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2019

WELCOMEGUIDING

PRINCIPLESCURRENT

REALITYIMPACT

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APPROACHPROJECTSCULTUREVALUESSUSTAINABILITYJOURNEY

One of the most pressing challenges of the century is to mitigate the impacts of climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. Our 2019 Environmental Stewardship Report reflects DLR Group’s progress toward meeting the Architecture 2030 Challenge, the design industry’s charge to deliver carbon-neutral buildings and developments.*

An Incredible Decade 2019 marks the end of an incredible decade with seven of the 10 hottest years ever recorded contributing to an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. In the past decade, we have seen supporting policies, regulations, and commitments at the local and regional levels in the United States and throughout the world, urging industries and institutions to accelerate action to combat climate change.

This year also brought a significant push towards stricter building energy codes and policies to minimize GHG emissions in the upcoming years. Zero net energy buildings are emerging

as viable options for clients to meet their climate commitments. We view this increase in the number of zero net energy buildings being constructed as evidence of an increasing awareness by clients in both the public and private sectors to address climate change.

However, we also discovered that as clients begin to embrace these changes in policies, regulations, and commitments, a richer understanding of zero energy building is needed to propel fundamental operational changes with clear action plans. The positive outcomes expected as a product of the efforts of the past decade depend on successfully implementing zero net energy building solutions. For this reason, in 2019, we invested heavily in training specifically tailored for our clients, as well as our design teams.

Adding to Our Toolkit In 2019, we focused on further integrating sustainability conversations in our early design process to equip clients in identifying project goals and objectives. Based on the success of past education sessions, we further evolved our

Our promise is to elevate the human experience through design. This inspires our culture of design and fuels the work we do around the world.

WELCOME

* Information in this report has been extracted from estimated operational energy consumption, energy production, and energy optimization of DLR Group design in 2019.

** Reduction determined using The Zero Tool, an Architecture 2030 platform developed for building sector professionals to establish energy reduction baselines and targets, compare a building’s energy performance with similar buildings and to codes, and understand how a building achieved its current energy performance.

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VALUES visioning process - Viewing Architecture through the Lens of User Experience for Sustainability – creating a robust design tool to support all market sectors.

Using such tools, in 2019 we designed four zero net energy projects and added another 11 projects to our Getting to Zero Dashboard targeted to meet 2030 Challenge goals. This brings our total to 70 projects designed to meet the 2030 Challenge targets over the past five years across all climate zones and multiple building types.

Making a DifferenceDLR Group’s average reduction target of predicted net Energy Use Intensity based on performance data, has consistently exceeded the national peer group average. In 2019, our integrated design process resulted in a 53 percent pnEUI reduction compared to average buildings.** More than one third of our design projects tracked in 2019 were adaptive reuse or major renovation projects, further contributing to the embodied carbon savings by reusing existing buildings. Beyond embodied carbon, we are also

Prem Sundharam, AIA, WELL AP Global Sustainability Leader DLR Group

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beginning to address the impact of our designs on another precious resource – water. In 2019, the estimated water savings from the energy delivery process of our designs would fill 139 U.S. Olympic-size swimming pools.

A Cultural EvolutionWe continued to strengthen our core value of environmental stewardship through a variety of internal initiatives including material transparency efforts; developing workshop tools for zero net energy, net positive water, and biophilic design. Building on our mass timber expertise by serving clients throughout North America, we have begun to integrate carbon as the common denominator in our integrated design conversations.

This report celebrates environmental stewardship over the past decade by highlighting key projects and aspirational milestones in our sustainable design journey. These past achievements combined with the design challenges provided by our clients and collaborations with research partners propel us toward a future full of rich, collaborative, and responsive integrated design opportunities.

