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HASTINGS is a recognized leader in sustainable design committed to reducing the environmental impact of the built environment, while maximizing the human experience and financial expectations of our clients. Our studio’s commitment to sustainability is woven into every project.
HASTINGS Director of Sustainability Erica Weeks, is expert at facilitating cross-disciplinary discussions and developing environmentally conscious design strategies and solutions. HASTINGS manages diverse sets of data and criteria across multiple certification rating systems with a deep understanding of human-nature connections.
From architecture to interior design, urban planning, and environmental science, the expertise of our staff is multidisciplinary and varied. Through our work with owners, building operators, architects, engineers, and contractors, HASTINGS provides timely and accurate consultation for new construction, renovation, adaptive reuse and existing building projects, reducing environmental impact in a fiscally and socially responsible way.
The collective experience of our staff includes sustainability consulting on over 200 projects across the United States. HASTINGS has facilitated LEED Certification on over 135 projects across all certification levels including LEED Platinum, the highest level issued by the US Green Building Council (USGBC). Our expert team is knowledgeable in a wide variety of topics related to sustainability. In addition to USGBC’s LEED program, our studio certifies projects under the WELL Building Standard, SITES, fitwel, and Living Building Challenge initiatives.
Sustainable design achievements include:
- First LEED Certified project in Middle Tennessee: 127 Third Avenue South
- First LEED CS Gold Commercial Office in Middle Tennessee: Freeman Webb Corporate Headquarters
- First LEED CS building in Downtown Nashville’s urban core: Terrazzo
- Largest solar array in Nashville: Metro Nashville Police Department Headquarters and Family Safety Center
- First WELL-Certified space in Nashville: Lendlease
- First ground-up building pursuing WELL-Certification in Nashville: Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
- Highest rated LEED CS building in the United States: The Bridge Building
HASTINGS works with institutional, government, and Fortune 500 companies offering:
- Sustainability Strategy and Development
- Sustainability Guideline Development for Design and Construction
- Corporate Sustainability Planning / Environmental Social Governance (ESG) Planning
- Rating System Facilitation and Documentation Management
- Rating System Contractor Support Services
- Materials Vetting
- Existing Building Gap Analysis
- Building Portfolio Evaluation
- Benchmarking and Energy Star Validation
- Post Occupancy Evaluations
- Sustainability Commissioning
Architecture, Interior Design, Planning, and Sustainability
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