Elevating experiences through sustainable building design
Elevating experiences through sustainable building design
Our commitment to design excellence
Our awareness and accountability for our influence on the natural environment reflects our commitment to design excellence. We serve as champions of sustainable design practices and are signatories of industry-leading sustainability commitments. Together, we can build a sustainable future.
LEO A DALY is a proud signatory of the following sustainable commitments
The AIA 2030 Commitment aims to transform the practice of architecture to respond to the climate crisis in a way that is holistic, firm-wide, project-based, and data driven, delivering carbon-neutral buildings by 2030. Learn more >
The Structural Engineers 2050 Commitment Program is designed to ensure substantive embodied carbon reductions in the design and construction of structural systems by the collective structural engineering profession all in the name of achieving zero net carbon structures by 2050. Learn more >
The AIA Materials Pledge shifts how the industry evaluates the products and finishes specified on a daily basis. Participants commit to five overarching statements that will lead to more intentional product specifications across their portfolios over time. Learn more >
Sustainability by the numbers
Employees with sustainability certifications
LEED certified projects
LEED Platinum projects
Green Globe certified projects
The pillars of our Sustainability practice
High performance design
Using experience, data and analyses, we uncover and share information so owners and operators can make informed decisions for their projects. We have the team, technology and the tools to help our clients determine and achieve goals for efficient building operations, maintenance and occupant wellbeing.
Decarbonization
We help clients explore and manage embodied, operational and transportation carbon emissions. While energy efficiency and clean energy are still important parts of the decarbonization conversation, there is more to consider and address as we work to enhance the built environment. Our experienced professionals provide, measure and evaluate a range of carbon-reducing and carbon-free options that align with clients’ project and operational goals.
Decarbonization
We help clients explore and manage embodied, operational and transportation carbon emissions. While energy efficiency and clean energy are still important parts of the decarbonization conversation, there is more to consider and address as we work to enhance the built environment. Our experienced professionals provide, measure and evaluate a range of carbon-reducing and carbon-free options that align with clients’ project and operational goals.
Responsible materials
Stakeholders make thousands of decisions during the planning and design of a project. Selecting and specifying materials and products that prioritize people and planet is one of our most valuable services as demands accelerate for high performing and responsible solutions.
Wellbeing
What surrounds us matters. Research and experience show holistic planning and design is necessary as it considers and influences both human and environmental health. Our design process focuses on wellbeing across scales – from individual spaces within buildings to buildings themselves, and beyond to the context of neighborhoods and communities.
Wellbeing
What surrounds us matters. Research and experience show holistic planning and design is necessary as it considers and influences both human and environmental health. Our design process focuses on wellbeing across scales – from individual spaces within buildings to buildings themselves, and beyond to the context of neighborhoods and communities.
Post-occupancy evaluation
This critical step in our integrated design process captures real-time performance data linked to the implementation of design decisions and solutions. Using defined research methodologies, we work with owners to gather operational data and user feedback from building occupants after construction is complete and business operations are underway.
The LEO A DALY Sustainability Steering Committee
Charged with leading LEO A DALY’s Sustainability practice offerings, our Sustainability Steering Committee is led by practice and thought leaders in design, engineering and business operations.
Kim Cowman
National Director of Engineering
“Accelerating and amplifying high-performance achievements is something our firm celebrates and contributes to. The opportunities to impact human health and the environment guide our designs and elevate our impact.”
Steve Lichtenberger
President, LEO A DALY
“By design, our sustainability effort reflects the integrated practice that has defined LEO A DALY for over a century. We’ve embedded sustainability into culture as design excellence cannot be separated from the environment.”
Dennis McFadden
Global Design Principal
“Our approach ensures that project teams have access to the shared resources and design strategies necessary to make sustainability a guiding force in our work. This is an important step in the evolution of our design practice.”