ESG + Corporate Sustainability
Biodiversity
Supporting Biodiverse Ecosystems
Development that supports biodiversity preserves or improves the level of diversity in ecosystems during and after the development's completion. Brightworks offers expert services in biodiversity for clients seeking to ensure the ecosystems under their influence flourish for generations to come.
- Action Planning
- Aspects and Impacts Assessment
- Biophilia & Biophilic Design
- Environmental Impact Assessment (Non-NEPA)
- Environmental Impact Study (Non-NEPA)
- Implementation Planning
- Large-Scale Developments / Mega-Developments
- Living Building Challenge & Red List Free Materials
- Living Building Challenge, Zero Carbon, & Core
- Master Planning
- Procurement Standards & Criteria
- Program Implementation
- Program Planning & Design
- Program Road-Mapping
- Resiliency
- TNFD
- UN Global Compact
- UN Sustainable Development Goals
Related Services
Key Contacts
Representative Clients
City of Santa Monica
Pico Branch Library
City of Santa Monica
Pico Branch Library
Santa Monica, CA
Santa Monica's LEED-Platinum-Certified Pico Branch Library boasts water cisterns, a photovoltaic solar array, extensive daylight in interior spaces, and views to the outdoors. The project also won the USGBC LA's 2015 Innovation Award.
Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments
Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Local / Municipal)
Building Types:
Libraries
Meta
Corporate Headquarters
Meta
Corporate Headquarters
Menlo Park, CA
Commissioned by Mark Zuckerberg and designed by Frank Gehry, this new headquarters for Facebook provides an innovative open work environment for employees. The building also features a zoned rooftop landscape offering unmatched views of San Francisco Bay.
Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments
Industry Sectors:
Technology (Non-Bio)
Building Types:
Offices (Headquarters), Large-Scale Developments / Megadevelopments
University of Southern California
30 Year Campus Masterplan
University of Southern California
30 Year Campus Masterplan
Los Angeles, CA
Addressing outdoor environments, land use, transportation, water, energy, building design, waste, recycling, and hazardous materials, Brightworks Sustainability developed sustainability concepts for USC's 30-year master plan, the university's first-ever master plan.
Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments
Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Private Four-Year+)
Building Types:
Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods
Vantage Data Centers
Embodied & Operational Carbon Strategy
Vantage Data Centers
Embodied & Operational Carbon Strategy
Santa Clara, CA
Brightworks supported this data center developer in reducing embodied and operational carbon by first benchmarking their designs, then identifying high-impact measures in a variety of diverse climates to improve ongoing energy performance.
Practices Engaged:
Carbon
Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development, Technology (Non-Bio)
Building Types:
Data Centers
Autodesk
Modular Construction Embodied Carbon
Autodesk
Modular Construction Embodied Carbon
Vallejo, CA
In an effort to drive carbon reduction for a new, modular multi-family housing development, Autodesk engaged Brightworks Sustainability to incorporate carbon considerations into its generative design process. These ranged from carbon sequestration in the landscape to reducing the total embodied carbon in the modular units and site design.
Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Carbon
Industry Sectors:
Building Products & Construction Materials, Manufacturing, Research & Development (R&D)
Building Types:
Multifamily Residential
California State University at Northridge
Hispanic Serving Institution Hub
California State University at Northridge
Hispanic Serving Institution Hub
Northridge, CA
In partnership with California Governor Gavin Newsom and Apple, CSUN is building this new, 35,000-square-foot facility to inspire diverse representation in STEM careers. Spaces in the building include engineering labs, outreach space, and makerspaces.
Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments
Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Public Four-Year+)
Building Types:
Academic Instruction