Chosen as one of Canada's Greenest Employers for 2011:
By Kristina Leung and Richard Yerema, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editor
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Apr 20, 2011)
Some of the reasons why Busby Perkins+Will Architect Co. was selected as one of Canada's Greenest Employers (2011):
as part of Atlanta, Georgia-based Perkins+Will, the firm has over 1,200 LEED-accredited professionals worldwide, many of whom are called upon to provide lectures and presentations advocating sustainable design -- over 75 percent of its worldwide professional staff and 98 percent of Vancouver staff are LEED accredited
designed the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum-certified multi-family residential building in Canada
and is pushing the building envelope with the newly constructed "Centre of Interactive Research on Sustainability" at the University of British Columbia -- completed in 2010 the unique structure is designed to be a "LEED Platinum Living Building" that will be net zero energy and net zero water (even capturing rain water for potable use)
recently launched an in-house "Green Operation Plan" to ensure that its facilities and day-to-day operations are conducted in an environmentally responsible manner -- from monitoring water and energy use (in real time) and hosting a firm-wide recycle and reuse competition (with offices competing for the highest diversion rate), to providing transit subsidies and secure bike storage with shower facilities for its employees
decreased its CO2 emissions by 600 tonnes in 2007 and 2008 -- and continues to work towards that reduction goal every year
has completed 75 LEED certified projects and has over 200 LEED registered projects -- and has committed itself to the "2030 Challenge", pledging that all of its projects will be designed as carbon neutral by the year 2030
