8555 Santa Monica is designed with numerous environmentally sustainable features:
- renewable energy via extensive rooftop photovoltaic solar panels, offsetting the building’s energy use
- energy-efficient electrical and mechanical systems
- water-saving plumbing systems
- recycled-content materials in the foundation, insulation, landscaping, and building interiors
- materials composed of rapidly renewable and sustainably harvested resources
- drought tolerant plantings
- rainfall capture system