Together – for a sustainable life

Sustainability issues are a key component of every project. Success in driving these issues is dependent on a clear vision and strategic objective, as well as the commitment of all stakeholders. We have extensive experience in leading sustainability throughout the process; from stating vision, goals and strategy to conducting various types of study and leading work through project design, construction and post-occupancy. We also have expertise in the various building certification systems.

Successful sustainable development is dependent on society’s transition from a linear to circular mindset in terms of lifestyle, consumption and how we build. We have developed a recycling methodology to create circular projects and help our clients to prioritise the utilisation of existing environments and buildings and to value their social and cultural worth. By renovating, reusing and recycling existing value, we can contribute to reducing costs and climate impact.

While we always aim to contribute to ensuring that projects have the lowest possible climate impact, White’s overarching goal is to create climate-neutral projects. This is achieved by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from materials and energy and balancing with renewable energy or carbon sinks. By establishing a climate budget, we successively evaluate various alternative designs, choices of materials and technical systems. We can use urban planning to meet people’s needs in a manner that encourages a sustainable lifestyle.

Society can meet many major challenges by integrating Nature-based Design into planning processes; for example, the consequences of climate change and decreasing biodiversity. Nature-based Design and functions have been demonstrated to be superior to and more cost-effective than corresponding technical solutions. We work systematically to implement Nature-based Design and ecosystem services from analyses to strong designs and coherent knowledge transfer.

An equal society is based on the principle of equal rights and opportunities for all regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability or age. Cities and buildings are for all people, but then they also need to be designed for many different needs. It is a democratic right. By involving the users in the planning and design process, we gain better knowledge and it strengthens the feeling of participation and ownership for those who will use the environments.

The greatest opportunity to contribute to a more sustainable development is to invest in measures that contribute to environmental and social values. We offer economic analyzes that show sustainable values ​​that can extend beyond the project economic ones. The analysis is a good basis for being able to make decisions about sustainable measures. We perform analyzes at all scales, from urban planning to individual projects.

We develop analyses, calculations and digital tools to create and evaluate design solutions, with respect to sustainability aspects within each project, to identify and support proposals delivering the best result. Our services cover sunlight and daylight access, energy consumption, wind comfort, thermal comfort, microclimates, solar cells, climate impact and façade design.