Sustainable Design & Consulting Services
Our sustainable design and consulting services are available to clients located anywhere in the world. For more information, please send a brief description of your project to lysander@beautifulworld.earth
Note: we do not offer consultations regarding local building codes
Designing for Climate Resilience
As temperatures rise, climate instability threatens the built environment and its inhabitants throughout the world. At Beautiful World, we can help integrate climate resilience into your project using specific solutions tailored to your project’s climate zone, projected future climate risks, and budget.
Enhancing Building Performance & Modelling Energy Demand
Energy consumption typically accounts for around two-thirds of the carbon emissions incurred during a building’s lifetime; therefore, increasing energy efficiency and building performance is critical to reducing its carbon footprint while at the same time reducing utility costs. At Beautiful World, we can model your project’s energy consumption and develop strategies to improve energy efficiency and building performance.
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) & Greenhouse Gas Accounting
We offer Greenhouse Gas accounting and LCA services for construction projects, manufacturers, and other businesses looking to account for and ultimately reduce the carbon footprint of their operations. For building specific LCAs, we offer ‘Cradle to Gate’, ‘Cradle to Site’, and ‘Cradle to Grave’ levels of environmental assessment, compliant with relevant standards such as ISO 14044 and EN 15978.
We can also draft Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for manufacturers based in the Southwestern United States and California.
Reducing Embodied Carbon & Identifying Sustainable Alternative Materials
Embodied carbon—the emissions associated with a building’s materials and construction process—typically accounts for approximately one third of a building’s lifetime GHG emissions. We can identify material hotspots within your project and help develop low carbon solutions to reduce your project’s embodied footprint.
Designing for a Circular Economy
While sometimes difficult to define, the concept of ‘circular economy’ challenges the prevailing patterns of resource consumption which generate exorbitant volumes of waste, pollution, and environmental degradation. At Beautiful World, we can help integrate principles and practices of circular economy into your project or product, reducing the negative environmental and social impacts associated with its production.