Our Work

3D Holdings

TimberView Affordable Housing

Portland, OR

This eight-story multi-family affordable housing development provides Northeast Portland with 112 much-needed units and a 3,000-square-foot commercial area. Special energy measures will secure incentive funding from the Portland Clean Energy Fund.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Energy

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Multifamily Residential, Affordable Housing

ABB

North American GreenCRREM Assessments

Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Michican, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia

ABB is a global leader in industrial technology. Across 17 states, Brightworks conducted sustainability assessments on more than 50 buildings in ABB’s North American portfolio, including manufacturing, office, and warehousing facilities. An extensive report providing a baseline assessment for each site helped ABB prioritize energy efficiency measures, budget for carbon reduction efforts, and calculate ROI as part of its GreenCRREM program.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Carbon, Energy

Industry Sectors:
Manufacturing, Technology (Non-Bio)

Building Types:
Manufacturing, Real Estate Portfolios, Offices (Core & Shell + Interiors)

Abt Global

Office WELL Health-Safety Rating

Atlanta, GA; Cambridge, MA; Durham, NC; Rockville, MD

To help Abt Associates implement COVID-19 prevention measures, Brightworks managed a WELL Health-Safety Rating program for offices in Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, and North Carolina in order to minimize the potential for infectious disease outbreaks.

Practices Engaged:
Healthier Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Professional Services, Research & Development (R&D)

Building Types:
Offices (Interiors)

Salesforce

Case Study

This letter to the industry highlights the urgent need to address embodied carbon in MEP/IT/AV systems. While operational emissions have seen progress, this embodied carbon remains a challenge. This article reveals insights to guide the industry toward a 50% reduction by 2030 to stay on track for meeting net-zero carbon targets for 2050.

Practices Engaged:
ESG + Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Built Environments, Carbon, Materials

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development, Real Estate Management, Operations & Maintenance

Building Types:
Offices (Interiors)

Ashland School District

School Bond Climate Action Plan

Ashland, OR

For this bond-funded facilities program, Brightworks designed project-specific energy efficiency and sustainability measures to align with the City of Ashland’s Climate and Energy Action Plan (CEAP). The project took advantage of Energy Trust of Oregon and City of Ashland incentives for building energy analysis and natural gas energy savings. Additionally, the City of Ashland water department provided incentives for low-flow plumbing fixtures and irrigation systems upgrades.

Practices Engaged:
Government Sector Sustainability, Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
K-12 Education

Building Types:
Real Estate Portfolios, K-12 Schools

Autodesk

Modular Construction Embodied Carbon

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

Benton County

Office Renovation

Corvallis, OR

The remodel of this office building allowed Oregon’s Benton County to consolidate departments and demonstrate its commitment to health and wellness. Brightworks worked with the county to refine the project’s sustainability goals and achieve LEED Gold certification and Fitwel 1 Star rating.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Healthier Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Local / Municipal)

Building Types:
Offices (Interiors)

Bonneville Power Administration

Kalispell O&M District Headquarters

Kalispell, MT

Brightworks’ energy analysis for expansions to this BPA facility will enable it to achieve targeted energy performance 60% below ASHRAE 90.1 2004.

Practices Engaged:
Energy

Industry Sectors:
Energy, Government & Public Service (Federal), Infrastructure

Building Types:
Offices (Headquarters), Maintenance & Operations Facilities

Bonneville Power Administration

Ross Fleet Services Building

Vacnouver, WA

The Bonneville Power Administration’s new fleet services building targeted advanced energy reductions for their vehicle maintenance and support spaces. Brightworks managed the team’s successful LEED Version 4 Gold certification program. (Image: Hennebery Eddy Architects, henneberyeddy.com)

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Energy, Government & Public Service (Federal), Infrastructure

Building Types:
Maintenance & Operations Facilities

BRIDGE Housing

RiverPlace Parcel 3

Portland, OR

This two-building mixed-use LEED Gold development provides over 200 affordable units in Portland, Oregon’s amenity-rich South Waterfront neighborhood. In addition to providing available housing to low-income families, the developers wanted to ensure that the project was completed sustainably and that the buildings’ ongoing operations were environmentally responsible.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Healthcare & Social Services, Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Multifamily Residential, Affordable Housing

Brookfield Properties

Cumberland Mall Multifamily Development

Atlanta, GA

For this five-story, 327-unit residential development, Brightworks deployed new Brookfield sustainability standards and helped the project team uncover strategies to maximize sustainability and achieve LEED and Fitwel credits. Biophilic design was employed to promote occupant wellness, with special attention paid to the calming effect of natural materials.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development, Real Estate Management, Operations & Maintenance

Building Types:
Multifamily Residential, Malls & Shopping Centers

Brookfield Properties

Lilia Waikiki Apartments

Honolulu, HI

This apartment tower is the first Fitwel certified building in Hawaii, bringing public health strategies to over 400 new apartment homes. Brightworks managed the Fitwel program and provided commissioning to improve energy efficiency. (Image: CoStar)

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Multifamily Residential

Brookfield Properties

Multifamily Decarbonization Program

California, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington

After completing a Brighworks-led firm-wide master decarbonization strategy, Brookfield tapped Brightworks for research, recommendations, and implementation of sustainability reporting for a portfolio of multifamily properties.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Carbon

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development, Real Estate Management, Operations & Maintenance

Building Types:
Real Estate Portfolios, Multifamily Residential

Brown University

Healthier Materials Program

Providence, RI

As part of its Strategic Sustainability Plan, Brown University retained Brightworks to develop a scalable healthy materials program for campus building projects. In addition to developing Brown’s materials program, Brightworks is implementing the program on three new building projects across the campus.

Practices Engaged:
Healthier Built Environments, Materials

Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Private Four-Year+)

Building Types:
Academic Instruction, Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods, Student Life, Student Housing

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

California Institute of Technology, Caltech

Gates Thomas Engineering Laboratory

Pasadena, CA

Caltech’s $15-million renovation of its Gates Thomas Laboratory building included extensive work on every floor and the addition of an 88-seat auditorium. Sustainable features of the new Gates Thomas Laboratory include an aggressively energy-efficient design and energy system and the production of considerable renewable energy on-site.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Energy

Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Private Four-Year+)

Building Types:
Academic Instruction, Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods, Laboratories

CitizenM

Union Square Hotel

San Francisco, CA

One of multiple projects Brightworks has supported for Netherlands-based CitizenM, this hotel property in downtown San Francisco offers 200 rooms across 12 floors in a boutique hospitality experience. Extensive ground-up work included ground-floor retail, lobby, accessory meeting rooms, a restaurant/bar, fitness area, and other guest amenity lounge space.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Hospitality

Building Types:
Hotels

City of Beaverton

GRI Reporting Program

Beaverton, OR

Brightworks facilitated the city of Beaverton, Oregon, in preparing C-level sustainability reporting under the Global Reporting Initiative, or GRI, helping the City become the first-ever municipality to report under GRI G4.

