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  • 1.  Download the LFRT's Guide to Carbon Neutrality for Architecture Firms

    Posted 05-13-2026 02:29 PM

    The Large Firm Round Table (LFRT) Sustainability Committee's Firm Carbon Neutrality Working Group has developed a resource to help architecture and design firms navigate the complexities of measuring and managing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Recognizing that calculating a firm's carbon footprint can be daunting, the guide aims to demystify the process and provide a practical, accessible starting point. This industry-specific roadmap simplifies GHG concepts and provides a step-by-step guide to building a credible emissions inventory for your firm. It features preliminary budgeting formulas for estimating offset costs, recommendations for securing executive buy-in, and addresses key Scope 3 categories. Additionally, the guide offers a framework for selecting high-quality carbon offsets and renewable energy certificates (RECs). With links to essential tools and standards, this resource compiles lessons learned across member firms to encourage meaningful progress toward carbon neutrality.

    The LFRT Firm Carbon Neutrality Working Group is pleased to share this guide with the broader AIA community and welcomes continued feedback and collaboration to enhance its usefulness over time. The WG is currently working on developing recommended and pertinent reduction strategies that will be released in a follow-up publication.

    Download or view the document here (make sure you have joined the Committee on the Environment to access it): LFRT's Guide to Carbon Neutrality for Architecture Firms

    Questions or comments that will improve this document? We welcome your reply to this discussion!



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    Debora Favaretto AIA
    CannonDesign
    San Diego CA
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  • 2.  RE: Download the LFRT's Guide to Carbon Neutrality for Architecture Firms

    Posted 05-13-2026 03:58 PM

    Hi Deborah, thank you for sharing this content.

    Is it possible to share the file with the active hyperlinks?



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    Mabel Plasencia Aquino, LEED AP BD+C
    Associate
    Marvel
    San Juan, P.R.
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  • 3.  RE: Download the LFRT's Guide to Carbon Neutrality for Architecture Firms

    Posted 05-13-2026 06:00 PM

    Hi, Mabel

    Are you a member of the AIA Community, Committee on the Environment (COTE) yet? If you are unable to access the Guide PDF, it is likely because the Guide is posted in the COTE Knowledge Community library and you need to simply join them first. You can do that by checking it within "My communities and member groups" here My Account

    Let me know if you're still having issues or if I'm not understanding your ask. Thanks!



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    Debora Favaretto AIA
    CannonDesign
    San Diego CA
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    Original Message


  • 4.  RE: Download the LFRT's Guide to Carbon Neutrality for Architecture Firms

    Posted 05-13-2026 06:16 PM

    I was not a member but I could still download the guide and not able to click on the links inside the pdf. I am now a member of the COTE community and I still cannot click on the embedded links.

    Thank you!



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    Mabel Plasencia Aquino, LEED AP BD+C
    Associate
    Marvel
    San Juan, P.R.
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    Original Message


  • 5.  RE: Download the LFRT's Guide to Carbon Neutrality for Architecture Firms

    Posted 05-13-2026 06:45 PM

    Mabel,

    Thanks so much for the clarification. The links that are not working for you are the embedded links throughout the PDF document. We may have discovered why. Were you using Chrome and trying to view the downloaded document within the Chrome browser? The work around if you are using Chrome should be to download the document and open the file in an application like Bluebeam. Apparently, downloading and opening the document within the Chrome browser does have an issue with the links not working. 

    I personally, was not able to recreate the problem that you are having, but I am using Microsoft Edge. When I both open it within the browser (Microsoft Edge) and download it to open it within Bluebeam Revu, the links are active and working for me. Let me know what you learn.



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    Debora Favaretto AIA
    CannonDesign
    San Diego CA
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    Original Message


  • 6.  RE: Download the LFRT's Guide to Carbon Neutrality for Architecture Firms

    Posted 05-14-2026 09:51 AM
    • Looking forward to the upcoming reduction strategies publication.
    • Thank you for driving meaningful progress across the community.


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    Kashif Mekhdi Sayed Zaidi Intl. Assoc. AIA
    Salmiya
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  • 7.  RE: Download the LFRT's Guide to Carbon Neutrality for Architecture Firms

    Posted 05-15-2026 12:07 PM

    Kashif, thanks so much. We are excited to compile the reduction strategies and publish here as well! It will be a few months, but stay tuned!



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    Debora Favaretto AIA
    CannonDesign
    San Diego CA
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    Original Message


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