KieranTimberlake confronts climate change, social inequity, and biodiversity loss on every project. We are signatories of the AIA 2030 Commitment, which seeks to make all buildings carbon neutral by 2030, and the AIA Materials Pledge, a promise to consider human, climate, and ecosystem health as a part of the building materials evaluation process. As a founding signatory of US Architects Declare, an industry-wide appeal to address the growing emergencies of climate, justice, and biodiversity loss, we are committed to transforming the built environment through our design, research, and practices.

We design buildings that prioritize:

1. Ambitious Carbon Goals: Setting carbon emissions goals for every project and tracking progress with energy and life cycle assessment models.
2. Materials Health: Prioritizing the use of materials that are Red List free and sustainably and humanely sourced.
3. Health and Well-being: Optimizing indoor air quality, reducing pollutants, and providing safe, comfortable, and healthy environments for building occupants.
4. Equity and Inclusivity: Collaborating with key stakeholders that represent the diversity of the community in the design process and conducting post-occupancy evaluations to assess the impact of our buildings on their occupants.
 

We investigate sustainability topics through our research:

1. Tools: Creating and sharing industry-leading tools (Tally, Roast, Pointelist) that reveal the social and environmental impacts of architecture.
 

2. Culture of Inquiry: Investigating issues of supply chain equity, environmental justice, circularity, post-occupancy evaluation, and ecosystem impacts.

We promote education internally to address sustainability challenges:

1. Working Group Meetings and Lecture Series: Training all staff in environmental topics, convening task teams to tackle technical topics, and coordinating an internal lecture series with guest speakers.
2. Professional Development: Requiring LEED certification as a minimum, we support staff in attending conferences and obtaining additional environmental literacy certifications.
3. Staff Performance: Reviewing and offering feedback on environmental engagement during annual performance reviews.

We provide a pathway for our peers to join us in advocacy:

1. Relationship-building: Seeking out clients, consultants, and manufacturers who share similar climate advocacy goals.
2. Expanding Knowledge: Promoting environmental literacy through cross-industry conferences, symposia, workshops, and peer-reviewed papers and op-eds.
3. Pro Bono Work: Volunteering 1% of working hours in our community and taking leadership positions to shape policy, sustainability rating systems, and global coalitions addressing the impact of our industry on the planet.

We live out our values through our building operations:

1. Recycling and Composting: Composting food waste has cut our landfill waste in half, plus seven streams of recycling and reuse allow further diversion from landfills.
2. Travel: Tracking and limiting business travel and purchasing carbon offsets for the remaining emissions.
3. Living Lab: Conducting continuous post-occupancy evaluations and systems testing on our workspace to minimize our energy demand.
4. Carbon: Purchasing renewable energy to power the building.