Practices Engaged:
ESG + Corporate Sustainability, Government Sector Sustainability

Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Local / Municipal)

City of Bend

Public Works Campus

Bend, OR

The City of Bend, Oregon has engaged Brightworks to develop a sustainability program for their new public works department campus. The new campus is bringing together five currently dispersed departments into one cohesive campus on a 35.5-acre parcel in an area known as Juniper Ridge. With regenerative planning and design guiding the project, the city will be able to provide services to the community with increased efficiency including a high standard of energy efficiency and energy generation in a way that carefully considers and preserves the Central Oregon landscape.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Local / Municipal)

Building Types:
Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods, Maintenance & Operations Facilities

City of Ketchum

Fire Station 1

Ketchum, ID

The City of Ketchum’s newly-constructed fire station includes a decontamination room, workshop space, locker rooms, offices, meeting spaces, and a vehicular bay for fire trucks and other vehicles. In addition to LEED Silver certification, the project is on track to achieve net zero energy by 2030.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Local / Municipal)

Building Types:
Public Safety & Emergency Services

City of Portland

Portland Building Reconstruction

Portland, OR

Architectural historians consider the Portland Building to be the first Post-Modern building in the world. After years of inefficient operations and unhealthy interior conditions, Brightworks helped the City of Portland transform the historic Portland Building into a LEED- and WELL-certified showpiece. Considered a “reconstruction,” this project preserved the iconic exterior design while transforming the indoor experience into a light, open, welcoming, biophilic, energy-efficient, collaborative workplace.

Practices Engaged:
Healthier Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Local / Municipal)

Building Types:
City Halls & Civic Centers, Offices (Core & Shell + Interiors)

City of Sammamish

Climate Action Plan

Sammamish, WA

Brightworks is developing the City of Sammamish’s greenhouse gas baseline and Climate Action Plan (CAP) in alignment with best practices, King County, Washington state, and partner cities. The plan includes recommended actions by city government and community members alike.

Practices Engaged:
Government Sector Sustainability

Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Local / Municipal)

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

City of Seattle

Fire Station 32

Seattle, WA

Rainwater capture, solar hot water, high efficiency fixtures, and solar-readiness helped this new, 17,000-square-foot replacement fire station in West Seattle reach its ambitious LEED Platinum certification target.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Local / Municipal)

Building Types:
Public Safety & Emergency Services

City of Tigard

Municipal Operations Sustainability Plan

Tigard, OR

The City of Tigard strives to blend the amenities of a modern city with the friendliness and community spirit of a small town. When increasing its emphasis on resource conservation, it retained Brightworks to develop a sustainability action plan for its corporate operations, including measurable goals, to guide its future sustainable operations program.

Practices Engaged:
Government Sector Sustainability

Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Local / Municipal)

Confidential Client

Global Carbon Emissions Reporting

Chicago, IL

This confidential financial services client enlisted Brightworks to perform comprehensive carbon emissions calculations for mandatory UK SECR, and voluntary Scope 1, 2, and 3 reporting. The reporting scope included 45 offices and nearly 40 colocation data centers across ten countries, as well as such scope 3 categories such as air and vehicle travel. Brightworks has continued to work as a close partner with the firm, assessing carbon commitments, the regulatory landscape, renewable energy options, and detailed emissions reduction recommendations for three consecutive years.

Practices Engaged:
ESG + Corporate Sustainability

Industry Sectors:
Banking, Insurance & Financial Services (Ex REITs)

Confidential Client

Interior Material Assessments

Confidential

This major retailer outfits its spaces with custom, in-store furniture to conjure feelings of coziness and comfort. Though already successful in reducing its carbon, water, and waste footprint, it wanted to go further, retaining Brightworks to provide advanced assessments of potential store materials for health, embodied carbon, and circularity performance.

Practices Engaged:
Materials

Industry Sectors:
Food Service (Grocery & Restaurants), Retail

Building Types:
Restaurants, Retail

Confidential Client

Materials Collective Purchasing Research

Confidential

This technology giant hired Brightworks to provide insight into the complex challenge of reducing carbon emissions in building material procurement by engaging stakeholders in a variety of disciplines in the design and construction industry.

Practices Engaged:
Materials

Industry Sectors:
Building Products & Construction Materials, Technology (Non-Bio)

Confidential Client

Modular Construction Consulting

Confidential

In an effort to drive carbon reduction for a new, modular multi-family housing development, this confidential client engaged Brightworks 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:
Carbon

Industry Sectors:
Building Products & Construction Materials, Construction & General Contracting, Manufacturing

Building Types:
Multifamily Residential

Confidential Client

New Corporate Headquarters

Sunnyvale, CA

For this client, Brightworks managed the LEED Gold certification of its four-building headquarters campus, including offices, an amenities building, and site improvements. Brightworks recommended a group certification for the three office buildings and an individual certification for the amenities building.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Technology (Non-Bio)

Building Types:
Offices (Headquarters)

Confidential Client

Confidential Resort

Boca Raton, FL

This confidential client retained Brightworks to conduct a sustainability assessment for future development and ongoing operations at a renowned Florida hotel. A pilot project, the assessment was designed for applicability to other projects within the client’s portfolio.

Practices Engaged:
ESG + Corporate Sustainability

Industry Sectors:
Hospitality

Building Types:
Conference & Event Venues, Hotels

Confidential Client

SoMa Mixed-Use Development

San Francisco, CA

This is one of San Francisco’s largest development projects, bringing 688 residential units and 807,600 square feet of new and renovated office space to downtown San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood. Marrying old and new, the development delivers an arts and culture balance of retail, residential, and office space that brings people together in a vibrant new city center. After assessing multiple sustainability frameworks for this 800,000-square-foot development, Brightworks supported this developer in achieving one of the first Fitwel Community certifications.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Healthier Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Multifamily Residential, Offices (Core & Shell), Large-Scale Developments / Megadevelopments

Confidential Client

Strategic Sustainability Planning

Northeast US, Southeast US

Operating from several locations in the northeastern United States, a confidential architecture firm engaged Brightworks to provide sustainability strategic planning services to help it bring structure and intent to its sustainability program. The phased approach resulted in a comprehensive sustainability roadmap for embedding sustainability in client development, service delivery, employee engagement, and corporate operations.

Practices Engaged:
ESG + Corporate Sustainability

Industry Sectors:
Professional Services

Confidential Client

Urban Office Development

San Francisco, CA

For this 640,000-square-foot office building, Brightworks Sustainability managed the LEED and WELL certification programs, while also providing CALGreen code compliance support for new building tenants.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Healthier Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Offices (Core & Shell)

County of Los Angeles

Hall of Justice Renovation

Los Angeles, CA

Originally built in 1925, this spectacular building received a complete renovation at the start of the twenty-first century to restore its original civic grandeur. The renovation received LEED Gold certification and multiple awards for its sustainable renovation process focused on preserving and reusing its marble- and granite-clad structure.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Local / Municipal)

Building Types:
Courthouses & Justice Centers

East West Partners

Founders Place Condominiums

Park City, UT

A leading mountain resort developer, East West Partners is bringing the Founders Place Condominiums to Utah’s gated Deer Crest neighborhood. For this three-phase project, Brightworks is providing LEED Homes and Fitwel program management, as well as energy rater, energy commissioning, and energy modeling services.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Multifamily Residential

Edlen & Company

The Warren Apartments

Spokane, WA

This new apartment building in downtown Spokane, Washington, features biophilic design that recalls the surrounding natural environment; regionally-sourced and low-VOC materials; and a comprehensive rainwater management system featuring local vegetation supporting pollinator species.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Multifamily Residential

Edlen & Company

Washougal Apartments

Washougal, WA

After working with the development team to set sustainability goals for this mid-rise, mixed-use 46-unit apartment building, Brightworks was selected to manage a LEED for Homes certification program and provide energy modeling, energy rating, and commissioning.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Multifamily Residential

Four Corners Properties

1540 El Camino Real

Menlo Park, CA

The residential development within this two-building, mixed-use campus aspired to comply with Menlo Park’s green building requirements, including CALGreen mandatory measures, and achieved LEED Silver certification under LEED Core & Shell.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Offices (Core & Shell)

