How are we meeting the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations?
Sustainable design and planning is an ever-evolving practice, informed by new understandings of climate, conservation and resource management.
We partner with our clients, other professionals, and stakeholders to deliver a response that balances a project’s needs with that of the planet.
Impact Consulting + Applied Sustainability
Our ideas help our clients tackle emerging issues around zero carbon futures; biodiversity and biophilic design imperatives; human experience and comfort within the building environment. We manage projects to deliver our clients commitments, goals, and regulatory obligations within tight budgets and timeframes. Our team brings experience in architecture, engineering, building physics and regenerative design to a collaborative approach across a project.
Applied Sustainability Consulting:
- Carbon modelling and reduction studies
- Daylighting design and analysis
- Urban microclimate studies
- Post-occupancy evaluations
- Sustainability planning and management
- Building envelope optimization
Impact Assessment Services:
- Sustainability Design Excellence Roadmap
- Green building certification consulting
- Climate risk, resilience and passive design consulting
- Healthy materials consulting
Projects – In Progress:
LAX Midfield Satellite Concourse South
Embodied Carbon Modelling, Facade Optimization
Los Angeles
New Women’s and Children’s Hospital
ESG Strategy
Adelaide
MC2
Sustainability Design
Dubai
83 Pirie Street
Consulting
Adelaide
222 Bondi Road
Sustainability Strategy
Sydney
Austin Masterplan
Sustainability Strategy
Austin
AD-APT: Into the Deep
Carbon Modelling & Reduction Strategy
Global
Spotlight on Offsite Construction and Relocation
LAX MSC South
MSC South will further reduce LAX’s reliance on remote gates and provide an enhanced guest experience through ready access to concessions, services, and lounge areas at the new MSC North and TBIT.
LAX’s MSC South Concourse features first-of-its-kind innovation with Offsite Construction and Relocation, a technique that enables flexible future usability. The concourse’s structure is grounded in sustainable practices and designed for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification.
Capabilities
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Adaptive Reuse
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Renewable Energy Systems
Led by international practitioner, lecturer and thought leader, Russell Fortmeyer, our global team are continually exploring research and emerging studies that will impact the future of our lives in cities:
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AD-APT: Into the Deep
The process of weighing the question of what to do with these empty buildings against our need to respond to our expanding spatial needs more sustainably has yielded a common answer: Adaptive reuse. More specifically, that the oversupply of outdated commercial space and undersupply of housing can be easily balanced out by converting the former […]
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‘Modern Methods of Construction’ are over nineteen-hundred years old
… and they continue to propel train stations towards a better tomorrow. What would a Roman soldier in A.D 43, a builder during Japan’s 1603-1867 Edo period, and a designer taking on todays’ world housing crisis have in common? Modern Methods of Construction. Whether used to assemble a fort on the grassy fields of Britain […]
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LA on Fire
“We will need people who can support us when we are most vulnerable, but for design, I think we will need to take an honest look at the adaptability of our buildings and urban spaces to shoulder these kinds of citywide events as they become more common.”
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Soiled Again
By Russell Fortmeyer, Global Sustainability Leader, Woods Bagot In the world of architectural design competitions, there are a few chestnuts that come up time and again. Green roofs are probably my favorite, as they seem to make up for a lot of sins or, in reality, they sort of paper over the technical corners you […]
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Extreme Makeovers
Younghusband will be Melbourne’s largest carbon-neutral adaptive reuse precinct, reimagining and revitalising one of the city’s largest heritage sites, creating a connected and sustainable destination for work and play. Continue reading at linkedin.com/pulse/extreme-makeovers-woods-bagot/
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Another Earth Day Social Media Post? Not So Much…
While you may have already seen coverage marking the annual festivities for April 22, I propose we flip Earth Day. Instead of trumpeting the myriad examples of how we saved energy on this building or achieved net zero carbon on that one, could we perhaps own up to our consumptive habits in architecture? Is it […]
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