Sustainability
Committed to understanding and working toward eliminating embodied carbon in buildings
We want to incorporate environmentally responsible practices throughout our projects, minimize environmental impact, maximise resource efficiency, and contribute to community well-being with enrironmentally light-handed structural solutions.
Our SE 2050 Commitment
Collaboratively work with stakeholders to shape best practices in promotiong a culture of healthy buildings
We actively engage with evolving tools for embodied carbon reporting, emerging material innovations, and low-carbon design strategies to better understand, and reduce, the environmental impact of the built environment. Through clear analysis and informed advocacy, we help articulate the value of healthier, lower-carbon buildings and the role design teams play in addressing climate change.
Reducing Embodied Carbon
Thoughtful material selection and an understanding of environmental impacts from cradle to gate are integral to our approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. We continue to expand our knowledge, resources, and tools so we can make informed decisions, collaborate with our partners, and contribute to a more sustainable built environment.
Circular Design
Adaptive Reuse
Deconstruction
Reclaimed Materials
Steel
Recycled Steel
Electric Arc Furnace
High Strength Steel
Concrete
Cement replacement
Recycled carbon (CarbonCure)
Aggregate replacement
Wood
Mass Timber
Engineered Lumber
Advanced Framing
Reporting
Contribute to LCA reporting regularly to improve industry knowledge of impact.
Internal LCA benchmarking and tracking with every project.
Advocacy
Support industry sustainability advancement in all communications with stakeholders, clients, and colleagues.
Advocate for sustainable practices in our projects and in our daily lives to normalize sustainable lifestyle and building design.
Education
Firm-wide learning and growth mindset of perpetual learning and sharing knowledge as the industry becomes better equipped to meet the needs of clients and the environment.
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