Gerding Edlen

5 MLK Apartments

Portland, OR

This biophilically-designed tower achieved LEED Gold and Fitwel 1 Star certification while also featuring a resiliency program. The building offers 100,000 square feet of offices on lower floors and 220 residential units with landscaped terraces above.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Healthier Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Multifamily Residential

Gerding Edlen

Boston Wharf Tower Apartments

Boston, MA

Blending historic architecture and 21st-century design, this 202-unit tower infuses new residential life into Boston’s emerging Innovation District. A 20th-floor roof deck and fitness center gives panoramic views of Boston’s seaport and skyline.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Multifamily Residential

Gerding Edlen

Fenway Center Apartments

Boston, MA

These two residential buildings bring 300 units in 1.3 million square feet to Boston’s Fenway Center complex. Located adjacent to the historic Fenway Park, the complex is a transit-oriented smart growth development that sits directly atop to a newly improved commuter rail station and one block from the MBTA Green Line.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Multifamily Residential, Large-Scale Developments / Megadevelopments

Gerding Edlen

GRESB Reporting Services

US National

Brightworks supported this long-time client’s submission to the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmarking (GRESB) program to enhance shareholder value by evaluating and improving its sustainability program against global best practices.

Practices Engaged:
ESG + Corporate Sustainability

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Real Estate Portfolios

Gerding Edlen

The Brewery Blocks

Portland, OR

A ULI Global Award for Excellence winner, Portland’s Brewery Blocks development includes a district energy system, the first LEED Gold certified condominium development in the world, and the first LEED Gold apartment building in the Pacific Northwest.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development, Real Estate Management, Operations & Maintenance

Building Types:
Multifamily Residential, Offices (Core & Shell), Large-Scale Developments / Megadevelopments

Gerding Edlen

The Eddy Apartments

Boston, MA

This LEED Gold certified apartment tower was a major development in the renaissance of East Boston’s waterfront. Its resiliency program was featured in the Urban Land Institute’s study, “Returns on Resilience: The Business Case.”

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Multifamily Residential

Gerding Edlen

Xavier Apartments

Chicago, IL

Land that was once part of the notorious Cabrini-Green public housing complex now accommodates a LEED Gold certified, 18-story tower in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood. The 240 rental homes include affordable units and 5,500 square feet of retail space.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Multifamily Residential, Affordable Housing

Harvard University

Business School Materials Consulting

Boston, MA

A partnership between Harvard University’ Office for Sustainability, Chan School of Public Health, Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and medical school, Harvard’s Harvard Healthier Building Academy (HHBA) specifies healthier products required on all new campus construction and major renovation projects. Brightworks supports the HHBA with program development and implementation, including its integration into Harvard Business School design, construction, and facilities standards.

Practices Engaged:
Healthier Built Environments, Materials

Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Private Four-Year+)

Building Types:
Academic Instruction, Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods

Harvard University

Business School Chase & McCulloch Halls

MA

For the major renovations of two Harvard Business School residence halls, Brightworks is guiding the team to achievement of the Beauty & Biophilic Design imperative of Living Building Challenge (LBC) Core certification, facilitating biophilic design workshop developing the biophilic design plan. Brightworks is also providing materials research and support for the projects to comply with the requirements of the Harvard Healthier Building Academy (HHBA).

Practices Engaged:
Healthier Built Environments, Materials

Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Private Four-Year+)

Building Types:
Student Housing

Harvard University

Business School Dillon House Renovation

Boston, MA

Harvard Business School’s Dillon House houses administrative space for MBA Admissions staff. A major interior renovation to Dillon House is pursuing Living Building Challenge (LBC) Core Certification, for which Harvard has engaged Brightworks to support achievement of LBC CORE certification and compliance with the material goals requirements of the Harvard Healthier Building Academy.

Practices Engaged:
Healthier Built Environments, Materials

Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Private Four-Year+), Residential

Building Types:
Offices (Interiors)

Harvard University

Eliot & Kirkland Houses Renovations

Cambridge, MA

Brightworks is providing comprehensive Living Building Challenge (LBC) Core certification management services for the major renovations of two student residences on the Harvard University campus.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Private Four-Year+)

Building Types:
Student Housing

Harvard University

Healthier Materials Program

Cambridge, MA

As part of its extensive work with Harvard’s Office for Sustainability, Brightworks supported the Harvard Healthier Building Academy (HHBA) in conducting material research, developing a campus-wide healthier materials program, and establishing material requirements for Harvard buildings. (Image: Kris Snibbe/Harvard University)

Practices Engaged:
Materials

Industry Sectors:
Building Products & Construction Materials, Higher Education (Private Four-Year+)

Building Types:
Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods

Harvard University

Prtizker Building Materials Consulting

Cambridge, MA

Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) is developing a new economics building, to comprise 105,000 gross square feet of offices, collaborative project space, active common areas, and research, teaching, and meeting spaces. Brightworks is providing materials consulting in support of project compliance with the requirements of the Harvard Healthier Building Academy (HHBA).

Practices Engaged:
Healthier Built Environments, Materials

Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Private Four-Year+)

Building Types:
Academic Instruction

Harvard-Westlake School

Sustainability Program Development

Los Angeles, CA (Middle School) & Studio City, CA (Upper School)

As part of the development of an institutional sustainable operations plan, the Harvard-Westlake School retained Brightworks to provide research and alternative solutions for addressing it’s impacts in the areas of waste management, reusable foodware, drinking water availability, and energy performance.

Practices Engaged:
ESG + Corporate Sustainability

Industry Sectors:
K-12 Education

Building Types:
Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods

Hillsboro School District

Facilities Portfolio Assessment

Hillsboro, OR

This 35-building LEED EB:O+M opportunity assessment identified $200,000 in annual savings for Hillsboro schools. Then, as a pilot project to familiarize Hillsboro with the LEED EB:O+M process, Brightworks managed the Gold certification of Jackson Elementary School – the first school building anywhere in the world to achieve LEED EB:O+M Gold certification.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
K-12 Education

Building Types:
K-12 Schools, Real Estate Portfolios

Hillsboro School District

Jackson Elementary School

Hillsboro, OR

After assessing the Hillsboro School District’s 35-building portfolio for operational sustainability improvement potential, Brightworks managed this LEED program for Jackson Elementary, the first school to achieve LEED EB:O+M Gold certification.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
K-12 Education

Building Types:
K-12 Schools

Moore & Giles

Case Study

Practices Engaged:
ESG + Corporate Sustainability

Industry Sectors:
Apparel, Clothing & Fashion, Consumer Goods & Services, Manufacturing

Hyatt

Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort & Villas

Wailea, HI

Hyatt reused an existing structure to create the inspired Andaz resort in Maui’s luxury Wailea district. The resulting LEED Silver-certified resort features over 300 serene guest accommodations, cascading pools, specialty restaurants, and a spa.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Hospitality

Building Types:
Hotels

IA Interior Architects

Corporate Sustainability & SBTi Program

All IA Offices, Global

Having worked together for over fifteen years, IA Interior Architects engaged Brightworks to help it inventory its GHG emissions and then become the world’s first architecture firm to make a commitment to set near-term and net-zero science-based targets via the Science Based Targets Initiative. (Photo by Ed Reeve)

Practices Engaged:
ESG + Corporate Sustainability

Industry Sectors:
Professional Services

Infrastructure Masons

iMasons Climate Accord

Industry-Wide, Global

In April 2022, iMasons launched the iMasons Climate Accord (ICA), an industry initiative to transform the data center industry toward net-zero carbon. To spearhead this effort, Brightworks team members provide staff augmentation to the organization. In this capacity, Brightworks convenes iMasons stakeholders, establishes and manages day-to-day operations and special programs, and facilitates all working groups, including the iMasons Climate Accord governing body.

