Sustainable Design 2022
Since 1935, we’ve believed that design has the power to make the world a better, more beautiful place.
Contents 4 ― Our Approach 10 ― Our Experience: Timber Projects 34 ― Our Experience: Net-Zero Projects 44 ― Further Reading 46 ― Perkins&Will: About Us
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Our Approach We deliver thoughtful and environmentally progressive ideas that leave a mark on our clients’ business and brand. The result is award-winning spaces that nurture people and places.
Living Design We envision designing a world that supports all forms of life, across all ecosystems. Informed by research, our projects endure, adapt, replenish the earth’s resources, promote biodiversity, and help us all thrive.
High-Performance Buildings We design buildings for maximum energy efficiency and optimal indoor environmental quality. Because we understand that human and planetary health are inextricably linked, and that buildings can have a major impact on both.
Transparency and Material Health We ignited an industry movement toward healthy building materials in 2008. Today, we continue to lead a healthy materials crusade through focused research and knowledge sharing.
Carbon-Sequestering Timber Towers The next frontier in sustainable design and construction? Engineered wood. We’re expanding our knowledge of the promise and potential of timber as the urban building material of the future. And we’re setting a global precedent for ultrasustainable, carbon-neutral timber skyscrapers.
← Canada's Earth Tower, Delta Land Developments, Vancouver, British Columbia
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Our Approach
Designing for Life.
Inclusion
Resilience
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Living Design For nearly a quarter of a century, we’ve been at the vanguard of the sustainability movement. We’ve championed green design in our work with clients around the world and raised the bar on environmental performance by setting industry standards.
Today, we’re leading the effort to redefine and re-measure sustainability. Through an approach we call Living Design, we’re taking the traditional concept of green building and expanding it—seamlessly weaving in resilience, regeneration, inclusion, and well-being.
Over the years, this leadership position has allowed us to master increasingly complex design challenges and even define new metrics.
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Regeneration
Well-Being
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How can a system thrive
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Our Approach
Wellbeing We believe that design directly impacts health and wellness. We strive to promote health and foster wellness through strategies that redefine the relationship between the built environment, people, and the natural environment.
Our Expertise Our designers are versed in multiple sustainability and wellness certifications, including BREEAM, LEED, Fitwel, WELL and Passivhaus. Although each system measures unique aspects of sustainability and wellness, all provide rigorous testing of the built environment with the aim of a workforce that performs and feels their best at work. Whether pursuing a certification or just striving to achieve a healthier building, our experts can help guide you in the process.
LEED
Passivhaus
WELL
461 LEED certified projects
1 certified Passivhaus project
6 WELL certified projects since
1,550 LEED certified employees
45 certified Passivhaus employees Fitwel
54 BREEAM certified projects
11 Fitwel certified projects since
employees
46 WELL-Accredited professionals
BREEAM
40 BREEAM certified
certification launch
the certification’s launch
54 Fitwel Ambassadors
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16 Perkins&Will projects registered for WELL certification
Impact Areas Forward-thinking companies recognise that design for wellness is the new standard in today’s competitive landscape. Addressing physical, mental, emotional, social, and environmental well-being can have a powerful impact on employee performance and satisfaction.
Air Quality Breathing better air leads to significantly better decision-making performance.1
Natural Light There is a strong relationship between daylight exposure and workers’ sleep, activity, and quality of life.2
Physical Health An accumulation of 90 minutes of standing throughout the workday significantly improved memory and attention.3
Mental Health Employees who take a break every 1.5 hours report a 30% higher level of focus than those who don’t take breaks.4
Socialization Close work friendships boost employee satisfaction by 50%.5
Sources: 1. “Stale Office Air is Making You Less Productive,” Harvard Business Review (2017) 2. “Impact of Workplace Daylight Exposure on Sleep, Physical Activity, and Quality of Life,” SLEEP (2013) 3. “Acute Effects on Cognitive Performance Following Bouts of Standing,” Sports Medicine (2016) 4. “Why You Hate Work,” New York Times (2014) 5. “We All Need Friends at Work,” Harvard Business Review (2013)
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―Our Experience
Selected Timber Projects
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Our Approach
Timber Construction Rooted in our culture of sustainability, our legacy in wood innovation continues to thrive and is proven through our consistent track record of wood awards.
We hold a common philosophy and standard of excellence; our firm shares expertise across over twenty offices globally. This inclusive strategy focuses us on our clients, our communities, and our strategic choice of building materials. We have consistently integrated the use of wood in our designs—transforming perceptions, local regulations, and the construction industry at large. Rooted in our culture of sustainability, our legacy in wood innovation continues to thrive and is proven through our consistent track record of wood awards.