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Environmental Stewardship & 2030 Commitment

GUIDINGPRINCIPLES

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2 SET ENERGY PERFORMANCE GOALS

6ENCOURAGE POST OCCUPANCY ENERGYMEASUREMENT& VERIFICATION

5ASSESS RENEWABLE OPPORTUNITIES

3 OPTIMIZE BUILDING DESIGN & PERFORMANCE

LIVE SUSTAINABLY IN OUR OFFICE7

4VERIFY MODELING & TESTING

TELL OUR STORY8

LEAD THISCHALLENGE9

1PRACTICE INTEGRATED DESIGN & SUSTAINABILITY

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communityawarenesshonestybeauty

landwatereco-systemenergy

At DLR Group, sustainability is intrinsic to our design culture. In every project, DLR Group aims to inspire, conserve, and promote.

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

In our design process, we search for ways to conserve water and energy in every way possible. We aim to conserve the land. We promise to not only look at the ways that one building can impact a neighborhood, but also the global ecosystem as a whole.

Our work should create an emphasis on community by raising awareness of social, ecological, and built systems; being open and honest in our actions and decisions; and honoring existing beauty as we design anew.

INSPIRE CONSERVE

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wellbeingproductivityhealthfitness

landwatereco-systemenergy

We aim to encourage our building users, as well as the surrounding community, to be their best in productivity, wellbeing, health, and fitness through our sustainable design choices.

PROMOTE

Climate change is considered one of the greatest challenges of our time. As designers of the built environment, it is our responsibility to balance operational efficiency with design goals.

Sacramento Community Center TheaterSacramento, California

FY 1960 1980 2000 2020

OBSERVED WARMING

HUMAN-INDUCEDWARMING

Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels hit a record high in 2019 peaking at 415 parts per million. The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere increases every year, and the rate of increase is accelerating. The 2019 peak value was 3.5 ppm higher than the 411.2 ppm peak in May 2018 and marks the second-highest annual jump on record. For centuries, the atmospheric CO2 levels have never been above 300 ppm. Such high concentrations of CO2 levels result in changing weather patterns causing a significant impact to economies and communities worldwide.

In 2019, the building industry began to embrace the concept of embodied carbon. Embodied carbon is the sum impact of all GHG emissions attributed to extraction, transportation, manufacturing, construction, maintenance and end of life/disposal of building materials. Annually, embodied carbon is responsible for 11percent of global GHG emissions and 28 percent of global building sector emissions.

As buildings continue to be designed for high performance during its operations, the embodied carbon impact with construction becomes a larger challenge demanding our attention. We are excited to evolve our approach to holistically embrace carbon mitigation both operational and embodied. As an integrated design firm, we are poised to tackle carbon from all perspectives and are championing develop internal training for various disciplines and review our tools and processes with carbon as the common denominator to better assist our clients with making smart choices for reducing their carbon footprint.

CURRENT REALITY

Global temperature change relative to 1850-1900 °C

2040 2060 2080 0°

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.50°

.75°

1.75°

CURRENT WARMING RATE

OBSERVED WARMING

CLIMATE UNCERTAINTYFOR 1.5°C PATHWAY

The limit within which we have an opportunity to reverse climate change.

*As Reported by IPCC, 2018: Summary for Policymakers. In: Global warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty [V. Masson-Delmotte, P. Zhai, H. O. Pörtner, D. Roberts, J. Skea, P.R. Shukla, A. Pirani, W. Moufouma-Okia, C. Péan, R. Pidcock, S. Connors, J. B. R. Matthews, Y. Chen, X. Zhou, M. I. Gomis, E. Lonnoy, T. Maycock, M. Tignor, T. Waterfield (eds.)]. World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 32 pp.

CURRENT REALITY

1°

1.25°

1.50°

With a holistic approach to sustainability, we continue to refine a set of metrics to evaluate our design impact and evolve our practice.

Canyon View High SchoolWaddell, Arizona

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* GHG emissions are estimated using national average fuel ratio for energy use in buildings and EPA's Power Profiler Tool

In 2019,DLR Group tracked 13,259,421SF against the 2030 challenge goals.

