We're a non-profit think tank transforming climate change problems into solutions through the design of the built environment.
Problem
The urban built environment is responsible for most of the world's fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
Solution
Planning and designing collaborative efforts that pave the way to a sustainable and carbon neutral future
Design
Our programs and initiatives include design platforms, strategies and tools; benchmarks, targets and policies; and professional education and high-performance districts.
It's all about
Challenges...
We issued the 2030 Challenges as achievable energy and emissions reduction targets for new and old buildings, districts and cities, and building products.
... and
Opportunities
All our programs and initiatives help architects and organizations meet the 2030 Challenges, or expand the scope of the Challenges across the built environment.
Our Programs
implementing transformations
2030 Palette
The 2030 Palette is a free online platform that sets out the principles and actions for designing low-carbon/carbon neutral resilient structures, communities and cities worldwide.
2030 Districts
2030 Districts are urban high-performance building districts in cities across North America established by unique private/public partnerships committed to reducing energy use, water use, and transportation emissions.
AIA+2030
The AIA+2030 online and in-person education series offer the very latest strategies and applications for high-performance building design to the architecture and building community across the US and in Canada.
Our Initiatives
identifying problems / designing solutions
Roadmap to Zero Emissions
The Roadmap to Zero Emissions is a flexible plan that sets out the emissions reduction targets necessary in the building sector worldwide to avert dangerous and irreversible climate change, including the actions and financing instruments needed to reach the targets.
Achieving Zero
Achieving Zero is a roadmap for government entities to enact incremental actions over a fifteen-year timespan to phase out CO2 emissions in the built environment by mid-century.
Achieving 80 x 50
A practical and powerful plan to ensure that New York City can reach its bold and necessary emissions reduction targets through transformation of the city's building stock.