Sustainability

Sustainability is our passion.

We are in this business to improve the environmental, economic, and human health impacts of our clients’ projects and our consulting practice. Our greatest success is to facilitate sustainable outcomes for our clients and communities we serve. Our diverse team includes industry experts with backgrounds in engineering, architecture, urban planning, business strategy, cost estimating, construction management, and ecology. Our expertise ranges from green building certification, technical energy / water engineering and modeling, materials specifications and waste management, planning for healthy interior environments, to sustainable business strategy and facility design/operations guidelines. We deliver effective solutions to our client’s most critical problems through technical expertise, project management, cost mitigation, and strategic project planning.

Sustainability Services

Decarbonization

Reducing carbon emissions and embodied carbon is important to managing global climate change. Our team provides lifecycle analysis and carbon reduction consulting for various building systems to help our clients achieve their carbon reduction goals.

DPR Construction

Nashville, TN

Green Building Certification

Our proven process for green building certification consulting (LEED, WELL, Fitwel, Living Building Challenge, Green Globes, and others) results in expedited certification achievement and reduced costs. We have consulted on 250+ certified green buildings including new construction, existing buildings, commercial interiors, healthcare, government, sports, education, commercial, and multiple building (volume) projects.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) Inventorying and Reporting are important components of understanding a company’s environmental impact. Creating a greenhouse gas inventory sets a baseline for emissions reduction. Determining which emissions categories (Scope 1, 2, 3) are sensible for company to benchmark can be a confusing process. Our professionals assist our clients in creating an inventory of their greenhouse gas emissions and creating a GHG emissions reduction strategy. Our team includes consultants with backgrounds in energy engineering, building science, architecture, environmental science, and construction management. We provide a broad perspective on how to meet our clients GHG goals, and then focus on results-based outcomes to deliver on these goals.

GHG Reporting

Net Zero

To achieve a net zero energy building, Our team utilizes a holistic approach to reducing the energy consumption, starting with the building’s physical location, moving through best practices for architectural and structural design, and highly efficient mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design. The final energy consumption estimate is then offset with a renewable energy system.