Energy and Sustainability Services
Turning Sustainability Goals into Practical Action
Sustainability challenges rarely fit neatly within a single discipline. GZA brings together sustainability specialists, environmental scientists, engineers, and data professionals to develop solutions aligned with our clients’ business and organizational objectives.
We draw on GZA’s broader environmental, engineering, energy, climate, and data capabilities to support clients from initial assessment and strategy development through implementation and measurement of results. This integrated approach helps clients identify priorities, evaluate alternatives, and implement solutions that are technically sound, practical, and responsive to their goals and operational realities.
The GZA Scope 3 Calculator
As part of GZA’s suite of greenhouse gas reporting and supply chain solutions, we designed and built a Scope 3 Calculator as a simple to use, affordable, and easy-to-deploy application. The latest version of our Calculator enables users to evaluate and assess the emissions from upstream Scope 3 activities and several downstream Scope 3 categories all in one streamlined Excel-based tool.
Design with Nature Studio
GZA’s Design with Nature Studio brings together science, engineering, and design to integrate natural and nature-based solutions into the built environment. From habitat restoration and green infrastructure to resilient shorelines and nature-based treatment systems, these capabilities complement our sustainability services by helping clients enhance resilience, manage water and other resources, restore ecological function, and translate sustainability objectives into solutions on the ground.
Sustainability Planning
GZA’s Planning Practice connects environmental, community, and development considerations to help shape more sustainable and resilient places. Through comprehensive and environmental planning, land use and infrastructure planning, stakeholder engagement, and geospatial analysis, our planners complement GZA’s sustainability services by helping communities and organizations integrate sustainability and resilience objectives into long-term plans, policies, investments, and development decisions.
Climate Adaptation & Resiliency
GZA’s climate adaptation and resilience specialists help clients understand and manage the physical risks associated with natural hazards and a changing climate. Through vulnerability and risk assessments, adaptation and mitigation planning, geospatial analysis, and resilient design, these capabilities complement our sustainability services by helping organizations and communities translate climate risk and resilience priorities into strategies and solutions that protect people, assets, infrastructure, and operations.