As we reflect on the outcomes of the latest United Nations climate change conference (COP28), the transitioning away from fossil fuel consumption, boosting renewable power and improving energy efficiency have been noteworthy goals. This sends a powerful signal that the energy system our human infrastructure relies on must evolve to meet these needs. We also have the opportunity to reimagine the built environment to significantly improve energy efficiency. 我们的 collective 创新s today can redefine the environment we build—whether it’s reimagining building design, 重塑供应链, 整合基于自然的解决方案, or deploying technological 创新s including artificial intelligence.
Together with our clients 和行业 partners, Tetra Tech is reimagining solutions now. Leveraging our experts’ deep domain knowledge and years of experience on thousands of projects around the world, we are tackling these challenges at scale. 以科学引领® means creating better, healthier human spaces that integrate nature. 它意味着倡导一种动态, low-carbon supply chain focused on modernizing existing infrastructure, 同时平衡创新和风险. It means leveraging the now accessible power of digital twins, machine learning and artificial intelligence to reveal optional and practical solutions.
We engaged with a diverse set of leaders in buildings, 金融, 和行业, to solicit their thoughts on reimagining a carbon neutral world. Key areas for 创新 included: reforming 金融 and the models that support this transition as well as insuring new risks, rethinking the procurement and use of materials, and reframing our relationship with nature and the biodiversity that supports all our human efforts.
COP28为我们指明了方向. Twenty-seven countries pledged their commitment to the 建筑的突破, and the adopted loss and damage fund can provide a unique opportunity to promote resilient infrastructure. 除了, increasingly companies engaged in the built environment supply chain are making their own commitments to GHG reductions and encouraging others to do the same. 在利乐全球最大体育平台 we are committed to working throughout our projects and operations to reduce our GHG emissions by an additional 50% in-line with the global efforts to achieve the Paris Agreement’s 1.5摄氏度的目标(见我们的 可持续发展报告).
Reimagining solutions to today’s most complex climate challenges requires a mix of science, 创新, 和视觉. 在利乐全球最大体育平台, we believe that advancing collective knowledge on these complex topics will enable our industry to transform faster. 我们的 Tetra Tech 高性能建筑 Group has conducted considerable industry consultation and will publish a series of reports highlighting different perspectives on how we can reimagine the solutions to the hard questions. In a world of increasing constraints, can we constrain how we build and, in the process, innovate?
团结起来，我们就能做到. And it starts with reimagining our future built environment, today.
作者简介
Dr. 莱斯利鞋匠
She joined Tetra Tech in 1991 and has a deep understanding of Tetra Tech, 担任过总统, 集团总裁, 首席战略官, 项目经理. She designed Tetra Tech’s corporate sustainability program and has served as our 首席可持续发展主任 for more than a decade. Dr. Shoemaker has facilitated leadership development through internal mentoring and training curriculum development for Tetra Tech’s Leadership Academy program. She led the formation of Tetra Tech’s Strategic Growth Initiatives program that links our high-end scientists and engineers across our operations to leverage our company’s resources in developing new markets.
Her technical specialty is in the development of analysis systems and model applications for watershed management and integrated water management solutions that incorporate water reuse and stormwater harvesting. 她领导了大规模的流域研究, focused on climate resiliency and optimization of green infrastructure solutions. Dr. Shoemaker was principal investigator and lead for development of first-of-a-kind models that have helped to advance the science of water management (i.e.、SUSTAIN和GWLF). Dr. Shoemaker holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from Hamilton College, a Master of Engineering from Cornell University, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Maryland. She was inducted into the United States’ National Academy of Engineering in 2022.