Material transparency is key for architects and designers to improve health, reduce environmental impact, and promote equity. We use transparency frameworks like LEED, Living Building Challenge and the AIA Materials Pledge to inform our practice.
As we help communities design their streets, transportation systems, and public spaces, we recognize the uncertainty that big changes can bring. By focusing on the fundamentals of walkable communities and safe, accessible networks, we will be resilient.
Home to one of the world's leading play materials, the LEGO Headquarters in Billund, Denmark achieved LEED Gold certification at its state-of-the-art campus. evolveEA provided targeted sustainability consulting, helping the project achieve LEED Gold for New Construction.
Providing LEED consulting, campus planning, and sustainability projects, evolveEA has helped Carnegie Mellon University design and build a high performance environment on campus.
evolveEA managed the LEED process and guided the project team for Ostermayer Hall in achieving LEED Gold certification for this celebrated project at Penn State’s Greater Allegheny Campus.
Building on SPC’s SmartMoves long range plan, evolveEA developed novel land use analysis tools to identify transit-supportive clusters throughout the region where new multimodal transit hubs could enable improved regional connectivity.
Yale is committed to a sustainable future and has adopted requirements for all new buildings and renovation projects to achieve LEED Certification. The University's science and medicine institutes and centers have pioneered green building with many projects, including the first lab in the world to achieve LEED standards.
With leadership from evolveEA, Hazelwood Green is transforming into a low carbon development with aggressive energy, water, waste, and transportation goals, compliant with 2030 and P4 targets, and is to be certified under LEED for Neighborhood Development.
Station Area Planning enables the Port Authority to strategically manage its facilities and operations, and increase ridership by densifying urban nodes around transit stations and promoting healthy, active, car-free, and affordable lifestyles.
The Etna EcoDistrict is building on the successes and methods of neighboring ecodistricts and participating in the Triboro Ecodistrict. evolveEA designed a full year community education curriculum that explores key ecodistrict concepts of Water, Food, Energy, Air, Mobility, and Equity.
The evolveEA office is the only LEED v4.1 O+M: Interiors project in Pennsylvania and only the third such project nationally to achieve LEED Platinum Certification.
The Uptown neighborhood will see a transformation from parking lots to a multi-use development that includes affordable and market-rate housing, a bus rapid transit hub, and public art allowing opportunities for cultural expression. evolveEA led the masterplanning of the public spaces and is currently designing the public spaces with artists from the Hill and Uptown.
