Net Zero Global Brochure

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Net Zero GLOBAL BROCHURE

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CONTENTS Proven Capabilities

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The Net Zero Imperative

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Defining Net Zero

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Getting to Zero

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Net Zero Policy

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Net Zero at Scale

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Net Zero Buildings

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Net Zero Technologies

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The Introba Brand

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LEFT: DPR CONSTRUCTION SAN FRANCISCO PHOTO CREDIT: EMILY HAGOPIAN

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Introducing Introba

Designing Living Systems, Transforming Built Environments We are a global network of changemakers creating smart, resilient, and connected Living Systems.

Introba’s leading-edge design and advisory practices apply technology, advanced engineering, and thoughtful creativity to elevate the human experience by creating Living Systems.

We recognize that business-as-usual engineering will not future-proof against the impact on our planet’s resources or ensure human safety and comfort. As a result, critical changes to global infrastructure, material supply chains, and government and corporate policies all play a role in our transformative design and consulting work.

Through our network of strategically integrated practice areas, Introba seeks to remedy inefficiencies, capitalize on shared opportunities, and find practical solutions to create adaptable, efficient, flexible, equitable, cost-effective, and resilient environments today and for future generations.

Our blended expertise in built environment engineering practice areas with specialty advisory services creates Living Systems that are intelligent, resilient, highly sustainable, and connected to their environments. Together, we are leaders in advanced engineering and innovation.

Bill Overturf President

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Global Experience

Introba is a global team of planners, engineers, and consultants dedicated to transforming the built environment. With over 1,000 employees in offices across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Serbia, and Australia, Introba is one of the world’s largest building engineering and consulting firms.

Committed to reshaping the world, our problem solvers combine cutting-edge digital solutions with emerging innovations and industry-leading sustainability strategies to transform the built environment. We collaborate with our clients to create living systems that are smart, secure, resilient, and connected – spaces that uplift communities, protect the health of the planet, and adapt to meet the demands of the future.

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Proven Capabilities

Introba is the world’s leading engineers of net zero buildings, campuses, and districts.

IMAGINE Designing for zero

PERFORM Achieving zero in use

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Introba designs net zero energy and net zero carbon projects costeffectively collaborating with architects and planners to prioritize passive design strategies that enhance occupant experience. Working with occupants, we identify and drive down energy demands. Our world-class energy modeling capabilities allow scenarios, systems, and behaviors to be simulated, compared, and shared with the project team.

Our net zero projects deliver on their promise.

Our expertise is guiding cities, regions, and nations to develop policy to meet energy and climate change goals.

Our unique approach, deep expertise, and a proven track record as net zero pioneers make Introba your ideal project partner.

Net Zero

We’re proud that verified energy consumption data shows our projects meeting or surpassing energy targets.

Effective commissioning and finetuning of systems enables our projects to stay within their energy budgets.

Controls that are simple to understand and operate help building owners manage to zero, year after year.

ACCELERATE Defining zero

SUSTAIN Net zero +++

WHOLE LIFE ZERO Beyond operational

Ever since we began our deep green journey we’ve been helping define best practice by:

The strategies that enable buildings to achieve net zero have benefits beyond energy and carbon.

As we drive down operational carbon emissions the role of embodied carbon becomes more evident.

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Acting as technical advisors to the World Green Building Council’s Advancing Net Zero program

Our net zero buildings consistently demonstrate higher levels of occupant satisfaction than their peers.

MEP systems can account for more than half of a building’s whole life carbon emissions.

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Leading the development of the Canada Green Building Council’s Zero Carbon Buildings Framework

Our lifecycle analysis team are tackling this challenge head on.

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Being founding members of LETI - the Low-Energy Transformation Initiative

Users report improved air quality, visual and thermal comfort—all major contributors to health, wellbeing, and productivity.

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Authoring CIBSE Technical Memorandum 65 Embodied Carbon of Building Services Equipment

The integrated design process that supports net zero also drives up quality and increases project value.

We are the authors of the industry standard for embodied carbon assessment of MEP systems, and share best practices on system selection through thought leadership and case studies.

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The Net Zero Imperative RES

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Introba’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment underpins our own race to zero, and sets out how we will help our clients to achieve zero carbon across their buildings.

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The good news is that the technologies we need exist and are proven, prices continue to fall, and Introba has the know-how to integrate them cost-effectively and elegantly into projects of any scale.

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CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

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By 2050, all new and existing buildings need to operate at net zero carbon, and all new buildings, infrastructure, and renovations should be net zero embodied carbon.

We must slash energy demands and increase the operating efficiency of every building, while switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy generation and storage.

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The World Green Building Council’s Net Zero Carbon sets a vision for all new buildings to operate at net zero carbon by 2030.

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To turn the tide on climate change the buildings sector needs to race to zero.

