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We've helped hundreds of industrial buildings cut emissions. Our 2024 guide is packed with sustainability strategies (and a checklist) for developers to drive impact. View/Download → https://bit.ly/DIB-direct

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At Greenbuild, Ryan McEvoy, Principal & Founder at GAIA, shared insights on the tools and strategies advancing sustainable development. ?? Key takeaways included: ? LEED’s Influence: From driving building codes to reducing carbon, LEED continues to transform standards and improve planetary health. ? Solar Integration: Did you know installing solar can earn up to 24 LEED points? ? Scaling Sustainability: Portfolio programs like USGBC's LEED Volume and the new PERFORM accelerates progress in critical areas—such as emissions, energy & water, and biodiversity—while boosting ESG performance and green financing potential. 20 years ago, Ryan founded GAIA to guide real estate developers through LEED, commissioning, and energy modeling. His activism has shaped building codes to meet LEED certification. Today, GAIA has grown its services and partners, consulting on over 100,000,000 ft2 of completed projects. ?? Next year Greenbuild International Conference & Expo comes to Los Angeles, and we can't wait to welcome the community on our home turf!

Congratulations to Rexford Industrial's 1020 Bixby on achieving LEED Certification! By repurposing and repositioning industrial buildings, Rexford demonstrates its commitment to sustainable growth, resiliency, and long-term value creation in Southern California. Key outcomes of this project include: ?? Operational Savings: Achieved 29% energy cost reduction and 57% water savings through efficient systems. ?? Environmental Value: By reusing 95% of the building structure, Rexford minimized #embodiedcarbon— the emissions associated with producing, transporting, and disposing of building materials. This approach significantly reduces #Scope3 emissions, supporting their journey toward net zero emissions across its value chain by 2045 and reinforcing its commitment to low-carbon development. ??? Tenant Satisfaction: Enhanced building features create a healthier, more modernized space that appeals to tenants and boosts the property's value. GAIA is proud to support Rexford's ESG Impact (ESGi) strategy, helping our partners drive #decarbonization and implement high green building standards across their portfolio. Sustainability Consultant and LEED Case Study: GAIA Screenshots: Rexford's 2023 ESG report General Contractor: Esplanade Builders, Inc.

"The U.S. has come in and out of the Paris Agreement, an international treaty on climate change, for the last eight years — Trump pulled the country out, Joe Biden rejoined, and Trump has said he will withdraw again. But through it all, the greenest real estate kept getting more valuable. In the U.S., sustainability regulation that affects real estate is being driven by cities?like New York and states like California rather than the federal government. In the UK, it appears government regulations that will forbid owners from renting out the least sustainable commercial properties will go ahead despite pushes for a deferral. And Europe, which always leads when it comes to climate policy, shows no signs of wavering from its current path. Bisnow?found earlier this year that 42% of the world’s biggest investors?don’t have any formal carbon reduction target?— but 58% do, and the number is growing. Are the financial benefits of greener buildings strong enough to survive without government incentives? Trump’s election will catalyze a lot of changes for CRE — but investors will be the ones deciding how much money is targeting real estate decarbonization." - Bisnow First Draft Published November 11, 2024

Headed to Greenbuild International Conference & Expo this year? Ryan McEvoy will be speaking Nov 14 — Measuring Impact: Buildings, People, Planet. Event info: https://lnkd.in/gtYWtMD7

Last Fall we hosted a tour of our 1st #LivingBuilding project in Los Angeles. The residential project underwent a regenerative retrofit using the world's most rigorous building program, the #LivingBuildingChallenge, created by Living Future. Also known as the Campbell Collective, the house received Project of the Year and Honor for Water at the 2022 Sustainable Innovation Awards. Thank you USGBC California for inviting the green building community out for a special evening of learning, tasting from the garden, and meeting the chickens. Owner/Project Manager: Ryan McEvoy Project Team Members: GAIA: Alejandro Manilla, Pablo Milberg, Grant L. Waldron, Jennifer Lo Video: Guido Lois Drone: David Turkes, LEED AP CASE STUDY ? Learn more and view photos at: https://lnkd.in/gnYYxvQy https://lnkd.in/gWQexFi4

We're proud to support Lincoln Property Company's vision of creating better people, places, and performance. Industrial buildings can and should be highly efficient! ?? To learn how warehouses, logistics buildings, data centers, and cold storage facilities can incorporate sustainability strategies, check out our educational Decarbonizing Industrial Buildings guide → https://lnkd.in/gt5DAccf

Headed to Greenbuild International Conference & Expo this year? Ryan McEvoy will be speaking Nov 14 — Measuring Impact: Buildings, People, Planet. Event info: https://lnkd.in/gtYWtMD7

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GAIA! ?? Today we celebrate 19 years since Ryan McEvoy founded GAIA, a milestone that also marks an achievement of consulting on 100 million square feet of completed high-performance buildings. ????? Over the years, we’ve been honored to work on well-known projects including Amazon, Google, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration, UCLA, Westfield, Prologis, Porsche AG, Whole Foods Market, and W Hotels... but our journey isn't just about scale, it's about the impact. Some of our most cherished projects include the Ancient #Bristlecone Visitor Center (home to the world's oldest living trees), the Downtown Women's Center (LA non-profit supporting women experiencing homelessness with housing, health, and job training), and the Houston Zoo (which protects over 8,000 animals and manages 33 wildlife conservation projects across 17 countries). ?? To each of our clients, big and small, thank you for trusting us to bring your vision to life with sustainability initiatives.