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:
Cultural, Government, State & Local
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:
Corporate
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:
Education, Higher
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:
Data Center
Tishman Speyer
Brannan Square Phase 1
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:
Corporate, Residential, Retail
California Institute of Technology, Caltech
Gates Thomas Engineering Laboratory
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:
Education, Higher, Laboratory & Life Science
Building Types:
Laboratory & Research, K-12 Education & Higher Education