Government Sector Sustainability
High-Performance Public Buildings
Good Public Space is Sustaianable
Public space in the form of sustainably designed and high-performance built environments are foundational to public discourse and self-governance. Brightworks is vastly experienced in developing and implementing sustainability programs for public buildings, whether border crossings/points of entry, courthouses, energy infrastructure, national labs, railways, research and developments facilities, or straightforward workplaces.
- Biophilia & Biophilic Design
- Building Performance Standards
- CALGreen
- Carbon Neutrality
- Carbon and Energy Auditing
- Decarbonization
- Deep Energy Retrofits
- ENERGY STAR Benchmarking and Certification
- LEED
- Living Building Challenge & Red List Free Materials
- Living Building Challenge, Zero Carbon, & Core
- Material Re-Use
- WELL Certification
- Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment
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Related
One Hudson Yards Apartments
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
Salesforce
Salesforce Tower New York
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)
State University of New York at Stony Brook (Stony Brook U.)
Javits Lecture Center Renovation
State University of New York at Stony Brook (Stony Brook U.)
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