Practices Engaged:
Carbon

Industry Sectors:
Infrastructure, Professional Services, Technology (Non-Bio)

Building Types:
Data Centers

Joint Base Lewis-McChord

American Lake Repair Building

Pierce County, WA

Brightworks implemented the general contractor’s LEED program for this 30,000-square-foot repair building at American Lake, adjacent to Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The building is receiving major MEP upgrades and exterior renovations.

Practices Engaged:
Government Sector Sustainability, Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Federal)

Building Types:
Maintenance & Operations Facilities, Military & Tactical

Killian Pacific

Volta Office Building

Portland, OR

A renovation of a pre-WWII warehouse, the LEED-Platinum-Certified Volta development focused on advancing equity in the construction trades, pursuing innovative sustainability solutions, and nurturing creative expression through public art and murals.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Offices (Core & Shell)

King County

Metro Transportation South Annex Base

Tukwila, WA

In partnership with Jacobs, Brightworks is providing Living Building Challenge program management services for this new facility for King County Metro, the county’s public transportation agency. The South Annex Base will house up to 250 electric buses and make important progress towards achieving King County Metro’s goal of operating a zero-emissions fleet.

Practices Engaged:
Government Sector Sustainability, Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Local / Municipal), Transportation

Building Types:
Maintenance & Operations Facilities

Kite Pharma

Operational Sustainability Roadmap

Santa Monica, CA

Cell therapy leader Kite, a Gilead Company, retained Brightworks to implement ongoing operational sustainability improvements. In addition to helping this global biopharmaceutical company meet the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) goals, Brightworks Sustainability leveraged the LEED for Existing Buildings framework for their clinical research, development, and manufacturing center.

Practices Engaged:
ESG + Corporate Sustainability, Carbon

Industry Sectors:
Biotechnology, Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals

Korean Airlines

Goyang City Plan

Goyang, South Korea

Employing the principles of biomimicry, Brightworks developed visionary master plan concepts that will reduce carbon emissions 72 percent and eliminate methane off-gassing in this new 7,000-acre, 250,000-citizen Korean city.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Aviation, Banking, Insurance & Financial Services (Ex REITs), Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods, Large-Scale Developments / Megadevelopments

LinkedIn

New Corporate Headquarters

Mountain View, CA

Healthy and sustainable materials selection helped result in this state of the art campus, a LEED Platinum, 750,000-square-foot headquarters on a landscaped, 28-acre site.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Technology (Non-Bio)

Building Types:
Offices (Headquarters), Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods

Los Angeles International Airport

Automated People Mover

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) is constructing the highly anticipated Automated People Mover (APM) at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to reduce traffic in its central terminal area. The scope of the massive installation includes the rail line itself, all points of connection to existing and new facilities (such as sky bridges and terminal platforms), and an office and maintenance building where APM traincar units receive routine service. Brightworks developed the APM’s sustainability plan, including ENVISION Gold for the rail system and LEED Platinum for the maintenance building.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Aviation, Infrastructure, Transportation

Building Types:
Large-Scale Developments / Megadevelopments, Maintenance & Operations Facilities, Rail, Airports

City of Los Angeles

Existing Buildings Education Program

Los Angeles, CA

Before conducting a LEED for Existing Buildings O+M assessment of its 900-building portfolio, the City of Los Angeles retained Brightworks to deliver a training series for city facilities staff to help them manage resulting operational improvements.

Practices Engaged:
Government Sector Sustainability, Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Local / Municipal)

Building Types:
Real Estate Portfolios

Macerich

Corporate Sustainability Program

North America

For this retail and mixed-use real estate investment trust (REIT), Brightworks serves as the lead sustainability consultant, currently developing robust decarbonization and ESG reporting programs, including Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB).

Practices Engaged:
ESG + Corporate Sustainability

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Real Estate Management, Operations & Maintenance, Retail

Building Types:
Multifamily Residential, Real Estate Portfolios, Large-Scale Developments / Megadevelopments, Malls & Shopping Centers, Retail

Macerich

Tysons Corner Center Mixed-Use

McLean, VA

Working with Hines, Macerich continues to transform the Tysons Corner Center shopping mall into a mixed-use urban center. For over ten years, the once-solely-retail Tysons Corner mall site has been diversifying in uses. The site now includes offices, a 300-key Hyatt Regency hotel, and apartments.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Real Estate Management, Operations & Maintenance, Retail

Building Types:
Multifamily Residential, Malls & Shopping Centers, Retail

Marriott

AC Hotel Vancouver Waterfront

Vancouver, WA

This new, 160-room, LEED-Gold-Certified hotel offers travelers a modern, European-inspired hospitality experience with sweeping river views and easy access to Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. 

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Hospitality, Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Hotels

MemorialCare Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital

Pediatric Medical Office Building

Long Beach, CA

Providing critical support for one of California’s eight free-standing children’s hospitals, this new outpatient facility at the Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital provides a sustainable, healthy, and compassionate environment for expanded children’s care. The building achieved LEED Gold certification, expanded access to public transportation and electric vehicle charging, and integrated biophilic design elements throughout, fostering a feeling of connectedness to nature among patients, employees, and visitors.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Healthier Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Healthcare & Social Services

Building Types:
Clinics, MOBs & Ambulatory, Hospitals & Inpatient

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

Metro Regional Government

Sustainability Assessment

Portland (OR) Metropolitan Area

Tri-county regional government Metro hired Brightworks to complete baseline inventories of its water, waste, habitat, and greenhouse gas emissions impacts, to develop targets for each area, and to specify prioritized strategies to achieve them.

Practices Engaged:
Government Sector Sustainability

Industry Sectors:
Arts & Culture, Government & Public Service (Local / Municipal), Infrastructure, Sports, Recreation & Fitness, Tourism & Travel, Transportation

Microsoft

Esterra Park Tenant Improvement

Redmond, WA

Part of a 2018 refresh of its headquarters campus, Microsoft added this new office building exemplifying the company’s commitment to a sustainable future. With a focus on energy, embodied carbon, water, indoor air quality, and materials management, the 246,000-square-foot tenant improvement achieved LEED Platinum certification. The building is also on track to achieve ILFI Zero Carbon certification.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Carbon

Industry Sectors:
Technology (Non-Bio)

Building Types:
Offices (Interiors)

Mindful Materials

Common Materials Framework

Industry-Wide, Global

Brightworks was contracted by mindful materials to manage the development of the Common Materials Framework, including facilitating the Stakeholder engagement and feedback process. Brightworks then also support mM in furthering the development of CMF tools that will facilitate the industry’s adoption and alignment associated with the CMF, as well as supported by providing insights on reference guide development and forum resources. (Photo by Francois Olwage)

Practices Engaged:
Materials

Industry Sectors:
Building Products & Construction Materials, Manufacturing, Professional & Trade Associations

Montclair State University

Facilities Sustainable Operations Plan

Montclair, NJ

This extensive operational sustainability plan for Montclair State University’s 252-acre campus established baselines, identified gaps, and planned performance improvements in the areas of energy, water, waste, and transportation. Sub-consultant Ayers Saint Gross facilitated the uniquely participatory stakeholder engagement process.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Public Four-Year+)

Building Types:
Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods

Moore & Giles

Corporate Sustainability Program

Forest, VA

Premium leather manufacturer Moore & Giles has made substantial achievements in sustainability through efforts such as operating their headquarters on solar, offsetting UPS and FedEx shipping emissions, and using an innovative plant-based tanning method created from fallen olive leaves. To further Moore & Giles carbon neutrality goals, Brightworks combined its unique expertise in sustainable materials and corporate sustainability to develop an impact reduction roadmap.

