Following the development of a clear target-driven and outcome-focussed sustainability brief, we apply our Climate Action Design Framework to the project. The framework covers ten key themes and guides design teams through regenerative design principles that align with the UN Sustainable Development goals.

We produce sustainability, energy and smart campus strategies, exploring low carbon infrastructure and emerging renewable technologies. We test design proposals to optimise energy performance and drive down embodied carbon.

Through the 8 principles of our Circular Economy Framework, we consider whole life impacts and wider sustainability issues like net zero carbon and health and well-being.

Our consultants use the WELL standard and advanced knowledge of health and well-being principles to meaningfully drive design, placing emphasis on water and air quality, lighting, visual, acoustics and thermal comfort, and additional design features that encourage healthy occupant behaviours including movement and exercise.

Our ecologists work closely with our landscape and urban designers to implement innovative solutions to create high quality planted/landscaped ‘healthy spaces’ between buildings. In addition to the environmental benefits such as biodiversity enhancement, rainwater attenuation, and acting as vegetative screening for noise and air pollution, these spaces provide a connection to nature, seek to encourage outdoor physical activity, and encourage social cohesion.

Our Social Value Strategy ensures impacts are considered and measured across our projects. We have developed a social value design toolkit which fosters community engagement through co-design and coproduction principles, and measures social value added through design.