Resilience By Design, Gensler

 Explore Gensler’s Resilience by Design 2025, a forward-thinking report detailing how architecture and urban design can combat climate change through resilient, sustainable, and data-informed strategies to lower carbon emissions and future-proof cities and buildings.

This report from the Gensler Research Institute highlights the firm’s commitment to climate action through sustainable and resilient design. It emphasizes the impact of the built environment on global carbon emissions and outlines Gensler’s strategies for reducing operational and embodied carbon across its expansive design portfolio. The report details Gensler’s progress toward its goal of zero carbon emissions by 2030, showing a 64% reduction in carbon emissions in its 2024 portfolio compared to industry baselines. Key initiatives include energy benchmarking, life-cycle carbon accounting, and deep integration of climate-responsive strategies into design processes. The report also includes global case studies demonstrating real-world applications of sustainable practices, innovations in data center waste heat reuse, mass timber hospitals, and long-term adaptability in urban planning. Gensler advocates for transparency, collaboration, and industry-wide accountability as essential tools to scale climate-positive impact through design.