2030 Commitment

Kaleidoscope Updates: Choose Your Partitions Wisely

March 28, 2023

Becca McGee Sturgeon, Elisabeth Machielse, Melanie Silver, Olivia Humphrey, Yoko Furuya

We are thrilled to share another update to Kaleidoscope. This update expands upon the interior assemblies to now include partitions. [...]

Kaleidoscope: New Assemblies Added!

June 21, 2022

Becca McGee Sturgeon, Denise Gravelle, Melanie Silver, Olivia Humphrey

PAYETTE is excited to announce another update to Kaleidoscope, our web-based tool to bring the imperative topic of Embodied Carbon further into our design process. [...]

Payette’s 2020 Reporting for 2030

January 5, 2022

Elizabeth Galloway

We are excited about our project performance to date, working toward all projects meeting the AIA’s predicted EUI reduction target of 80% in the coming year. [...]

Kaleidoscope 2.0: Embodied Carbon Design Tool Updates

April 27, 2021

Becca McGee Sturgeon, Denise Gravelle, Melanie Silver

PAYETTE is excited to announce an update to Kaleidoscope: Embodied Carbon Design Tool, our web-based tool to bring the imperative topic of Embodied Carbon further into our design process. The update to Kaleidoscope contains additional envelope systems and introduces flooring. We first… [...]

Introducing Kaleidoscope: Embodied Carbon Design Tool

October 15, 2020

Becca McGee Sturgeon, Denise Gravelle, Luke Laverty, Melanie Silver

PAYETTE is excited to announce that we have launched an open source web-based tool, Kaleidoscope: Embodied Carbon Design Tool, to bring the imperative topic of Embodied Carbon further [...]

Earth Day 2020: Sustainability in the Time of Covid-19

April 22, 2020

Andrea Love

Many have been writing about the similarities and differences between the coronavirus crisis and the climate crisis, and what we might learn from this time we currently live in. I think there are places that we can find hope for the climate movement in the midst [...]

Earth Day 2020: Celebrating 50 Years of Environmental Action

April 22, 2020

Elizabeth Galloway

For the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, many had hoped to see millions in the streets again, commensurate with the first Earth Day, demanding action on climate change. However, while the streets are mostly empty in this time of social distancing [...]

Sustainability On Tour at Williams College

February 12, 2020

Ron Blanchard

The South Science Center is included in Williams College's Self Guided Sustainability Tours [...]

Payette Featured in Architect Magazine’s Carbon Issue

January 23, 2020

PAYETTE

PAYETTE is thrilled to be featured in Architect Magazine’s Carbon Issue [...]

It’s Time to Talk About Carbon (Part 2): Where is the Carbon in our Buildings?

December 19, 2019

Andrea Love, Melanie Silver

If we look at a typical building’s lifespan of sixty years and graph total carbon emissions – embodied and operational – the operational energy over time has a larger impact. Reducing operational energy is the most effective strategy to reduce overall carbon emissions over a sixty year building lifespan. Historically… [...]

It’s Time to Talk About Carbon (Part 1): What the Science is Telling Us

December 18, 2019

Andrea Love, Melanie Silver

Next month brings us into the new decade of 2020 and one year closer to 2030. The year 2030 is significant for many reasons, including the AIA 2030 Commitment which PAYETTE has been reporting predicted operational energy for eight years, with the goal of reaching carbon-neutral operations by… [...]

Net Zero Commitment: Standing In, Standing Up

December 17, 2019

Elizabeth Galloway

On November 5, 2019, I had the opportunity to testify before the BBRS in support of a net zero stretch code, together with a group representing the AEC industry. The group presented a letter of support signed by over 1,400 design and construction professionals, including 95 firms and 1,341 individuals,… [...]

Passive House Standards – Not Just for Houses

November 20, 2019

Philippe Généreux

Initially created in Germany in the 1990s, Passive House Standards were voluntary standards intended for the certification of highly energy efficient, single family homes. [...]

Payette’s 2018 reporting for 2030

September 13, 2019

Elizabeth Galloway

As part of our commitment to the environment, PAYETTE signed the AIA 2030 Commitment in January 2011 with the goal of designing carbon-neutral buildings by the year 2030. [...]

Getting Carbon-Thoughtful

July 10, 2019

Becca McGee Sturgeon, Luke Laverty

Last month, we attended the Embodied Carbon in Buildings conference put on by the BSA. [...]

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