Practices Engaged:
ESG + Corporate Sustainability

Industry Sectors:
Apparel, Clothing & Fashion, Consumer Goods & Services, Manufacturing

NASA

Caltech Jet Propulsion Lab Net Zero Plan

Pasadena, CA

The net zero energy strategy for this 182-acre, 2.7 million-square-foot research campus details an energy intensity reduction and specifies renewable energy generation to meet the zero-net energy goal of President Obama’s Executive Order 13514.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Carbon, Energy

Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Federal), Higher Education (Private Four-Year+), Research & Development (R&D)

Building Types:
Academic Instruction, Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods, Laboratories, Research & Development (Non-Lab), Military & Tactical

National Park Service

Yellowstone Youth Corps Campus

Yellowstone National Park, WY

Brightworks led the Living Building Challenge and LEED Platinum programs for this complex of dormitories, common spaces, and support buildings for the Yellowstone National Park Youth Conservation Corps’ unique residential youth program, inspiring the next generation of environmentally-minded citizens.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Federal), Natural Resources, Sports, Recreation & Fitness, Tourism & Travel

Building Types:
Museums & Interpretive, Visitor Centers, Student Housing, Student Life, Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods

Nike

Headquarters Serena Williams Building

Beaverton, OR

This award-winning, one-million-square-foot expansion to Nike World Headquarters achieved LEED Platinum and advanced a vision of integrated human and environmental performance with the specification of healthy materials.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Healthier Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Apparel, Clothing & Fashion, Consumer Goods & Services, Sports, Recreation & Fitness

Building Types:
Offices (Headquarters), Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA

Pacific Marine Operations Center

Newport, OR

Between oceanographic survey missions, NOAA’s Pacific fleet docks at this LEED Silver certified operations hub in Oregon, where the fleet receives routine maintenance and repair.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Federal), Natural Resources, Research & Development (R&D)

Building Types:
Maritime / Waterfront, Maintenance & Operations Facilities

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA

Daniel K. Inouye Pacific Regional Center

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI

The new headquarters for all NOAA operations in the Pacific Ocean occupies two adaptively-re-used World War II-era Aircraft hangers in Pearl Harbor. Among other awards, the Inouye Regional Center received the coveted AIA COTE Top 10 Green Award in 2017.

Practices Engaged:
Government Sector Sustainability, Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Aviation, Government & Public Service (Federal), Natural Resources, Research & Development (R&D)

Building Types:
Laboratories, Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods, Research & Development (Non-Lab), Offices (Headquarters), Maintenance & Operations Facilities, Airports, Offices (Core & Shell + Interiors), Maritime / Waterfront, Military & Tactical

Oregon Health & Sciences University

Center for Health and Healing

Portland, OR

The world’s first LEED Platinum high-rise building — and the first Platinum healthcare facility of any kind — achieved energy savings of $600,000 per year and cut water use by over 50% with cutting-edge sustainability strategies.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Healthcare & Social Services, Higher Education (Public Four-Year+)

Building Types:
Offices (Core & Shell + Interiors), Clinics, MOBs & Ambulatory

Oregon Health & Sciences University

Knight Cancer Research Building

Portland, OR

This award-winning research facility to revolutionize cancer treatment hosts wet labs, a vivarium, and collaboration spaces. Brightworks managed the LEED Platinum program, provided embodied carbon analysis, and developed a healthy materials program.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Biotechnology, Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare & Social Services, Higher Education (Public Four-Year+), Research & Development (R&D)

Building Types:
Laboratories, Offices (Core & Shell + Interiors)

Oregon Institute of Technology

Center for Engineering & Technology

Klamath Falls, OR

To support student success in engineering and technology, this geothermally-heated addition to the Oregon Tech campus in Southern Oregon houses applied research labs and entrepreneurial incubator spaces. Biophilically-designed interior elements connect students with the natural world.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Energy

Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Public Four-Year+)

Building Types:
Academic Instruction, Laboratories

Otak

Sustainability Program Planning

Denver, CO; Portland, OR; Redmond, WA

Design and engineering firm Otak engaged Brightworks to help them update their Sustainability Action Plan and corporate sustainability program as they work to operationalize sustainability throughout their organization. Brightworks reviewed past efforts, engaged stakeholders, and delivered a strategy and roadmap informed by market insights.

Practices Engaged:
ESG + Corporate Sustainability

Industry Sectors:
Professional Services

Our Just Future

The Nick Fish Affordable Housing

Portland, OR

This addition to Portland’s Gateway neighborhood provides a mix of affordable and market-rate housing and serves as the headquarters for affordable housing non-profit Our Just Future. Brightworks managed its LEED for Homes Gold certification.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Healthcare & Social Services, Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Affordable Housing

PAE

PAE Living Building Office

Portland, OR

Brightworks Sustainability successfully managed the process of achieving the Living Building Challenge Materials Petal for PAE’s flagship headquarters working with engineer PAE, developer Edlen & Co., and ZGF Architects. The world’s first developer-driven Living Building, this 58,000-square-foot office building is a teaching tool for sustainable design and construction. (Photo by Benjamin Benshneider Photography)

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Materials

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Offices (Interiors), Offices (Core & Shell), Offices (Headquarters)

Part I: All Things Utilities

Understanding the basics of electricity generation, distribution, purchasing, greenhouse gas emissions, and the utility grids is key to understanding how we change any of those to keep our global commitment and meet the Paris Climate Accord. Ilana Cember, Decarbonization Technical Lead at Brightworks Sustainability, offers an explanation of these complex systems, and how we can work to both update them and leverage them to achieve ambitious climate goals. Part I of IV.

Practices Engaged:
ESG + Corporate Sustainability, Carbon, Energy

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Real Estate Management, Operations & Maintenance

Part II: How The Grid Operates

Increases in weather-dependent or intermittent power production necessitate a different operational approach for the utility grid. To progress on the dramatic increase in utility renewables required to meet carbon emissions commitments, it is essential to adapt grid operations to handle these changes effectively. Ilana Cember, Technical Lead at Brightworks Sustainability, explains the current situation. Part II of IV.

Practices Engaged:
ESG + Corporate Sustainability, Carbon, Energy

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Real Estate Management, Operations & Maintenance

Part III: Grid Decarbonization

Meeting the Paris Climate Accord commitments necessitates a focus on carbon emissions, as different power generation fuels produce varying amounts of greenhouse gases. While fossil fuels significantly contribute to carbon emissions at every stage from extraction to combustion, renewable energy sources like solar and wind are far less polluting, underscoring the need for thoughtful renewable energy procurement and decarbonization strategies. Ilana Cember,Technical Lead at Brightworks Sustainability, explains the current situation. Part III of IV.

Practices Engaged:
ESG + Corporate Sustainability, Carbon, Energy

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Real Estate Management, Operations & Maintenance

Part IV: An All-Electric Future

Despite the challenges, we have the technologies today to reduce 70% of carbon emissions from current fossil fuel systems, including renewable energy and electric vehicles. By focusing on proven solutions and honest innovations, we can shape a future where global warming is mitigated and the Paris Agreement goals are within reach, demonstrating that climate action is not only necessary but possible. Ilana Cember, Technical Lead at Brightworks Sustainability, explains the current situation and how Brightworks Sustainability can help your organization. Part IV of IV.

