What is Sustainability?

In its most general form, sustainability is about creating new ways to live and prosper while ensuring an equitable, healthy future for all people and the planet. Sustainability in the built environment considers the impact of construction and building operations on ecological, social, and economic systems and strives to maintain balance and integration of these systems.

Using an Integrative, Whole-System Approach

An integrative approach to building design and operations is based on an understanding that all building systems and human activity within a building are connected and influenced by each other. Using this approach allows AtSite to work together with our tenants to enhance building performance and create an entire building that operates as efficiently as possible and creates a healthy indoor environment for all building occupants. This concept can be applied to new and existing buildings as well as interior spaces. On a larger scale, the building and site can be viewed as part of a system that includes the surrounding ecosystem, the community, and the region.