Sustainable Design
RSP INSIGHTS is a collection of our perspectives and thoughts on current trends impacting the markets and clients we serve.
Before You Build: The New California Wildfire Code
RSP has taken a close look at the new consolidated California wildfire code and offers some insight on how the new regulations may impact your next project, even before a shovel hits the ground. In January 2025, the Palisades and Eaton fires burned 59 square miles of Los Angeles, killed 31 people, and destroyed […]
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A Net-Zero Building, Ten Years On
Northern Arizona University’s International Pavilion has spent a decade proving a quiet thesis: the most sustainable building is often the simplest one. Here’s what its data — and the people who run it — taught us. Jason Ploszaj and Linnea Brudenell re-visit one of RSP’s seminal projects. Designed to be a net-zero site energy […]
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What Tempe’s Microgrids Masterplan can Teach Other Cities about Designing for Resilience in Extreme Heat
RSP’s National Sustainability and Resilience Director, Linnea Brudenell AIA, LEED AP, shares her take-aways from the practice’s recent involvement in a potent new study into microgrids and what desert cities can do to prepare for weather extremes. In desert cities like Tempe, Arizona, communities are at the front lines of climate change, facing increasingly […]
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Resilient Retail: Design Strategies to Protect Stores from Climate Change
Following his presentation at ICSC Centerbuild on resilient retail design strategies, RSP’s Kyle Tornow goes in depth on what some of the largest retailers are doing to resist the effects of climate change. As climate change drives more frequent and severe weather, resilient retail design has become a top priority. High-wind events like hurricanes are […]
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Designing a Better Future for the Workplace
RSP’s Jeremi Van Wave explains how design, architecture and strategy are supporting sustainability, wellness and ESG efforts around the world and a brighter future for the workplace.
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A Pragmatic Approach to Adaptive Reuse
Adaptive reuse and smart renovation are better for the environment and communities. The UMR Student Life Center is a case in point.
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Combining History and Tech in Higher Education Design
Neal Cross AIA, NCARB explains how mixing the old with the innovative takes careful planning and a deep understanding of design. Making it happen on a university campus adds a twist to the challenge.
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