PERSPECTIVES, DELIVERY
Why Not Wood? We embrace mass timber construction as a part of our commitment to mitigating the environmental impacts of our projects, processes, and construction. Beyond just a fad, mass timber is a renewable, resilient, elegant material. Here, we share insights from scientists and designers on why choosing wood for a building is a responsible and future-ready choice.
Read more here.
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Canada's Earth Tower Client: Delta Land Development
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
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Area: 31,494 sq m
Sustaina
Passivhaus Certified
ability: Passive House Certification Target, Zero Carbon Building Pilot Program (Canada Green Building Council)
Bold goals of achieving zero emissions led the project to being part of the CaGBC (Canada Green Building Council) Zero Carbon Building Pilot program, and to exceeding targets in the City of Vancouver’s Zero Emissions Building Plan.
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1 De Haro Client: SKS Partners
Location: San Francisco, California
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Area: 130,000 sq ft
Sustainability: Targeting L
LEED Platinum
LEED Platinum
The first mass timber building in San Francisco to use CLT and the first multi-story building of its type in California.
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Kantor Centre of Excellence Client: Anna Freud Centre
Location: London, UK
Area: 3,200 sq m
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Completion date: 2019
BREEAM Excellent Sustainability: BREEAM Excellent
The new building has a predicted energy use of 6.45kg/CO2/m2 per year for base loads. Metering of all plant and energy usage has been set up to monitor and record all energy usage on site; a tariff on all carbon generated will be payable to the Local Authority.
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New Studios, Wimbledon College of Art Client: University of the Arts
Location: London, UK
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Area: 535 sq m
Completion date: 2014
BREEAM Outstanding Sustainability: BREEAM Outstanding
Awards: Winner, RIBA Sustainability Award, 2017
An exemplar of sustainable design for the University of the Arts London. Measures include north-south orientation, a high performance envelope, controlled natural ventilation, rain water harvesting and photo-voltaic solar collection.
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Confidential Competition Client: Confidential
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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Area: 45,000 sq ft
Sustainability: Net Zero
Net Zero
Programmatically the demands of science facilities are evolving at ever-increasing rates, and the desire for flexibility to accommodate future research demands have never been stronger. We addressed these challenges by implementing a strategy of “laneways” (pathways for infrastructure distribution) that allow for future adaptation to specific research needs – shifting the dialogue from flexibility to adaptability.
The design forges a new global standard for both operational energy conservation and embodied carbon in high-performance research facilities. The goal is net-zero operational energy and 60-75% improvement over the embodied carbon baseline.
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Milton Park Vision 2040 Masterplan Client: Milton Park (MEPC)
Location: Oxfordshire, UK
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Area: 464,515 sq m GEA on completion of the vi
ision
BREEAM Outstanding Sustainability: Targeting BREEAM Outstanding
The masterplan places an emphasis on improving cycling routes, providing electric vehicle charging stations and increasing green spaces coupled with architecture that integrates green roofs, photovoltaics and battery storage into heavy timber construction methodologies.
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Confidential Mixed-Use Development Client: Confidential
Location: London, UK
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Area: 26,500 sq m
Sustainabili
BREEAM Outstanding
ity: Targeting BREEAM Outstanding
This design winning competition in London will lead the way in establishing a new 'wellness' precinct within an established, larger commercial estate. Heavy timber construction buildings will provide the foundation for this new sustainable development.
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River Beech Tower Client: Partnership between University of Cambridge, Thornton Tomasetti, Perkins&Will
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Location: Chicago, Illino
Mass Timber Skyscraper Concept
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A research project with unique structural diagrid & modular design. External cores push mass timber to new heights, to demonstrate how mass timber is a safe and sustainable building material .
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Orchard Commons Client: University of British Columbia
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
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Size: 41,620 sq m
Comple
etion date: August 2016
LEED Gold Sustainability: LEED Gold
The project proved to be both cost effective and aesthetically appealing, by using glulam for columns and beams, and NLT for the roof deck and 23 sets of stairs connecting the two resi towers.
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Framehouse Client: KOM-KBH A/S
Location: Dragør, Denmark
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Size: 1,810 sq m office space, 355 sq m technical b
basement space
DNGB Gold Completion date: 2019
Sustainability: DNGB Gold
A highly sustainable and innovative exposed timber structure, where the choice of materiality not only lowers the impact on the environment, but also it ensures Framehouse will stand the test of time, aging naturally and gracefully.
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―Our Experience
Selected Net-Zero Projects
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Our Approach
Net-Zero Now The impact of climate change is being felt globally. To protect our planet, and meet government targets, we have to act now.
