Sustainability

Wilkinson Eyre Architects is committed to achieving innovative, efficient and beautiful design solutions. Inherent in this approach is our commitment to sustainability in its broadest sense. With increasing concern about the environment, we recognise the pivotal role we have as architects to mitigate future climate change. We therefore aim to design buildings and structures which have minimum impact on the environment, both in their construction and operation and in the way that they are delivered by our practice.

We recognise that sustainability, value and design quality are not mutually exclusive, and that they can only be achieved through creative collaboration with our clients and consultants. In our work, we focus on how low energy design can become the driver for innovative and inspirational architecture. Our work draws from the lessons of nature, but is also based on a celebration of progress and technology, and a recognition of how these can be tools in creating environmentally responsible buildings. At Wilkinson Eyre sustainability is both a challenge and an opportunity.

Our ability to design buildings which perform well environmentally is demonstrated by our ISO 14001 accreditation – the recognised British standard for environmental management systems.

We recognise LEED and BREEAM as important methodologies for benchmarking the environmental performance of our buildings, and have a large portfolio of buildings which have achieved 'Excellent' and 'Very Good' status.