RESULTSAND IMPACT

We measure our design impact in three parts addressing the full life-cycle of buildings: reduce, produce, optimize. We begin with reducing the need

for energy use within buildings through high-performance design strategies on new buildings and renovations. Then, we support the

resiliency of the built environment through renewable energy integration. We close the loop with optimizing existing

buildings and fine tuning new buildings to improve their operational efficiencies.

This resulted in

84,000metric tons of

GHG* avoided

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This resulted in

84,000metric tons of

GHG* avoided

139fills

18,000removes

110,00saves

9,700powers

Our sustainable designs for 2019 translate into water, energy, and environmental savings in these ways.

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DLR Group aims to design to 2030 Challenge metrics for all projects the end of 2020.

PROGRESS

NATIONAL PEER GROUP AVERAGE

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Energy savings through building optimization strategies in million kBtu

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Based on energy optimizationprojects firm-wide in 2019

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Based on solar architecture projects firm-wide in 2019

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DESIGNING TO 2030 AS A PERCENTAGE OF PROJECT AREA WITH PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS

PARTICIPATION AS A PERCENT OF TOTAL PROJECT AREA IN GSF

PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AS A PERCENTAGE OF PARTICIPATING PROJECT AREA IN GSF

Participation and key performance indicators

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The key to success is our systematic approach, process, and strategies for designing high-performance buildings.

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PROCESS

investigate experiment

test analyze

case study fact-find fieldwork examine

determine submit frame

benchmark establish

documentsubstantiate

confirm

originate devisefashiondevelopfabricategeneratebuildproduce

experiment assess evaluate investigate inspect analyze explorecorroborate

TEST &EVALUATE

RECORD &DELIVER

RESEARCH CREATE

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DLR Group is an integrated design firm.

At the core of an integrated design practice are collaborative, integrated, and productive teams composed of project life-cycle stakeholders. Our practice embraces a research-based and results-oriented approach at each phase of the design process. Deeply embedded in our practice is our performance design team.

A robust team of performance designers across the firm analyze critical aspects of our designs against performance metrics established by our clients.

A key focus area within our integrated design is our commitment to the carbon neutrality goals of the 2030 Challenge. Our designers are uniquely poised to service the full life-cycle of a building from energy optimization to energy reduction and energy production.

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Baseline 0%Net Zero

ENERGY APPROACH

6- Renewables & Storage

5- Controls

4- HVAC

3- Lighting

2- Envelope10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

1- Programming

Respect Hydrology - 1

Reduce Need - 2

Assess Quality - 3

Clarify Perception - 4

Localize Closed Loop - 5

Address Demand - 6

Baseline 0%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Net Zero WATER APPROACH

ENERGY-WATER NEXUS

GENERATION OF WATER & ENERGY

DELIVERY OF WATER & ENERGY

WATER-ENERGY NEXUS

Net Zero Ready 75%

Net Zero Ready 75% SCA

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Energy.gov Net Zero Water DefinitionNet Zero Water refers to a water-neutral building where the amount of alternative water used and returned to the original water source is equal to the building's total water consumption.

AIA 2030 Net Zero Energy DefinitionA highly energy efficient building that produces

on-site, or procures, enough carbon-free renewable energy to meet building operations

energy consumption annually.

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Measuring and validating design goals and building performance is key to our approach.

PERFORMANCE MODELING

Fine TuningDetailed energy model

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

GOAL SETTING

SCHEMATIC DESIGN

CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS

CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION

PROJECT CLOSE-OUT

Design AssistanceEnergy studies, massing, shading, daylightingFinancial AnalysisEnergy life-cycle cost analysis

Pre-DesignPreliminary modelIntegrated design charrette

ChecksUpdate model

DocumentationFinal compliance model

VerificationMeasure and verify

DLR Group is able to generate a representative model, or digital twin, of the building for the purpose of detailed energy and utility cost benefit analysis.

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At DLR Group we take a holistic and long-term approach to sustainability from initial planning and strategy to design and construction and through occupancy and operations. In this report we use the AIA Framework for Design Excellence to give more detail to our sustainable design story on the following pages.

