AIA 2030

ZED Celebrates 10 Years of AIA 2030 Commitment

According to the newly released 2020 Summary of the AIA 2030 Commitment report, ZeroEnergy Design is one of only 15 firms to achieve 80% or greater predicted EUI savings across their entire architectural portfolio. In 2020, 378 companies reported, representing 3.8 billion square feet across 102 countries.

For the tenth year in a row, ZED tracked and reported its energy data against the AIA 2030 Commitment and 2030 Challenge, each year exceeding the minimum thresholds. 2020 marked a significant milestone for the challenge, increasing the carbon reduction target from 70% to 80%.

Measuring Progress: AIA 2030 Report Summary for 2020
Over the course of 2020, ZED reported an impressive 102% reduction in pEUI savings across its entire architectural portfolio, outperforming the target for the 10th consecutive year.

10 years badge.png

The AIA 2030 Commitment program supports the AIA 2030 challenge, which calls for all new construction and major renovations to be carbon neutral by the year 2030 and provides architects, engineers, and owners a global platform to demonstrate action against climate change through energy-efficient design.

In 2020, the 2030 Commitment participants reported energy savings equivalent to carbon emissions that would be sequestered by more than 42.3 million acres of forest, or 34.6 million tons of CO2 emissions, in one year. Click below for the full report.

MORE: AIA 2030 Commitment Report

AIA 2030 Commitment Report + ZeroEnergy Design

According to the newly released 2019 Summary of the AIA 2030 Commitment report, ZeroEnergy Design is one of only 27 firms nationwide to achieve 70% or greater predicted EUI savings across their entire architectural portfolio in 2019.

The AIA 2030 Commitment program supports the AIA 2030 challenge, which calls for all new construction and major renovations to be carbon neutral by the year 2030 and provides architects, engineers, and owners a global platform to demonstrate action against climate change through energy-efficient design.

AIA2030-2019- ZED stats.jpg

Each year, the 2030 signatories track and report their annual progress against increasingly aggressive energy reduction targets. This year, ZED reported an impressive 97.9% reduction in pEUI savings across its entire architectural portfolio, easily achieving the targeted 70% carbon reduction for the ninth consecutive year.

The 2030 Commitment currently has 549 active signatories, out of which 311 firms submitted portfolios in 2019 on projects totaling 3.3 billion square feet across 107 countries. Together, these projects accounted for an overall pEUI reduction equivalent to avoiding 20.2 million tons of CO2 emissions.

Click below for the full report.

MORE: AIA 2030 Commitment Report

Architectural Digest Reviews the Architecture Industry's Response to Climate Change

Architectural Digest took a close look at the impact of the building and construction sector on climate change and what the architecture industry is doing to make a difference.

The article contains insights from leading industry experts, including AIA President Jane Frederick, Bjarke Ingels of BIG, and ZED Managing Director, Stephanie Horowitz.

In her interview for the article, Horowitz highlighted the importance of thinking ahead and designing and building today’s homes and buildings in alignment with the upcoming benchmarks for climate change. She also pointed out that it was not only new construction that needed to be addressed. “The new homes that we design and build are the low-hanging fruit. The challenge is the existing housing,” Horowitz said.

According to the AIA, 82% of the commercial buildings in the U.S. were built before 2000 - before the modernization of building energy codes for design and construction.

Full article is linked below.

MORE: ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST

ZED's Top Performance in AIA 2030 Commitment Recognized ON Rise

Rise, a leading online publication for sustainable home improvement, recently published a story on the impact of the AIA 2030 Challenge on the built environment and the continued efforts of leading firms such as ZeroEnergy Design to make their portfolios carbon neutral.

Each year, signatories of the AIA 2030 Commitment program, which supports the AIA 2030 Challenge, track and report their annual progress against energy reduction targets through energy-efficient design. In 2018, ZED reported an impressive 92.6% reduction in pEUI savings across its entire architectural portfolio, becoming one of only 16 firms nationwide to exceed the 70% target.

Full article is linked below.

MORE: AIA 2030 Challenge - A Look at Its Impact and Leading Firms

ZED CONTINUES TO LEAD THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE

According to the newly released 2018 Summary of the AIA 2030 Commitment report, ZeroEnergy Design is one of only 16 firms nationwide to achieve 70% or greater predicted EUI savings across their entire architectural portfolio in 2018.

