Launching our new Sustainability Action Plan

Globally, buildings and construction play a major role in the ongoing climate breakdown and biodiversity loss crisis, accounting for nearly 40% of energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions whilst also having a significant impact on our natural habitats. Deicke Richards recognises the architectural profession as integral to the journey towards more regenerative built environment. At Deicke Richards, sustainability is embedded across our projects and provides an ecological, social and economic asset for our clients, our practice and the communities we work with.

The Deicke Richards Sustainability Action Plan (SAP) uses the principles of the Architects Declare, an industry recognised initiative, as a tool to drive change within our practice. The SAP serves as a tool that defines the actions that Deicke Richards will undertake to improve the impacts of our projects and our operations on the environment. The SAP is a dynamic document that defines the operational and design methods as related to sustainability and proposed improvements, research, and advocacy towards Net zero (elimination or offset of carbon on site through embedded technologies) emissions by 2030.

The Deicke Richards SAP framework is divided into several sections that set out a clear course of actionable steps to the following areas:

• Actionable response to the Architects Declare principles.
• Steps to evolve our office operations.
• Steps to upskill staff to positively contribute to the environmental outcomes of our projects.
• Steps related to each project phase.
• Steps towards DR QMS implementation.
• Steps for implementation of ArchiCAD Life Cycle Analysis Tool.

At Deicke Richards we all have the shared responsibility to design and document with best sustainable and regenerative practices in mind and encourage to share ideas and initiatives as a collective. As we increase our knowledge in each section of the framework, the SAP will be updated on regular basis to reflect the practice’s shifting goals and ambitions over time.

Click here or on the image below to read our Sustainability Action Plan.