The UK Government requires all greenhouse gas emissions to be net-zero by 2050. Additionally, London has signed The Net Zero Carbon Buildings Declaration, which pledges that all new buildings must operate at net-zero carbon by 2030, and every building must operate at net-zero carbon by 2050. The built environment alone is responsible for 40% of the UK's total carbon footprint. As an industry we need to set bold, ambitious, and achievable targets to reduce our environmental impact. These targets must be underpinned by science, creativity, and new approaches to design. We pledge that: ✓ We will produce a Zero Operational Carbon Strategies Report for each new build or retrofit project at RIBA Stage 2 at no additional cost to the client.
“The transition to the low-carbon economy can be full of discovery, creativity, innovation, and growth - and much of what we have to do will be retrofit.”
✓ By the end 2021 half of our interiors projects will be designed to be 100% Circular. By 2025 all of our projects will be designed to be 100% Circular.
Lord Stern, IG Patel Professor of Economics and
✓ By 2030 all of our interiors projects will be NetZero Embodied Carbon as demonstrated through a Whole Life Carbon Assessment.
Government, LSE Retrofit for Purpose
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CLICK HERE TO READ THE PRESS RELEASE ― OUR KEY SUSTAINABILITY CHAMPIONS
Sunand Prasad Principal, Chair of UKGBC
Asif Din Sustainability Director
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Project Loi 130 Client: European Commission
Location: Brussels, Belgium
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Area: 186,000 sq m
Sustainability: BREEAM Exc
cellent target & Near-Zero Energy status
Near Zero-Energy & BREEAM Excellent Awards: 1st prize, EU Commission International Architectural Competition
Expected to generate 50% less CO2 emissions and consume 70% less energy compared to the Commission's existing offices. The EU Commission will generate savings compared to renovating its existing buildings or renting alternative office space elsewhere in the European Quarter.
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ULC Pearl Client: UCL
Location: London, UK
Area: 5,900 sq m new build
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Sustainability: Net-Zero Carb
Net-Zero Carbon
bon
Carbon negative building both highly robust and built for deconstruction and the Circular Economy, maximising recycled and recyclable materials and waste from site through off-site prefabrication and cut and fill site preparation.
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Oriel Client: Moorfields Eye Hospital, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology & Moorfields Eye Charity
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Location: London, UK
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BREEAM Excellent Size: 46,700 sq m
Completion date: 2026
Sustainability: Targeting BREEAM Excellent
The environmental strategy anticipates a renewable energy future and incorporation of circular economy principles.
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Further Reading Due to our innovative research, design tools, and expertise, we are recognised as one of the industry’s preeminent sustainable design firms. We are thought leaders developing 21st century solutions to inspire the creation of spaces in which clients and their communities work, heal, live, and learn.
PERKINS&WILL RESEARCH
PERSPECTIVES
Building Technology Lab
The Circular Economy: A Journey Towards Carbon Neutral Buildings
Read more here.
Read more here.
OUR APPROACH
Living Design Brochure
PERSPECTIVES
Mass Timber Comparisons: Two San Francisco Case Studies
Read more here.
Read more here.
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SUSTAINABILITY
Designing for Life For nearly a quarter of a century, we’ve been at the vanguard of the sustainability movement. Passionate about designing places where human life can thrive and entire ecosystems flourish, we’ve developed a reputation for challenging the status quo. For blazing trails into uncharted territory. Today, we’re still at it. We’re redefining sustainability as one of several interconnected parts to a greater, more meaningful whole. It’s a philosophy we call Living Design. By seamlessly incorporating sustainability, resilience, regeneration, inclusion, and well-being into each of our projects, we can help sustain life on earth—today, tomorrow, and beyond.
Read more here.
PERSPECTIVES
PERSPECTIVES
1 De Haro: A Case for Mass Timber
From Tree to Building: A Mass Timber Field Trip with Nordic Structures
Read more here.
Read more here.
PERSPECTIVES
Foresight Climate & Energy: The quest for carbon-neutral cities
INNOVATION
Robotic Fabrication of Nail Laminated Timber
Read more here.
Watch the video here.
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About Us
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Why Us?
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Our Expertise
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Commercial
Residential
Culture
Education
Sci&Tech
Healthcare
Retail
Hospitality
Why Us?
Our Values Guided by our core values—design excellence, diversity and inclusion, research, resilience, social purpose, sustainability, and well-being—we are committed to designing a better, more beautiful world.
We’re focused on making people’s lives better—holistically—by designing places that promote well-being from the inside out. We’re redefining sustainability as one of several interconnected parts to a greater, more meaningful whole. It’s a philosophy we call Living Design.
HUMAN CENTRIC
DESIGN SUSTAINABLE
RESEARCH BASED
We believe research holds the key to greater project performance. Our researchers and designers work in partnership from project start to completion. Together, they assess our clients’ goals and innovate ways to achieve them.
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