Practices Engaged:
ESG + Corporate Sustainability, Carbon, Energy

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Real Estate Management, Operations & Maintenance

Port of San Francisco

Pier 27 Cruise Ship Terminal

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco’s new Cruise Ship Terminal at Pier 27 achieved LEED Gold certification. An international point of entry, the 91,000-square-foot facility houses offices for the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Local / Municipal), Infrastructure, Tourism & Travel, Transportation

Building Types:
Maritime / Waterfront, Border Crossings / Points of Entry, Conference & Event Venues

Port of Vancouver

Office Towers at Terminal 1

Vancouver, WA

These mixed-use towers on the Vancouver Waterfront offer 320,000 square feet office space and 13,000 square feet of retail. Brightworks is managing the LEED program through an efficient group certification approach, while also commissioning the building.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Distribution, Logistics & Warehousing, Government & Public Service (Local / Municipal), Infrastructure, Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Offices (Core & Shell), Retail

Portland Community College

Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center

Scappoose, OR

Daylight in instructional and manufacturing spaces count among the many sustainable features that contributed to LEED Silver certification of this 31,000-square-foot facility designed to spur innovation in manufacturing technologies.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Public Four-Year+), Manufacturing

Building Types:
Academic Instruction, Manufacturing, Research & Development (Non-Lab)

Portland State University

Campus LEED O+M Program

Portland, OR

Brightworks completed LEED for Existing Buildings assessments for five Portland State campus buildings, including an energy audit that engaged university students with relevant curriculum. Millar Library was then selected for a full LEED O+M program.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Energy

Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Public Four-Year+)

Building Types:
Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods, Libraries

Portland State University

School of Public Health Building

Portland, OR

This joint project unites users from PSU, Oregon Health & Sciences University (OHSU), Portland Community College (PCC), and the City of Portland in collaborative space for public health services in central Portland. Brightworks managed its LEED Gold program and provided enhanced services to select sustainable materials.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Healthcare & Social Services, Higher Education (Public Four-Year+)

Building Types:
Clinics, MOBs & Ambulatory, Academic Instruction

Refeyn

GHG Inventory & ESG Assessment

Portland, OR

Brightworks Sustainability assisted this biotechnology instrument manufacturer in completing an operational sustainability assessment and greenhouse gas inventory before developing a robust sustainability plan to address its emissions.

Practices Engaged:
ESG + Corporate Sustainability, Carbon

Industry Sectors:
Biotechnology, Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals

Related

One Hudson Yards Apartments

New York, NY

Overlooking Hudson Yards and the High Line, the LEED Gold Abington House was Related’s first project on Hudson Yards. Aside from a healthy interior emphasis, the team pursued strategies to minimize water use and employ efficient and finely-tuned building energy systems. 

Practices Engaged:
Healthier Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Multifamily Residential

California State University at Sacramento

Pathway to Net Zero Analysis

Sacramento, CA

California State University, Sacramento – commonly known as Sac State – serves the capital region of California, one of the nation’s leading centers for the development of sustainability policy.  As such, the campus is in a unique position to implement, test, and advance those policies, and they leveraged their 2015 Master Plan to push the envelope. 

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Energy

Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Public Four-Year+)

Building Types:
Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods

Salesforce

Healthy & Sustainable Materials Program

Global

Salesforce collaborated with Brightworks to develop this industry-leading program, memorialized in the free guide, “Healthy Materials in the Workplace.” For its leadership, Salesforce won a Building Health Leadership award from the USGBC.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Healthier Built Environments, Materials

Industry Sectors:
Technology (Non-Bio)

Building Types:
Offices (Headquarters), Offices (Interiors)

Salesforce

Public Cloud Sustainability Framework

Industry-Wide, Global

Seeking to scale its supply chain sustainability engagement and transformation efforts, Salesforce engaged Brightworks to develop a sustainability framework for evaluating public cloud providers.

Practices Engaged:
ESG + Corporate Sustainability, Carbon

Industry Sectors:
Technology (Non-Bio)

Building Types:
Data Centers

Salesforce

Salesforce Tower Corporate Headquarters

San Francisco, CA

Salesforce recognizes that it serves multiple categories of stakeholders. In addition to the commitments to its employees and customers, the software company insists on its responsibility to the environment. This commitment is embodied in the company’s newly constructed LEED Platinum headquarters, completed in 2018, ranked the world’s #1 most sustainable and innovative corporate headquarters by Sustainability magazine.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Technology (Non-Bio)

Building Types:
Offices (Headquarters)

Salesforce

Salesforce Tower Atlanta

Atlanta, GA

Brightworks served as the trusted sustainability partner during Salesforce’s expansion of its Atlanta office, which functions as the company’s regional headquarters. The renovation encompassed more than 150,000 square feet across seven floors, creating space for 600 new staff members. A hallmark of its many tower offices, the building hosts a top-floor hospitality space for Salesforce employees, customers and partners, which is also available for nonprofits and local education groups on off hours at no cost.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Technology (Non-Bio)

Building Types:
Offices (Interiors)

Salesforce

Salesforce Tower New York

New York, NY

In 2017, Salesforce took over 3 Bryant Park, an iconic New York skyscraper. Seeking to embody its recent commitments to sustainable operations, Salesforce engaged Brightworks in its capacity as the lead sustainability consultant for its Global Workplace Program to manage the LEED certification program for the fit-out of seven floors. Like all its offices, the New York space follows Salesforce’s global design philosophy and aims to promote a connection with nature while offering employees and visitors spaces of wellness and reprieve.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Technology (Non-Bio)

Building Types:
Offices (Interiors)

Salesforce

Salesforce Tower Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

Salesforce Tower Tokyo is located at the Nippon Life Marunouchi Garden Tower at the center of the Marunouchi neighborhood. The well-appointed office is serviced by convenient public transit options and sits close to the stunning Imperial Palace and Gardens. The tower follows Salesforce’s global design philosophy and the company’s Ohana design standard, ensuring that the space fosters a connection with nature through biophilic design, employee wellness spaces, and ample natural light to promote occupant wellbeing.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Technology (Non-Bio)

Building Types:
Offices (Interiors)

San Diego State University

Mission Valley Campus

San Diego, CA

San Diego State University’s Mission Valley is a vibrant, mixed use public works and neighborhood development that will include a 35,000-capacity stadium, an Innovation District, housing, hotels, shopping and over 80 acres of parks and recreational space. As the primary sustainability partner, Brightworks guided the team to realize strategies that supported environmental concerns while fulfilling LEED credits. Ultimately, the project, portions of which are still in development, achieved a LEED Silver rating.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Public Four-Year+), Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods, Large-Scale Developments / Megadevelopments, Landscapes

San Francisco 49ers

Levi’s Stadium

Santa Clara, CA

Excellent alternative transportation, recycled materials, water conservation, a green roof, a large PV array, and sophisticated building controls helped the 49ers score the NFL’s first LEED Gold stadium certification.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Sports, Recreation & Fitness

Building Types:
Arenas & Stadiums

Sand Hill Property Company

The Rise (Vallco Town Center)

Cupertino, CA

Sand Hill Property Company retained Brightworks to manage the sustainability program to transform this 58-acre site of the former Vallco Mall adjacent to Apple Park into a mixed-use destination with 7 million square feet of new development, and the largest green roof in the world.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Large-Scale Developments / Megadevelopments, Landscapes

Shea Properties

Shoreline Apartments at 1st and 145th

Shoreline, WA

To access incentives available through a local Deep Green Incentive Program, Shea Properties tapped Brightworks to recommend a sustainability certification and then manage its achievement on this 450-unit apartment building in a Seattle-region waterfront neighborhood.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Multifamily Residential

Stanford University

Research Park Sustainability Program

Palo Alto, CA

Stanford University’s real estate unit retained Brightworks to facilitate the development of a sustainability program for the 700-acre Stanford Research Park (SRP) to involve key tenants and take advantage of its unique land holdings and location. The goals for the sustainability program were to baseline sustainability performance, identify primary motivators for participation by the Stanford Research Park community, generate ideas to promote sustainability and reduce costs, and specify large-scale sustainability projects to implement over the long term.

