Climate change is a global challenge to the sustainability of the built environment. CTG’s CLIMATE READY™ services leverage our expertise in engineering, architecture, building commissioning, planning, modeling, construction, and environmental science to help clients assess the consequences of climate change, identify solutions, and take effective action.

CTG’s CLIMATE READY™ services go beyond simple accounting exercises or footprint calculations. They can help clients become:

• Ready to make specific changes to plans or operations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
• Ready to manage risks under changing conditions.
• Ready to enhance the value of a plan, project, and/or organization.

For many clients, CLIMATE READY™ means understanding their current greenhouse gas emissions and developing practical emission reduction strategies. CTG can help by providing the basis for quantifying greenhouse gas emissions for a wide-variety of plans and projects. These CLIMATE READY™ services can provide reliable emissions inventories for projects ranging from individual buildings to entire communities. Emissions inventories are the foundation and first step for efforts to reduce emissions. CTG helps clients use the information in emissions inventories to identify and prioritize emissions reduction strategies ranging from regional land use plans to the operation of individual building systems. CTG helps clients understand what matters and how to develop meaningful, cost-effective strategies that can yield tangible results.

For others, CLIMATE READY™ means more than understanding and acting on greenhouse gas emissions. Changes in climate create new risks and new challenges for the sustainability of built environments. CTG uses its experience in the design and operation of systems, buildings, and communities to help clients understand the implications of changing conditions and develop innovative strategies to achieve long-term performance goals.

• Reduce emissions
• Manage risks
• Sustain performance