The AIA 2030 Commitment program supports the AIA 2030 challenge, which calls for all new construction and major renovations to be carbon neutral by the year 2030 and provides architects, engineers, and owners a global platform to demonstrate action against climate change through energy-efficient design. Every year, the 2030 signatories track and report their annual progress against increasingly aggressive energy reduction targets.

This year, ZED reported an impressive 92.6% reduction in pEUI savings across its entire architectural portfolio, achieving the targeted 70% carbon reduction for the ninth consecutive year.

The 2030 Commitment currently has 549 active signatories, out of which 252 firms submitted portfolios in 2018 on projects totaling almost three billion square feet across 92 countries. Together, these projects accounted for an overall pEUI reduction equivalent to avoiding 17.7 million tons of CO2 emissions as well as operating savings of greater than $3.3 billion over the baseline equivalent.

Click on the link below to read the new full report.

MORE: 2018 AIA 2030 SUMMARY

ZeroEnergy Design Submits 2018 Data for AIA 2030

2018_AIA-2030 Data.jpg

ZeroEnergy Design recently submitted project data for 2018 to the AIA 2030 Design Data Exchange, reporting an impressive 92.6% reduction in pEUI savings across its architectural portfolio. Last year, ZED reported an 88.7% reduction and was one of the only 10 firms nationwide that achieved the AIA 2030 goal of 70% pEUI savings across their entire design portfolio.

The AIA 2030 Commitment program supports the AIA 2030 challenge, which calls for all new buildings, developments, and major renovations to be carbon-neutral by the year 2030, and offers architects a way to publicly show their dedication and track their progress.

Since 2010, architectural firms in the Commitment have been tracking and evaluating the performance of their design projects over each calendar year. The data, collected via the 2030 Design Data Exchange (DDx), includes the type of building, area, baseline energy performance, and predicted energy performance. In 2017, 2030 Commitment participants saved 17.8 million metric tons of CO2, which is equivalent to the carbon that would be sequestered by 21 million acres of forest.

ZED’s continued commitment to sustainable design and energy efficiency is reflected in its excellent year over year performance. This is the ninth consecutive year the firm has achieved the targeted 70% carbon reduction.

The 2018 Summary is expected to be released during the summer of 2019. In the interim, the 2017 report is available.

MORE: THE 2017 SUMMARY OF THE AIA 2030 COMMITMENT

ZeroEnergy Design continues to lead AIA 2030 climate initiative

ZeroEnergy Design is one of only ten architectural firm nationwide that achieved a predicted energy use intensity (pEUI) savings of 70% across their entire design portfolio, according to the recently released summary of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) 2030 Commitment. Of the 480 firms participating in the initiative, 212 reported and only ten of those achieved the 70% goal. ZeroEnergy Design exceed the goal with an 88.7% total design portfolio reduction.

The goal of the 2030 Challenge, which began in 2010, is for all new buildings and major renovations to be carbon neutral by 2030.  One of the main targets for architecture firms is an energy consumption performance standard of 70% below average for all major renovations, developments and buildings. The other goals are reducing the fossil fuel standard by 80% in 2020, 90% in 225 and eliminating fossil fuel GHG emitting energy for all new buildings and major renovations by 2030.

Architectural firms continued efforts to reach their environmental goals. According to the report, 17.8 million metric tons of carbon savings were reported in 2017, a 6.7% increase from 2016. The carbon savings are equivalent to the entire state of Maine. In dollars and cents, this is a savings of $3.2 billion in annual operating costs.

Other notable statistics from the 2017 report:

  • The report examined 16,856 total projects, an increase of 21% from 2016. The projects came from 90 different countries.

  • Progress continues. Zero Energy and nine other firms exceeded the 70% of the pEUI savings goal and the majority of the firms are between 40% and 60%.

  • The statistics show the 2030 Commitment goals can be reached in any region or climate.

Designing and building homes that use 50% less energy than the building code requires is an absolute minimum standard at ZeroEnergy Design. We believe the 2030 commitment goals are attainable now/today and we are doing our part to make sure they are met.

MORE:  AIA 2030 REPORT