Sustainability

Services - Sustainability

If your goal is net zero emissions by 2030, let Genesis’ sustainable design, consulting, and engineering services help you pave the path forward.

Wherever you are on your Scope 1, 2, and 3 journey to reduce GHG emissions for pharma manufacturing, let’s work toward carbon neutrality together. Our experts can help you achieve compliance, meet your ESG goals, reduce energy/water consumption, gain efficiencies, mitigate environmental risks, and adopt renewable resources. 

Sustainability Expertise

Biophilic Design

Focusing on the innate connection between people and nature, our interior design team creates environments that enhance occupant well-being, productivity, and satisfaction.

Focusing on the innate connection between people and nature, our interior design team creates environments that enhance occupant well-being, productivity, and satisfaction.

Passive Design

Maximizing natural light, ventilation, and thermal comfort through strategic orientation, shading devices, and building envelope optimization, our team helps reduce reliance on mechanical systems and energy consumption.

Maximizing natural light, ventilation, and thermal comfort through strategic orientation, shading devices, and building envelope optimization, our team helps reduce reliance on mechanical systems and energy consumption.

Decarbonization/Electrification

Transitioning your facility away from fossil fuels toward cleaner, more efficient electric alternatives, we provide strategic consulting and implementation services.

Transitioning your facility away from fossil fuels toward cleaner, more efficient electric alternatives, we provide strategic consulting and implementation services.

Energy Modeling

Helping you gain insights into your building’s energy consumption through detailed simulations, we identify opportunities for significant savings and improved performance.

Helping you gain insights into your building’s energy consumption through detailed simulations, we identify opportunities for significant savings and improved performance.

Life Cycle Assessment

Are you a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical device facility manager struggling to balance regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, and cost control? Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) can help. Using this proven methodology, we can help you reduce your costs and your environmental impacts, while [...]More +

Are you a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical device facility manager struggling to balance regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, and cost control? Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) can help. Using this proven methodology, we can help you reduce your costs and your environmental impacts, while creating a more sustainable and resilient facility.

LCA is a comprehensive evaluation of the environmental impact of your facility throughout its entire life cycle – from construction and material selection to daily operations and eventual decommissioning. By understanding the full picture, you can make informed decisions that benefit both your bottom line and the planet.

Key Benefits of Life Cycle Assessments for Life Sciences

  • Regulatory Compliance: Stay ahead of evolving environmental regulations and avoid costly penalties.
  • Cost Savings: Identify energy inefficiencies, optimize resource use, and reduce waste, leading to significant long-term savings.
  • Risk Mitigation: Proactively address environmental risks and ensure the longevity of your facility.
  • Brand Reputation: Demonstrate your commitment to sustainability and attract environmentally conscious stakeholders.
  • Innovation: Drive the development of greener products and processes, gaining a competitive edge.

How Life Cycle Assessments Drive Smarter Decisions:

LCA provides actionable insights into every aspect of your facility, including:

  • Plant Steam: Optimize steam generation, explore renewable energy sources, and reduce energy consumption.
  • Compressed Air: Detect and repair leaks, optimize demand, and lower operating costs.
  • Chilled Water: Upgrade to energy-efficient chillers, implement free cooling, and save on energy bills.
  • Compendial Water: Reuse and recycle water, optimize processes, and minimize waste.
  • Power Distribution: Manage electrical loads, integrate renewable energy, and stabilize costs.

Our Comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment Services for Life Sciences Facilities:

Our team of experts specializes in LCA for the life sciences industry. We offer tailored solutions to help you:

  • Design and Construction: Create high-performance, sustainable facilities from the ground up.
  • Water and Energy Efficiency: Assess and improve your facility’s resource consumption.
  • Commissioning, Qualification, & Validation (CQV): Ensure compliance and environmental responsibility.
  • Automation and Pharma 4.0: Optimize building automation and track resource usage.
  • Asset Management: Evaluate and improve the sustainability of your equipment and processes.

Partner with Us for a Greener Future

Let us help you leverage LCA to build a more sustainable, efficient, and profitable pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical device facility. Contact us today to learn more about our services and how we can help you achieve your sustainability goals.

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Building Envelope Assessments and Certification

Applying building enclosure best practices, we ensure your building envelope performs as designed, maximizing thermal comfort and energy savings.

Applying building enclosure best practices, we ensure your building envelope performs as designed, maximizing thermal comfort and energy savings.

Environmental Reporting

Prioritizing compliance, we can help you meet state and federal environmental reporting requirements such as California’s Building Energy Benchmarking Program; Massachusetts’s Boston Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO), Cambridge Building Energy Use Disclosure [...]More +

Prioritizing compliance, we can help you meet state and federal environmental reporting requirements such as California’s Building Energy Benchmarking Program; Massachusetts’s Boston Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO), Cambridge Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO), Stretch Energy Code and Specialized Opt-In Stretch Code, Base Building Code with MA Amendments; and Pennsylvania’s Climate Action Plan, Philadelphia’s Energy Benchmarking and Disclosure Law, and the Philadelphia Building Energy Performance Program.

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Additional Services

Sustainable/Net Zero Consulting; Master Planning/Resilience Planning; Retro-commissioning/Re-commissioning; Lab and Cleanroom Ventilation Optimization; Building Ratings/Certifications (LEED, Energy Star, Passive House, Fitwell, etc.); and LEED-Certified Design More +
  • Sustainable/Net Zero Consulting;
  • Master Planning/Resilience Planning;
  • Retro-commissioning/Re-commissioning;
  • Lab and Cleanroom Ventilation Optimization;
  • Building Ratings/Certifications (LEED, Energy Star, Passive House, Fitwell, etc.); and
  • LEED-Certified Design
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