Integration

Community Ecology

Water Economy Energy

Wellness Resources Change Discovery

Our sustainable design story is built on these measures.

Our design highlights in 2019 and the estimated annual impact on climate change.

University of Northern Iowa Schindler Education Center

Cedar Falls, Iowa

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100%REDUCTION

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE DINING & COMMUNITY COMMONS

71,296 SF

0pnEUI

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ENERGY

COMMUNITY

WELLNESS RESOURCES

WATER

CHANGE

ECONOMY

DISCOVERY

ECOLOGY

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100%REDUCTION

Chehalis, Washington

GREEN HILL SCHOOL WELLNESS AND ACTIVITIES CENTER

32,000 SF

INTEGRATION

ENERGY

COMMUNITY

WELLNESS RESOURCES

WATER

CHANGE

ECONOMY

DISCOVERY

ECOLOGY

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400,000 SF

Portland, Oregon

THE PORTLAND BUILDING RECONSTRUCTION

76%REDUCTION

25pnEUI

INTEGRATION

ENERGY

COMMUNITY

WELLNESS RESOURCES

WATER

CHANGE

ECONOMY

DISCOVERY

ECOLOGY

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75%REDUCTION

1,190,300 SF

3pnEUI

South San Francisco, California

SFO LONG-TERM PARKING GARAGE #2

INTEGRATION

ENERGY

COMMUNITY

WELLNESS RESOURCES

WATER

CHANGE

ECONOMY

DISCOVERY

ECOLOGY

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Santa Maria, California

ALLAN HANCOCK COLLEGE FINE ARTSCOMPLEX BUILDING

75%REDUCTION

88,787 SF

33pnEUI

INTEGRATION

ENERGY

COMMUNITY

WELLNESS RESOURCES

WATER

CHANGE

ECONOMY

DISCOVERY

ECOLOGY

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39

75%REDUCTION

401,200 SF

29pnEUI

Denver, ColoradoHINES T3 RINO

INTEGRATION

ENERGY

COMMUNITY

WELLNESS RESOURCES

WATER

CHANGE

ECONOMY

DISCOVERY

ECOLOGY

40

41

70%REDUCTION

51,830 SF

40pnEUI

Pueblo, Colorado

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY PUEBLO PSYCHOLOGY BUILDING

INTEGRATION

ENERGY

COMMUNITY

WELLNESS RESOURCES

WATER

CHANGE

ECONOMY

DISCOVERY

ECOLOGY

42

43

68%REDUCTION

Compton, California

COMPTON HIGH SCHOOL

258,986 SF

24pnEUI

INTEGRATION

ENERGY

COMMUNITY

WELLNESS RESOURCES

WATER

CHANGE

ECONOMY

DISCOVERY

ECOLOGY

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45

Gainesville, Florida

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDAINSTITUTE OF BLACK CULTURE & INSTITUTE OF HISPANIC AND LATINO CULTURES

64%REDUCTION

HIGHER EDUCATIONSize: 13,230 SF

43pnEUI

INTEGRATION

ENERGY

COMMUNITY

WELLNESS RESOURCES

WATER

CHANGE

ECONOMY

DISCOVERY

ECOLOGY

4646

47

Toronto, Cananda

HINES T3 STERLING ROAD TORONTO

54%REDUCTION

303,000 SF

46pnEUI

INTEGRATION

ENERGY

COMMUNITY

WELLNESS RESOURCES

WATER

CHANGE

ECONOMY

DISCOVERY

ECOLOGY

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147 ACRES

Beyond 2030 Challenge Metrics

Provides three pathways with interim energy targets, energy production capacity needed, and projected annual utility costs to achieve carbon neutrality at the campus level.

