design and Construction Guidelines (Sustainability Guidelines). Developed out of the Port of Long Beach Green Port Policy (Green Port Policy) mandates, the Sustainability Guidelines promote projects that are designed, constructed, and operated utilizing the triple bottom line approach to sustainability: community integrity, environmental stewardship, and economic vitality. The Sustainability Guidelines also emphasize sustainable marine, site, infrastructure, and building-related construction projects, operational procedures, and management processes with the aim of "going beyond" traditional project design. The Port is evaluating the Sustainability Guidelines for their ability to improve the Engineering Bureau's project management processes while contributing to the goals of the Green Port Policy and Port Engineering as a whole. Concurrent to this examination, the implementation of the Sustainability Guidelines brings to light additional benefits to the Port and surrounding community. The Port is testing the Sustainability Guidelines on pilot projects to measure their effectiveness and the level of effort required to implement them.