OTHER INDUSTRY

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Buildings and their construction consume are responsible for 39% of global carbon emissions

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integral group Global engineering firm Tenant

Company drive to build high performance buildings that respect and enrich the earth. Have designed over 100 net zero energy projects including 10 projects completed that have gone through certification and verification pathways.

Commit Committed to occupying only net zero Scope 1 and 2 carbon assets by 2030 with an accelerated target of 2020; and aspirational target for zero carbon emissions from operational waste, water, business flights, and employee commute by 2030.

Disclose Disclose social and environmental metrics through an annual report which includes: environmental footprint, equity & diversity, health & well-being, education & impact.

Act Implement ongoing energy efficiency upgrades across tenancies and work with landlords on renewable energy procurements.

Verify Verify our annual Corporate Social and Environment Responsibility (CSER) report by 2020 to ensure integrity and alignment with our goals and commitments.

Advocate 16 offices 1.7 tCO 2 e portfolio carbon emissions

Provide a net zero carbon pathway for every design project undertaken by 2020.

500 employees 4 countries of operation

a member of four GBCs globally

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Defining Net Zero

Operational Energy and Carbon

Whole Life Carbon

Net zero energy (NZE) buildings generate as much renewable energy on site as they consume on an annual basis.

As buildings become more energy efficient and are powered by renewable energy, embodied carbon can dominate their whole life carbon impact.

If they generate excess renewable energy they become energy positive.Energy demands are reduced by optimizing building form, skin, and systems and enabling energy saving behaviors for every user.

All electric NZE buildings go a step further by eliminating the burning of fossil fuels and biomass on site.

These can become net zero carbon if they are supplied by 100% renewable electricity, supplementing sources harvested on or near the site, with green power drawn from the grid.Some net zero definitions also permit use of carbon offsets, as a last resort.

Monitoring and disclosing performance is a central principle of all net zero definitions. Gathering and sharing data incentivizes ongoing maintenance and optimization of buildings and ensures integrity of net zero labels.

In recent years policy makers, and green building councils and institutes have developed local and international standards to recognise net zero buildings.

Net Zero

Net zero embodied carbon addresses the upfront greenhouse gas emissions across the whole lifecycle of a building associated with extraction of materials, production, and transport of products, construction, repair, replacement, disassembly, and disposal.

Carbon offsets are used to address residual embodied carbon to achieve net zero embodied carbon.

OPERATIONAL CARBON

EMBODIED CARBON

Business as usual

Demand reduction building form + skin, equipment selection, behaviors

Efficiency gains high performance systems

100% Renewable energy onsite renewables maximized

> 100% Renewable energy

Net zero energy

Energy positive

> 100% Renewable energy + zero combustion

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WHOLE LIFE Net zero NET ZERO embodied CARBON carbon

Design out upfront carbon

System selection to reduce upfront carbon

Operations + End of life maintenance strategy System for reuse, optimization to avoid future recycling + embodied to minimize responsible upfront carbon carbon disposal

Offsets equal to unavoidable embodied carbon

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Getting to Zero

Whether your project is a single building, a campus, a corporation, or a city - we follow the same proven process to guide your journey to net zero operations.

Our approach is collaborative, iterative, interactive, evidencebased, and analysis-led.

SET THE IMPERATIVE

EMBED THE GOAL

Understand why achieving net zero is essential for a sustainable future

Commit to net zero and set it as a simple, clear and compelling target

FINE TUNE TO ZERO Continually improve systems, operations + behaviors

DISCLOSE PERFORMANCE

VERIFY Proven Capabilities

Share best practices.

Set new and higher future targets

MONITOR

COMMISSION FOR ZERO Verify that systems and strategies work as designed and can be easily controlled

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DESIGN + BUILD FOR ZERO

VERIFY

Clear documentation, specification and construction to meet performance targets

ASSESS THE CONTEXT

ESTABLISH THE BASELINE

Assemble analysis of climate, uses, energy infrastructure and local context

Simulate a ‘business as usual’ baseline - with all energy demands included, and when they occur

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INTEGRATE RENEWABLES Meet residual demands using renewable energy - prioritizing on-site, then near site and finally off-site. Add energy storage where needed to protect grid or improve economics

SWITCH, GENERATE + STORE

SCENARIOS + STRATEGIES Test combinations of energy conservation, and load-shifting measures, then iterate until technical or economic limits are reached

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Net Zero Policy

Rewriting the rule book through policy on a global scale is the key to sustainable change.

Our investment in global policy incentivizes energy performance targets and calls for a dramatic and ambitious transformation towards a completely zero carbon built environment.

Introba’s advisory team accelerates the achievement of sustainability goals for organizations, at all levels of government, and for infrastructure, district, and masterplan developments.

PHOTO CREDIT© 2019 CLEANBC BETTER BUILDINGS

The Net-Zero Energy-Ready Challenge

The London Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI)

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Energy System Transformation Playbook

From Thousands to Billions - Coordinated Action towards 100% Net Zero Carbon Buildings By 2050, sponsored by Introba 15

Net Zero at Scale

Action planning has never been more important in supporting the transition from fossil carbon to net zero emissions and renewable energy.