Norco, California

NORCO ENERGY MASTER PLAN

INTEGRATION

ENERGY

COMMUNITY

WELLNESS RESOURCES

WATER

CHANGE

ECONOMY

DISCOVERY

ECOLOGY

GAS

FUEL CELL

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ELECTRIC

TOTAL % EUI 2016 2017 2018

Norco Campus EUI (kbtu/SF/year)

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45

86

22

44

34

84

19

23

58

94

New vs. Demo

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Culver City, California

CULVER CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

Beyond 2030 Challenge Metrics

Comprehensive and holistic integrated energy masterplan that includes carbon neutrality pathway and recommendations for each campus for levels of carbon dioxide, volatile organic compounds, particulate matter, and acoustics.

INTEGRATION

ENERGY

COMMUNITY

WELLNESS RESOURCES

WATER

CHANGE

ECONOMY

DISCOVERY

ECOLOGY

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Keystone, South Dakota

THOMAS JEFFERSON SOLAR CANOPY

Beyond 2030 Challenge Metrics

A dual tilt configuration solar array that ensures unobstructed views of the Memorial while protecting the visitors from the elements.

INTEGRATION

ENERGY

COMMUNITY

WELLNESS RESOURCES

WATER

CHANGE

ECONOMY

DISCOVERY

ECOLOGY

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Sustainability is intrinsic to the DLR Group design culture. In the past decade, we increasingly elevated sustainability in our strategic planning and visioning for the firm. We continue to integrate sustainability by looking beyond the building.

Connecting Sustainability with the Human Experience

The conversation around sustainability is ever-evolving. It’s moved beyond resource conservation efforts to now include climate change, human health and well-being, resilience, regeneration, and eco-system integrity. This expanded definition of sustainability requires new perspectives to provide a holistic solution that values the health of end users, the immediate local communities, and the larger eco-systems. Changing our approach to design means starting with conversations about how sustainability enhances the human experience.

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Gamifying Design Strategies Breaking down complex subjects such as carbon neutrality through a simple game with design strategies helps users understand the subject and develop unique solutions. So, we created tools including net-zero energy games and net-positive water games. These training tools build awareness and consensus with client stakeholder groups in their sustainability strategies.

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Understanding the challenges, needs, and aspirations of a design or planning project of all stakeholders through a series of engagement sessions is the first step in our design process. When we discover diverse aspirations, we use a unique framework we developed called VALUES to help the stakeholders prioritize, set targets for goals, and metrics for success. VALUES stands for Viewing Architecture through the Lens of User Experience and Sustainability. The set of VALUES developed through various sessions become the guiding principles for the rest of the design, construction, and post-occupancy process against which every major decision is made.

Values

Published Sustainability Action Plan as an initial signatory to the AIA 2030 Commitment in 2009

Commitment

Verified our first net-zero energy project

Catalyst

Designed the first net-zero energy educational campus in the Southwest

Catalyst

CultureDLR Group employee-owners workshop on 2030 Challenge taught by Ed Mazria, Founder of Architecture 2030

New ApproachDesigned & constructed 1.5 MW of Solar Projects

New ApproachEstablished a Building Optimization team & verified annual operational savings of $75,000 for a corporate client

CatalystDesigned what was the largest rooftop solar array in the country

Check out new projects, catalysts of change, our commitment to sustainability, our culture, and milestones we celebrated.

SUSTAINABILITYJOURNEY

Won our third AIA COTE Top 10 award

Developed our first carbon neutrality plan for a community college district

Catalyst

2+ million SF of mass timber projects designed

Celebration

Published our first Environmental Stewardship Report

Culture

Formed a new Sustainability Forum to evolve our Sustainability Leadership

Culture

Trained 100+ 2030 Champions across the firm to amplify design voices on carbon

Culture

Designed our first mass timber seven-story office project

Catalyst

CommitmentHelped lead the creation and signing of the China Accord for a carbon neutral future across China

CelebrationNine projects verified exceeding 2030 Challenge targets accepted to New Buildings Institutes’ Getting to Zero list

CultureEmbarked on material and indoor air quality research

New ApproachGet to Net Zero Energy Interactive Dashboard tool pilot generated savings of $75,000 for a corporate client

Celebration70+ ultra-low energy, net-zero energy and verified net-zero projects designed

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