Government Sector Sustainability
Public Agency Sustainable Operations Programs
Operating Sustainability
ESG principles apply to non-commercial enterprises as well as corporate enterprises. With their own significant operational impacts, government sector organizations must measure, manage, and mitigate those impacts with as much intention and rigor as commercial enterprises. Brightworks is a major provider to Federal, state, and local entities of sustainability strategy, decarbonization, renewable energy, and other services.
- Adaptive Reuse
- Advanced Energy Retrofits
- Building Performance Standards
- CALGreen
- Carbon and Energy Auditing
- Climate Action Plans
- Data & Analytics
- Deep Energy Efficiency
- Deep Energy Retrofits
- ENERGY STAR Benchmarking and Certification
- ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager
- Energy Audits
- Energy Efficiency Analysis
- Energy Incentive Strategies
- Energy Modeling
- Incentives Coordination
- Infrastructure
- Local Law 87
- Local Law 97
- Local Regulatory Compliance
- Los Angeles Existing Buildings Energy and Water Efficiency Program EBEWE
- Ongoing Commissioning
- Operations Program Support
- Owner’s Representation for Public Agencies
- Planning and Infrastructure
- Procurement Optimization
- Procurement Standards & Criteria
- Program Implementation
- Recommissioning
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Stakeholder Mapping
- Supply Chain Engagement
- Sustainability Compliance Management
- Washington Clean Buildings Performance Standard CBPS
- Washington DC Building Energy Performance Standards BEPS
- Zero Carbon
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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
Building Types:
Large-Scale Developments / Megadevelopments, Offices (Headquarters)
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
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:
Data Center
Building Types:
Data Centers
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
Building Types:
Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods, Offices (Core & Shell)
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:
Energy, Sustainable Built Environments
Industry Sectors:
Education, Higher, Laboratory & Life Science
Building Types:
Academic Instruction, Campuses, Districts & Neighborhoods, Laboratories