Nearly half of global emissions come from the built environment.
We work to halve them, this decade.
Buildings, landscapes, and infrastructure,
and the energy that powers them,
are ha/f of the problem.
To address this, we work with the policymakers who establish guidance and the design teams who make the choices, and we advocate for systems change.
We provide evidence to support policymakers.
Most of a project’s costs and carbon are locked in before it opens, by the codes, procurement rules, and planning bylaws that govern construction.
We work with governments to provide the evidence and guidance to change them.
City of TorontoOntario’s first embodied carbon benchmarking study, across 41 large building projects, and the toolkit behind the Urban Design Guidelines.
Global Affairs CanadaA whole-life carbon framework for building and managing Canada’s missions abroad.
National Research Council & RAICMore than 2,000 architects, planners, engineers, and designers trained across Canada through the National LCA Training Program with the NRC and RAIC.
Canada Mortgage and Housing CorporationHousing Design Catalogue: working with architects across Canada to provide energy modelling and life cycle assessment for
50 housing prototypes, a Materials Guide, and a Climate Risk and Resilience Guide to adapt the prototypes.
We work alongside design,
not after it.
The decisions made earliest are the ones that do the most and cost the least.
We support design and development teams in making better places, bringing ideas and scenarios forward while the options are still open.
Northcrest DevelopmentsYZD Rights-of-Way Study, Toronto. Making the sufficiency case for narrower streets that cut construction and long-term maintenance costs and make room for green space.
CCxA & gh3*34 Hanna Park, Toronto. Life cycle assessment and material strategy for the landscape and pavilion, developed alongside the design team.
Allies and Morrison
& Jas Bhalla WorksDesign guidance for the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation on its future build-out in west London.
& Jas Bhalla WorksDesign guidance for the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation on its future build-out in west London.
GXN & AKTIIWaterfront Neighbourhood Space, Toronto. A pop-up park on Ookwemin Minising, built from reused materials.
MASS Design GroupRwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture. Winner of the 2025 AIA COTE Award, the 2024 Dezeen Project of the Year, and the Harvard GSD Veronica Rudge Green Prize.
We advocate.
We teach, write, and speak so that clients, governments, and practitioners are ready before the rules change.
News
Ha/f at RPIC National Summit
Juliette and Kelly are speaking at the Real Property Institute of Canada’s National Summit, presenting our work in a talk titled “Building Sovereignty: A Federal Real Property Strategy for Low-Cost, Low-Carbon Construction.”
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