{"id":36136,"date":"2022-04-29T16:46:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T16:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-swa-2019.pantheonsite.io\/?post_type=idea&p=36136"},"modified":"2023-09-07T17:56:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T17:56:19","slug":"climate-infrastructure-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"idea","link":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/idea\/climate-infrastructure-toolkit\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Infrastructure Toolkit"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1550012464337{padding-top: 5% !important;}”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”36647″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]This in-progress topical project focuses on strategies for land-based climate change adaptation and mitigation.\u00a0 The project developed a simple, easy to use tool based on the four ways that design projects can address climate change in order to scale up and speed climate action within SWA\u2019s professional services.\u00a0 With 700 projects a year, it is not feasible to pursue time intensive certification programs like LEED or SITES for all SWA projects.\u00a0 This tool lowers the barriers to action for individual project teams, clients, and enables better firmwide annual goal tracking.\u00a0 The tool is three tiered, with four impact areas, 20 sub-strategies, and multiple tactics that provide best-fit options.\u00a0 These include both quantifiable design choices and those based on precedent, which have typically been excluded from sustainability accounting.\u00a0 In addition, the tool is to be implemented at the start and end of each project for goal setting and accountability as part of a firmwide challenge to make every project a climate infrastructure project.\u00a0 The team used literature review, existing certification programs, peer review, and case studies including resilience, net zero carbon, and performance-based sustainable options to inform the tool. \u00a0The project extends SWA\u2019s work and research on climate change.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text el_class=”swa_column_header”]<\/p>\n

RESEARCH TEAM<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Anya Domlesky<\/a> and Jonah Susskind, XL research and innovation Lab at SWA
\nAlejandra Hinojosa, SWA[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

THANKS TO<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Kristen DiStefano, Atelier Ten
\nChris Hardy, Sasaki
\nPamela Conrad, Climate Positive Design
\nNatalia Beard<\/a> and Andrew Watkins<\/a>, SWA
\nWorkshop participants from all eight sessions
\nMarco Esposito, Raymond Siu, Alison Ecker, Sergio Lima, Andrew Gressett, Ben Waldo, Elvis Wong, Sarah Fitzgerald, Shuyao Zhang, Guanyi Wang, Zhilan Song, and Paul Wehby, SWA[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

FEATURED<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Digital Landscape Architecture Conference Keynote
\n\u201cHybrids: Designing for a Different Future\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

American Institute of Architects (AIA) Conference on Architecture
\n“Integrating Climate Research into Design Practice”<\/a><\/p>\n

Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
\n\u201cAffecting Landscape Performance with Material and Detail\u201d<\/p>\n

The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London
\nPractice & Research Panel<\/p>\n

ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture
\n“Realizing Climate Action Ambitions: Pathways to Decarbonization”<\/p>\n

The Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture (JoDLA)<\/a>
\n\u201cHybrids: Designing for a Different World\u201d<\/p>\n

International Federation of Landscape Architecture (IFLA) World Congress
\n“Climate Infrastructure Toolkit”<\/p>\n

Instagram
\nOffice Workshop, San Francisco<\/a>
\nOffice Workshop, Houston<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

FINDINGS<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Climate Infrastructure portfolio<\/a> of example projects<\/p>\n

Climate Infrastructure card deck (forthcoming)
\nClimate Infrastructure poster (forthcoming)
\nClimate Infrastructure quiz (forthcoming)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

RELATED PROJECTS<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The Edge of Paradise: Landscape Strategies for Living with Fire<\/a>
\nCalifornia Wildland Urban Interface Research<\/a>
\nResilience Performance Case Study: Coast<\/a>
\nResilience Performance Case Study: River<\/a>
\nCarbon Sequestration Analysis<\/a>
\nThe Future City: Urban Sensorium<\/a>
\nResearch Supporting SWA Resilient Cities Project: Miami<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":36648,"template":"","ideas_category":[172],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nClimate Infrastructure Toolkit - SWA Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/idea\/climate-infrastructure-toolkit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Climate Infrastructure Toolkit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1550012464337{padding-top: 5% !important;}”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”36647″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]This in-progress topical […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/idea\/climate-infrastructure-toolkit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SWA Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/swagroup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-07T17:56:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/swacdn.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/27144313\/700x700_web_climate3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SWAgroup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/idea\/climate-infrastructure-toolkit\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/idea\/climate-infrastructure-toolkit\/\",\"name\":\"Climate Infrastructure Toolkit - 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