A comprehensive sustainability assessment helps clients plan and estimate the cost of improvement opportunities that reduce operational energy, water usage and carbon emissions through the upgrade, replacement or renovation of a client’s process systems with new sustainable technologies (e.g., renewable energy).

Haskell has designed and/or constructed over 125 projects that received green build certifications from organizations like LEED, Energy Star and Green Building Initiative’s Guiding Principles Compliance.

Hybrid solutions to climate change hazards incorporate our six pillars of waste management, water management, materials, commitment, carbon and jobsite wellness to engineer long-term, nature-based innovative solutions.

The highest producer of greenhouse gas emissions is the built environment, which describes all human-made structures and accounts for 40% of emissions globally. Through modern technologies like Building Information Modeling and systematic methodologies such as Lifecycle Assessments (LCA), we can design buildings with low-carbon materials that reduce or mitigate future emissions.

With the significant impact that fossil fuels have on global warming and climate change, it is important to incorporate alternatives when transforming the built environment. Through electrification efforts, such as smart grid technologies, electric vehicles and renewable energy efforts like small-scale wind or photovoltaic systems (solar panels), we can create better-functioning buildings that promote a more sustainable future.

Improving a building’s energy efficiency means using less energy to get the same or better operating results. A building’s energy efficiency can be improved through an integrative design process that carefully considers siting and orientation, along with best practices in system design and installation, to lower energy costs.

To improve a building’s water efficiency, it is important to consider water conservation, reuse, reclamation and management throughout the design and build process. A comprehensive water plan incorporates full system analysis, water audits, leak detection, and optimal facility sizing to support seasonal and long-term water resilience.

Wastewater management describes the process of properly planning the collection, containment and disposal methods of wastewater on a jobsite by mapping out the path of wastewater and establishing measures to prevent disturbances. Effective wastewater management reduces the risk of worker injury, environmental disturbance, and project delay.

Source reduction and waste management are both methods of minimizing the environmental impact of waste. Source reduction is the practice of reducing waste before it is created by carefully selecting material amounts and types. Waste management is the process of collecting, transporting, treating and disposing of construction waste with a focus on maximizing reuse.

Clean-in place optimization refers to the process of improving automated cleaning systems in industries like food processing, pharmaceuticals and beverage production with the goal of increasing efficiency and effectiveness while lowering the operational costs.

Within sustainability, commissioning refers to ensuring that buildings are operating at peak efficiency from day one. Commissioning confirms that all sustainable design features are working as intended and help to reduce energy use, lower energy cost and improve occupant comfort. Retro-commissioning within sustainability refers to optimizing inefficiencies in existing operations such as incorrect control settings, faulty sensors, air leaks, or wasted water and energy without high-cost upgrades to cut energy consumption, reduce carbon emissions and extend the buildings’ life.