Practices Engaged:
ESG + Corporate Sustainability

Industry Sectors:
Biotechnology, Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals, Higher Education (Private Four-Year+), Real Estate Development, Real Estate Management, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development (R&D), Technology (Non-Bio)

Building Types:
Business / Industrial Parks, Offices (Core & Shell + Interiors), Research & Development (Non-Lab), Large-Scale Developments / Megadevelopments, Offices (Interiors), Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods, Offices (Core & Shell), Real Estate Portfolios

Starwood Hotels & Resorts

1 Hotels Princeville Resort Renovation

Princeville, HI

Brightworks provided LEED certification management and energy services to support Starwood Hotels with the major renovation and rebranding of Kauai’s Princeville Hotel into a flagship 1Hotel resort focused on sustainable hospitality and wellness. Brightworks collaborated with the design and construction team to incorporate innovative strategies that will save energy and water, improve operations, and protect local ecosystems. Brightworks also delivered comprehensive energy modeling services, which allowed the project team to identify energy conservation measures and evaluate options.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Hospitality

Building Types:
Hotels

State University of New York at Stony Brook

Javits Lecture Center Renovation

Stony Brook, NY

As part of its renovation, the Stony Brook University Javits Lecture Hall had to comply with SUCF Directive 1B-2 for Deep Energy Retrofits. Brightworks worked with the design team as the energy analyst for the project.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Energy

Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Public Four-Year+)

Building Types:
Academic Instruction

Sundt Construction

Sustainability Program Plan

All Sundt Offices, Multiple US Regions

This general contractor engaged Brightworks Sustainability to help up-level its internal sustainability program. Through team engagement and sustainability data management, the firm can now better lead on sustainability in project delivery and operations.

Practices Engaged:
ESG + Corporate Sustainability

Industry Sectors:
Construction & General Contracting

Sutter Health

Alta Bates Patient Care Pavilion

Oakland, CA

Covering three blocks in Oakland, California, the LEED Silver certified Alta Bates Patient Care Pavilion uses healthy interior finishes, fresh air, natural ventilation, and daylighting to fulfill its mission of patient care and wellness.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Healthcare & Social Services

Building Types:
Clinics, MOBs & Ambulatory, Hospitals & Inpatient

Tishman Speyer

Brannan Square Phase 1

San Francisco, CA

Tishman Speyer’s ambitious Brannan Square will bring three cutting edge mixed-use office buildings to San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood. 4.5 acres in total, the buildings will host over one million square feet of Class A office space, and the entire development will host a new one-acre public park with offerings for all ages including playgrounds, childcare facilities, a farmers’ market and a rich network of sidewalks and bike paths. The buildings are mindful of where they will sit on high-water flood lines and will ensure resilience via green roofing and below-grade stormwater storage.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods, Offices (Core & Shell)

Tishman Speyer

Mission Rock Phase 1

San Francisco, CA

Brightworks is managing the LEED program for Phase 1 of Mission Rock, Tishman Speyer’s joint development with the San Francisco Giants, which features infrastructure, a new park, two residential towers, and two office towers — one housing Visa’s new HQ.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Large-Scale Developments / Megadevelopments, Maritime / Waterfront

Town of Normal, Illinois

Redevelopment Plan Sustainability Policy

Normal, IL

Brightworks facilitated a sustainability visioning process and then specified the sustainability requirements for the downtown redevelopment of Normal, Illinois, the first-ever U.S. community to require LEED certification in commercial development.

Practices Engaged:
Government Sector Sustainability, Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Local / Municipal)

Trammell Crow Company

The Boardwalk Offices

Irvine, CA

This innovative, Class-A office campus offers 550,000 square feet of LEED Gold office space in two nine-story towers connected by bridges and terraces, comprehensive amenities, and two acres of landscaped open space.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Offices (Interiors), Offices (Core & Shell)

U.S. Department of Energy

Carbon-Pollution Free Electricity Plan

Washington, DC

Working with JLL, Brightworks provided an analysis for a Carbon-Pollution Free Electricity Plan to understand the energy efficiency potential of 20 sites comprising nearly 2,500 facilities.

Practices Engaged:
Government Sector Sustainability, Carbon

Industry Sectors:
Energy, Government & Public Service (Federal)

Building Types:
Real Estate Portfolios

U.S. DOE Hanford Site

U.S. DOE Hanford Site

Richland, WA

For new two vehicle maintenance facilities at a federal laboratory site, Brightworks provided commissioning and consulting to adhere to the Guiding Principles for Sustainable Federal Buildings.

Practices Engaged:
Government Sector Sustainability

Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Federal), Transportation

Building Types:
Maintenance & Operations Facilities, Military & Tactical

U.S. DOE Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Biological Computational and Science Bui

Richland, WA

Within this LEED Gold complex, scientists research renewable bioenergy, carbon sequestration, groundwater contamination, and radiation-related health effects. In addition, the complex houses energy and national security computing capabilities.

Practices Engaged:
Government Sector Sustainability, Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Energy, Government & Public Service (Federal)

Building Types:
Offices (Core & Shell + Interiors), Military & Tactical, Data Centers, Research & Development (Non-Lab), Laboratories

U.S. DOE Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Portfolio LEED EB:O+M Assessment

WA

Brightworks trained PNNL staff in the LEED EB:O+M rating system and then facilitated a plan to LEED certify PNNL campus buildings. Per U.S. Department of Energy requirements, PNNL uses the LEED rating system to comply with Federal sustainability policies.

Practices Engaged:
Government Sector Sustainability, Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Energy, Government & Public Service (Federal)

Building Types:
Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods

U.S. DOE Hanford Site

Scope 3 GHG Employee Commuting Study

Richland, WA

Following President Obama’s Executive Order 13514, Brightworks audited the Hanford Nuclear Site’s Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions from employee commuting and developed a plan to reduce those emissions while reducing costs to Hanford and its employees.

Practices Engaged:
Government Sector Sustainability, Carbon

Industry Sectors:
Energy, Government & Public Service (Federal)

U.S. DOE Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Sigma 2 & Sigma 4 Buildings LEED EB:O+M

Richland, WA

Committed to achieving LEED EB:O+M certification for its portfolio of facilities, the Pacific Northwest National Lab retained Brightworks to advise its internal team as it pursued certification for these 20,000-square-foot office buildings.

Practices Engaged:
Government Sector Sustainability, Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Energy, Government & Public Service (Federal), Real Estate Management, Operations & Maintenance

Building Types:
Offices (Core & Shell + Interiors)

U.S. General Services Administration

Otay Mesa Land Port of Entry (LPOE)

San Diego, CA

The US-Mexico border crossing at Otay Mesa is the busiest commercial port in California, processing billions of dollars in imports and exports each year. Otay Mesa also processes over 3.5 million pedestrians and 7.6 million vehicles annually. The re-build of the border crossing seeks to improve the security of existing facility infrastructure, enhance support of cross-border traffic, reduce wait-times, and improve air quality. Brightworks is managing the LEED certification, a SITES program, and providing energy services to support GSA’s net zero energy goals.

