Sustainability + Resilience_DRAFT
Building on our core value of being loyal stewards, METAFOR recognizes that the time for climate action and resilience building is now.
Where Wellbeing and Sustainability Meet
By simplifying sustainability, we strive to develop cost-effective solutions that optimize energy effciency, minimize waste, reduce operational expense, and seize potential investment and revenue generating opportunities.
Wellbeing
We believe that sustainable architecture should prioritize the physical and mental health, safety, and comfort of occupants. Through thoughtful design, we strive to create spaces that support physical and mental well-being, enhance productivity and creativity, and foster social connections while considering the flexibility needed in spaces to evolve over time to changing conditions. We engage with communities to understand their unique needs and aspirations, ensuring that our designs reflect and respect their cultural, social, and economic context.
Resilience
Recognizing the challenges posed by a changing climate and economy, We place a strong emphasis on economic and environmental resilience. We understand the urgent need to adapt to the impacts of climate change and ensure the longevity of our designs. We recognize that responsible design should also demonstrate economic feasibility for our clients and stakeholders.
Sustainability In Action
We support our clients in establishing sustainability goals, performance targets and design strategies, helping ensure they are reflected in owner requirements, design, and after the project is complete.
As an integrated team of architects, engineers, designers, and project delivery specialists, we achieve this by providing a broad range of services.
Christine Meikle School, Calgary, AB
Lessons learned from our extensive experience in a wide range of sectors across North America, including post construction phases for renewal and repairs, aids our process to better inform our designs and execution of new buildings.
Integrated Approach to Sustainability,
Low Carbon, and Climate Resilience
Sustainability and Resilience Strategies
Establishing a sustainability strategy and performance goals in consultation with the Client to ensure it aligns with Client requirements and is considerate relevant environmental, social, and economic risks and opportunities. Includes energy performance analysis for decision making support and code compliance.
Low Carbon Energy Analysis and Design Optimization
Building off the preliminary energy model for a building or a campus of buildings to identify and evaluate the costs and benefits of opportunities to introduce low-carbon energy sources, including renewable power, on-site sources of heat (ground source, water source, or solar) and the identification of energy conservation and efficiency measures.
Climate Resilience and Adaptation Risk Assessments
In addition to supporting the identification of climate mitigation and net-zero emissions opportunities our resilience experts can execute a qualitative process to assess the risks and vulnerabilities of buildings, sites, and supporting infrastructure to current and future extreme weather events and climatic changes.
Petro Fina Building Office to Residential Conversion, Calgary, AB
Integrated Sustainability Solutions
- Sustainability Design Support: Coordinating with the Project Team in ensuring the sustainability strategy and performance goals are reflected in design and report on project performance.
- Innovative Financing and Funding of Sustainability Measures: Identifying potential financing, funding, and incentive opportunities to support the implementation of the sustainability strategy and feasibility analysis, which includes charting the path to successful applications and identifying potential partners. We also support our Clients in the application and administration of funding and/or financing opportunities for the development of non-market housing, to deliver on building accessibility goals, and to achieve low-carbon/low emissions buildings.
- Sustainable Design Certifications: Coordinating green building certifications, including Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), Zero Carbon Buildings (ZCB) Framework, Built Green, and others.
- Future Flexible Design: METAFOR’s team of experts collaboratively support Clients with the identification of opportunities to introduce flexibility in design so that buildings can be easily adapted to changes of use, functional program, and building demographics over time to best fit their targeted operational and return on investment objectives.
Rundle Park, Canmore, AB
