Sustainability Success Stories: Showing Up with Transparency in a Notoriously Opaque Industry
We always take a transparent, data-focused approach, and we show our work along the way. Rather than telling you to just do whatever we say, we'd rather empower you to make the best decision through trustworthy data and guided by our knowledge of sustainability best practices.
Sustainability Success Stories: An ROI-Driven Approach that Your Finance Team Will Love
Finances folks want to do good for the environment, but their role indexes on the dollars and cents. With an ROI-driven partner like Foresight, you can be assured you're taking the most financially frugal and sustainably sound approach to your journey.
Sustainability Success Stories: When Building and Product Certifications Work Together
Matt shares how our interdisciplinary team helps connect the dots between building and product certifications to serve both the A&D community, architects, and building owners.
Sustainability Success Stories: Why You Need an Interdisciplinary Approach
Matt & Vicki tell a story about how helping a client with REC procurement led to partnering on a LEED certification, increasing their scoring from silver to gold.
Investing in Healthy Buildings: An Accelerator for Human Capital, ESG Excellence, and Organizational Success
Healthy buildings are more than just passive physical structures; they are crucial partners that drive a company's growth and innovation, actively cultivating environments that promote both human and environmental well-being.
Hear it from a Client: Transitioning to Renewable Energy
Perrigo aims to use fully renewable energy globally by 2026. Here's how.
Hear it from a Client: Energy Efficiency for Global Decarbonization
Perrigo has a long history of doing energy efficiency projects that have decreased their carbon footprint and increased profitability.
Hear it from a Client: Becoming a Global Sustainability Leader
Perrigo started in 2011 and is now a global leader in sustainability. Here's a look at their journey.
Facilities: Embodied vs. Operational Carbon
Identifying ways to decrease carbon related with constructing and operating buildings isn’t only recommended; it's critical. Here’s a look at the two types of carbon associated with buildings.
The Difference Between Product & Corporate Carbon
As the world continues to grapple with the challenges of climate change, it has become increasingly important for companies to measure and reduce their carbon footprints. Two terms that are often used in this context are product carbon and corporate carbon. While they may sound similar, they refer to different things and require different approaches to address them.
Reducing the Carbon Impact of Existing Buildings
Learn how to reduce the operational carbon of your existing building by improving efficiencies and the building envelope.
Sustainability in New Construction
The design phase of your next construction process is critical to its overall carbon footprint.
Sustainability Support for Organizations, Buildings, & Products
Here's how Foresight is uniquely positioned to support all aspects of your sustainability journey.
Industry Tailwinds Behind Sustainability
Until now, industrial organizations have largely been insulated from the mounting pressure for carbon reporting and sustainability work, but that's shifting -- fast.
4 Reasons Why You Need an Energy Management System
Every organization, regardless of industry or size, uses energy in one form or another. For decades, utility invoices were another bill to be paid and forgotten about, but as markets shift and evolve, energy consumption is becoming a vital metric to understand and track. We outline 4 reasons your organization should consider adopting an Energy Management System (EMS). Before we discuss that, though, what is an EMS?
A Future Built on Listening
Architects work at the inflection point between investors and users or - more candidly put - between people and power. Enlisted to create spaces from voids, architects are quite literally shaping the future of communities. The adage holds, ”with great authority comes great responsibility”. Historically, dollars have driven the development of neighborhoods and cities.
When Does Solar Make Sense for your Company?
It’s not surprising that one of the most significant issues facing our world is energy security. As the turbulent global political climate continues to affect energy assurances, finding ways to guarantee consistent energy at an affordable price and in an environmentally conscious manner is at the forefront of many change-makers.
The Unlocked Potential of Accessible ESG Data
What superpowers will you discover when your ESG data is readily accessible and reliable?
Better Indoor Environmental Quality by Doing Easy Things (Not Buying New Things)
As a result of COVID increasing our attention towards global health, we've heard a lot about improving Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ), despite not having new standards and little new technology for IEQ. At a recent ASHRAE conference, I listened to a keynote presentation in which the presenter said, “If we just maintained our buildings as they should be maintained, we'd see a dramatic improvement in IEQ.”
Do Code-Mandated Lighting Controls Help Us?
While I'm not an expert in lighting controls, I interact with them frequently as a part of our commissioning work. Throughout my many years of designing and troubleshooting buildings' functionality, I have repeatedly inquired about the commissioning of lighting controls. Way back, the “only” lighting system was daylighting; candles didn't work all that well for many activities. The only “controls” were drapes and shades.