Practices Engaged:
Government Sector Sustainability, Sustainable Built Environments, Energy

Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Federal), Infrastructure, Transportation

Building Types:
Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods, Public Safety & Emergency Services, Border Crossings / Points of Entry, Military & Tactical

U.S. General Services Administration

Peace Arch U.S.-Canada Border Crossing

Blaine, WA

Completed for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, this new U.S.-Canada border crossing proudly sports its LEED Gold certification with an eco-roof, extensive open space, daylighting for the interior, and high-efficiency systems.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Federal)

Building Types:
Border Crossings / Points of Entry

U.S. General Services Administration

San Luis Land Port of Entry (LPOE)

San Luis, AZ

Brightworks is serving as sustainability consultant for the major expansion and modernization of Arizona’s San Luis Land Port of Entry. The improvements at this border crossing will improve traffic flows, reduce processing times, and increase security. The San Luis LPOE received $100M from the Biden Administration’s Investing in America program, the largest grant for in-progress projects, which will make San Luis first land port of entry to achieve net-zero by balancing carbon emissions through innovative climate-resilient technologies, an all-electric design, and photovoltaics, and batteries.

Practices Engaged:
Government Sector Sustainability, Sustainable Built Environments, Carbon, Energy

Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Federal), Infrastructure, Transportation

Building Types:
Military & Tactical, Border Crossings / Points of Entry, Public Safety & Emergency Services, Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods

U.S. General Services Administration

Wayne L. Morse U.S. Courthouse

Eugene, OR

The first LEED Gold certified federal courthouse in the United States, this award-winning design also received the AIA Committee on the Environment’s Top Ten Green Award in 2007.

Practices Engaged:
Government Sector Sustainability, Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Government & Public Service (Federal)

Building Types:
Courthouses & Justice Centers

Uber

Sunnyvale Talent Hub

Sunnyvale, CA

The Uber Sunnyvale Talent Hub is a 130,000-squrae-foot tenant improvement project that was designed with people and planet health as top priorities. In this project, Uber consolidated its Bay Area teams into a thoughtfully designed, sustainable, healthy, engaging, and productive workplace. The site is LEED Gold, WELL Platinum and WELL Healthy Safety Rated, and a leading talent hub for Uber’s global workforce.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Healthier Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Technology (Non-Bio), Transportation

Building Types:
Offices (Interiors)

University of California, Santa Barbara

Inaugural Campus Sustainability Plan

Santa Barbara, CA

Brightworks facilitated the development of UCSB’s first-ever campus sustainability plan, addressing all campus functions including research, curriculum, facilities, procurement, transportation, grounds, and more. More than 80 faculty, staff, and administrators participated in the transformative process of learning, visioning, and planning. With this head start, UC Santa Barbara today remains the UC campus most active and comprehensive in addressing its sustainability impacts.

Practices Engaged:
ESG + Corporate Sustainability, Government Sector Sustainability

Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Public Four-Year+)

Building Types:
Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods

University of California, Berkeley

Bowles Residence Hall Renovation

Berkeley, CA

Built in 1928 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this UC Berkeley student residence hall racked up awards for its complete renovation and LEED Silver status.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Public Four-Year+), Residential

Building Types:
Student Housing

University of California, Berkeley

Woo Hon Fai Hall Bakar BioEnginuity Hub

Berkeley, CA

Following extensive renovations, this historic Brutalist building now offers a mix of wet labs and office space for students and start-ups to spur the next generation of life science innovations, all in a LEED Gold setting.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Biotechnology, Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals, Higher Education (Public Four-Year+), Research & Development (R&D)

Building Types:
Offices (Interiors), Research & Development (Non-Lab)

University of California, Los Angeles

Le Conte Student Apartments

Los Angeles, CA

To continue to provide modernized housing for its booming student population, UCLA constructed a series of new dormitory buildings. Among them was this new LEED Gold, 17-story, 1,167-bed building which houses students in one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Public Four-Year+)

Building Types:
Student Housing

University of California, Los Angeles

Nimoy Theater Renovation

Los Angeles, CA

A City of LA Historic-Cultural Monument, UCLA has converted downtown Westwood’s Crest Theater into an intimate venue for emerging artists, named for Leonard Nimoy. The project anticipates recognition for its energy efficiency strategies, improvements to indoor air quality, and building reuse. State of the art acoustics and new systems complement the LED performance lighting system and associated upgrades.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Arts & Culture, Entertainment & Media, Higher Education (Public Four-Year+)

Building Types:
Cinema, Performing Arts Venues

University of California, Los Angeles

Weyburn Terrace Graduate Student Housing

Los Angeles, CA

The award-winning and LEED Gold certified Weyburn Terrace provides 500 units of modern, healthy, and daylight-filled sustainable housing for UCLA graduate students near the center of bustling Westwood Village.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Public Four-Year+)

Building Types:
Student Housing

University of California, Riverside

Carbon Neutrality and Net Zero Strategy

To help UC Riverside comply with California AB 32 and the UC System’s goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2025, Brightworks developed a campus net zero energy plan for this 1,112-acre site while serving as lead sustainability advisor for its campus master plan.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Carbon, Energy

Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Public Four-Year+)

Building Types:
Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods

University of Oregon

Black Cultural Center

Eugene, O R

This LEED Silver-certified cultural center hosts student organization meetings, engaging co-curricular programs, and showcases art that celebrates Black heritage. It also achieved SEED certification for social, economic, and environmental design outcomes as a LEED pilot credit.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Public Four-Year+)

Building Types:
Student Life

University of Oregon

Hamilton & Walton Replacement Campus

Eugene, OR

This modern, sustainable, three-building student housing campus replaces two existing but obsolete facilities. Brightworks is serving as the owner’s LEED consultant, while also helping optimize energy performance by modeling multiple iterations of HVAC and envelope designs.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Energy

Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Public Four-Year+)

Building Types:
Student Housing

University of Oregon

Huestis Hall Sciences Hub Renovation

Eugene, OR

Originally built in the 1970s, this teaching and research hub for biological sciences averted significant carbon emissions by rehabilitating the existing concrete structure to meet new resiliency standards.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments, Carbon

Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Public Four-Year+)

Building Types:
Academic Instruction, Laboratories

University of Oregon

Knight Campus for Scientific Impact

Eugene, OR

The Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact (KCASAI) is a best-in-class research and education campus, an icon for the university, the community, and the state. This cutting edge facility achieved LEED Gold certification.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Higher Education (Public Four-Year+)

Building Types:
Academic Instruction, Laboratories

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

Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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

ZRZ Realty

Zidell Yards Sustainability Master Plan

Portland, OR

Upon completion of a master plan by Sasaki, Portland’s Zidell family retained Brightworks to develop a sustainability master plan for 33 acres on the Willamette River. Originally a shipyard, the new Zidell Yards is slated to become to a mix of parks, housing, retail and office space. The sustainability plan translates the Zidell family’s sustainability vision into a technically and economically feasible plan.

Practices Engaged:
Sustainable Built Environments

Industry Sectors:
Real Estate Development

Building Types:
Multifamily Residential, Offices (Core & Shell), Large-Scale Developments / Megadevelopments, Maritime / Waterfront