Sustainability

Sustainability has now become an inherent part of the design process. Virtually all projects have this key design parameter. 

We have a long-standing interest and involvement in sustainability and green design. Through our research and practice guideline work, we have helped to shape the way the industry approaches energy and environmental issues in buildings. We help our clients to build more energy efficient and livable buildings.

The rehabilitation construction process also provides a unique opportunity to upgrade the energy performance of the buildings. We are currently involved in a number of initiatives to monitor and document energy performance before and after rehabilitation.

                 

A member of the CaGBC      A member of USGBC

Regarding Michael Aoki-Kramer, RDH Principal located in the Seattle office:

“You offered clear options for solutions that benefit us as individuals and the construction industry in the short run, the earth in the long run, and made it clear that building science is just good common sense.“

Carol Volpe, organizer, regarding 2009 Renton Technical College lecture series entitled, “Green, Greener, Greenest: Digging Beneath the Surface of Green . . . and Why It Matters to the Construction Industry” for which Michael was a speaker.