Following the declaration of climate emergencies across the globe, districts are working towards sustainable change at scale. To reach ambitious climate targets, taking a holistic approach combines green technologies with a vision to promote ongoing investment and funding in net zero strategies and infrastructure.

Cambridge Getting to Net Zero Project, Cambridge, United States

We help clients to identify and set sustainability goals and then monitor, manage, and certify delivery against agreed targets to benefit individuals and their communities for years to come.

The Port Phillip EcoCentre St Kilda Botanical Gardens, Australia Net Zero

Net Zero Carbon Toolkit

Oct 2021

This Net Zero Carbon Toolkit is licensed under Creative Commons Licence 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Licence Deed: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode Please attribute: Levitt Bernstein, Elementa, Passivhaus Trust and Etude commissioned by West Oxfordshire, Cotswold and Forest of Dean District Councils, funded by the LGA Housing Advisers Programme.

Net Zero Carbon Toolkit, United Kingdom

City of Toronto Zero Emissions Building Framework, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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University of Michigan, Michigan, United States

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Net Zero Buildings

Designed to meet top sustainability standards, achieving net zero and beyond.

Our net zero buildings range from historical sites, where building renovation has been used as a model of regenerative design, to innovative new builds, including the UK’s first true net zero carbon school.

Not only do our net zero buildings push the boundaries of engineering and design, they house institutions that lead within the fields of education, research, conservation, science, and environmental causes.

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David & Lucile Packard Foundation Headquarters, Los Altos, CA, United States

With over 100 net zero energy buildings in over 30 countries, we have experience across all aspects of sustainability planning to achieve performance goals.

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Hackbridge School Wallington, United Kingdom

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Half Moon Bay Library, Half Moon Bay, CA, United States PHOTO CREDIT: MORIYAMA & TESHIMA / ACTON OSTRY ARCHITECTS

George Brown College, The Arbour Toronto, ON, Canada

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Pitzer College, Robert Redford Conservancy Claremont, CA, United States 19

Net Zero Technologies

Accelerating the adoption of green technologies and systems and developing industry standard guidance.

Through the installation of innovative technologies including geothermal systems to meet 100% of annual heating and cooling requirements, solar PV, wind turbines, and integrated design solutions that reduce reliance on the grid, we meet our client’s needs for maximized energy efficiency, improved indoor environmental quality, and reduced operating costs, accelerating their progress towards net zero.

Through ongoing research and industry collaboration, the development of new guidance also provides a strong framework for practical action towards net zero systems.

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Vancouver Fire Hall #17, Canada

CIBSE TM65 Embodied carbon of MEP equipment calculation toolkit

Louise Hamot Global Lead of Lifecycle Research Louise.hamot@integralgroup.com

CIBSE Technical Memorandum 65: Embodied carbon in building services: A calculation methodology

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The Radiant Whole Life Carbon Study Refrigerants & Environmental Impacts: A Best Practice Guide, Elementa Consulting

PHOTO CREDIT: HGA PLANNING, ARCHITECTURE + INTERIORS

Erie County Industrial Development Agency, New York

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The Introba Brand Our Brand Pillars APPROACHABLE PEOPLE We are a diverse and highly qualified team who focus on understanding our clients’ unique objectives and context while collaborating with them to provide seamless project delivery and a tailored approach to meeting their specific needs.

PROVEN CAPABILITIES We apply multidisciplinary capabilities, technical excellence, and a lifecycle approach to deliver creative, resilient, and effective solutions for our clients’ toughest challenges.

GLOBAL EXPERIENCE From innovative multi-modal designs and complex transportation projects to iconic bridges and buildings, our global portfolio spans the range of sectors in advanced mobility infrastructure, smart buildings, and sustainable water solutions.

At Introba, we work to inspire change and empower changemakers.

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Introba’s Global Net Zero Team

Our policy, planning and strategic consulting teams provide advisory services to governments, real estate investors, developers and owners at local, regional, and national scales.

Ali Nazari

Megan White

Vice President, Energy & Sustainability

Vice President, ESG North America

David Green

Eric Solrain

Senior Principal, Building Performance

Senior Principal, Building Performance

Richard Palmer

Noah Zallen

Director of Global Sustainability APAC

Principal, Design Analytics

The policy frameworks, design guidelines and delivery road maps that they generate accelerate the transition to net zero.

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Chris Doel

Clara Bagenal George

David Barker

Senior Vice President, Canada

Associate, London

Managing Principal, Sustainability APAC

John Andary

Lisa Westerhoff

Louise Hamot

Vice President, Education

Principal

Global Lead of Sustainable Innovation

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Mary Casey

Shreshth Nagpal

Principal, Sustainability APAC

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Designing Living Systems.

Transforming Built Environments.

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