Climate + Sustainability
The planetary crisis of our time requires a swift, holistic response. Transportation, buildings, and utilities present some of the greatest opportunities for addressing climate change and sustainability in the built environment.
At TYLin, we believe that nothing truly exists or thrives in isolation. That’s why our global services team brings together expertise from planning, policy, economics, environmental and computer sciences, project management, engineering, and corporate strategy — directly addressing 14 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations.
Our planet’s challenges can’t be solved in silos. We need to think bigger, see the system as a whole, understand and optimize the connections.
Guiding Principles
Whole Life Carbon
Supporting the ambitious reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (in accordance with the Paris Agreement, SE 2050, and the achievement of NetZero emissions). We advise zero emissions pathways for embodied and operating emissions for all built assets.
Resilience
Supporting urban systems that withstand long-term stresses and absorb the shocks of major climate events. We advise strategy, planning and design solutions to improve asset resilience across the built environment.
The Circular Economy
Establishing a new economic approach to the built environment based on circularity, product stewardship, material durability and re-use. Our approach to the circular economy is founded on deep technical analysis and understanding of the design and operational opportunities and constraints of real assets in the built environment.
Place
Supporting biodiversity and creating a more liveable built environment that is better connected to nature and infrastructure. We embed biophilia through green infrastructure and walkable urban design to create urban habitat for healthier ecosystems and a more welcoming city for people.
Mobility
Enabling the transition of mobility systems to support the transportation of people and goods efficiently, sustainably, and equitably. We advise on planning, strategy, design and operations of zero emissions mobility systems and their interface with buildings and utility infrastructure.
Equity
Creating healthy, thriving and equitable local communities through a high-quality built environment and infrastructure that enables access, affordability, health and dignity to all urban communities. We provide analysis and advice on improving community outcomes in the built environment through better buildings, public places and infrastructure.
Meet our team
Ryan Abbotts
Sector Manager, Rail + Transit | TYLin
Kate Sargent
Senior Associate + National Practice Leader, Electrification | Sam Schwartz, A TYLin Company
Ian Schmellik
Senior Associate | Silman, A TYLin Company
Ali Nazari
VP, Energy + Sustainability | Introba
Kanika Sharma
Associate Principal, Sustainability | Introba
Lisa Westerhoff
Principal | Introba
Louise Hamot
Global Lead of Sustainable Innovation | Introba
Marilyn Specht
VP, Sustainability | Introba
Mary Casey
Principal, Sustainability | Introba
Megan White
VP, ESG | Introba
Dr. Dorte Rich Joergensen
Associate Principal, Sustainability | Introba
Engineering + Design
Navy Pier Flyover Lakefront Trail
Harvard University HouseZero
Grace Farms' River Building
I-57 at I-294 Interchange
UIUC Siebel Center
BPL Greenpoint Library
A Zero-Emissions World Brought to Life
Our vision for a sustainable, prosperous, more equitable future can only take shape with the most advanced engineering systems in place.
From high-performance building services design — zero-emissions buildings, micro-grids, healthy and productive indoor environments — to transportation infrastructure, advanced mobility, and water treatment and re-use, our global team of designers and engineers bring deep technical expertise in horizontal and vertical infrastructure to every project, seeing, appreciating, and leveraging the interconnectedness of the whole system.
- Zero carbon buildings
- All-electric buildings
- Advanced building controls
- Advanced HVAC
- Low embodied emissions HVAC
- Natural ventilation (HVAC, facade)
- Rainwater harvesting and water reuse systems
- High performance lighting
- District energy
- Energy storage systems (batteries and hydrogen)
- Embedded renewable generation systems
- Micro-grids
- Low-carbon structures (including mass timber)
- Adaptive reuse for structure and façade
- High performance facades (including dynamic facades)
- Embodied carbon calculations
- Sustainable concrete mixes
- Structural material salvaging
- Building Design
- Civil Design
- Infrastructure and Systems
- Land-side Transportation
- Future Fuels Infrastructure
- Digital Engineering
- Advanced Air Mobility
- Electrification systems
- Utility infrastructure for electrification systems
- Future fuels (including hydrogen)
- Active transport infrastructure
- Renewable energy generation
- Energy storage
- Low-embodied carbon pavement and structural systems
- Stormwater management and green infrastructure
- Low-embodied carbon pavement and structural systems
- Active transport infrastructure
- Stormwater management and green infrastructure
- Electrification systems
- Utility infrastructure for electrification systems
- Future fuels (including hydrogen)
- Renewable energy generation
- Energy storage
- Waste-water treatment and re-use
- Bio-energy recovery
- Renewable energy generation
- Water-sensitive urban design
- Storm-water management
- Rainwater harvesting
- Green infrastructure treatment
- Water resource management
Strategy + Planning
Bendigo Hospital
Magic Johnson Park & Community Center
Westwood Hills Nature Center
Empowered Decision Making Starts with the Right Insight
We shape effective sustainability policy, regulations, codes, standards, and development strategy, helping public- and private-sector clients adapt to an ever-evolving policy landscape. We accelerate the achievement of sustainability goals for organizations, all levels of government, and infrastructure, district, and masterplan developments.
Our ability to model, test, and evaluate impacts means our clients can make informed decisions — and keep stakeholders engaged and informed.
- Planning
- ESG Strategy
- Policy
- Advocacy
- Procurement
- Masterplan Strategy
- Utilities Strategy
- Sustainable Mobility
- Electrification
- Health and Wellbeing
- Resilience
- Regenerative Practice
- Circular Economy
- Social Sustainability
Design Analytics
Washington DC Carbon Neutrality Framework
University of Michigan | Carbon Neutral Infrastructure Analysis + Conceptual Design
Sunset Park Community DER Analysis Phase 1
Sustainability Ambitions Driving Better Results
Bold design decisions informed by rigorous modeling and testing — that’s the power of our whole-systems, evidence-based approach to sustainability.
Focusing just as much on the buildings as the human experience within and around them, our integrated team of architects, engineers, urban planners, and user experience designers harness the power of analytics and deep technical expertise to achieve ambitious sustainability targets — and whole-building performance.
- Carbon and Economic Strategy
- Climate and Resilience Planning
- Building Performance Analysis
- DALAB - R&D & Products
- Building Physics
- LCA
- Whole Life Carbon
- Data Analytics
- Probabilistic Modelling
Certification + Assurance
Shepparton Art Museum
Sonoma Academy Janet Durgin Guild + Commons
Denver Water Campus Redevelopment
Keeping Your Goals on Track
We help write the national and international standards in sustainability, and we know how to help our clients meet and exceed those standards.
Working with clients to identify and set sustainability goals, we identify cost-effective strategies to achieve them, and then monitor, manage, and certify against those targets.
We also create custom frameworks aligned to corporate vision and strategy, and address unique project opportunities or constraints.
- LEED
- Green Star
- BREEAM
- Living Building Challenge
- ISI Envision
- WELL
- FItwel
- IS
- CEEQUAL
- GRESB
- Net Zero
- ESG Reporting
Operating Performance
Monash Centre of Electron Microscopy
Princeton University | Geoexchange Central Plant
Fort Collins Zero Net Energy Eco-District
Beyond the Build
We empower building investors, owners, and occupiers to operate and maintain their investment effectively and efficiently through a structured, auditable approach.
This means we go beyond the traditional ‘checks and balances’ approach of conventional commissioning engineers. We walk alongside our clients throughout the process — from design review, through installation, testing, and monitoring — making sure they know not only how to use, but how to maximize and troubleshoot their new systems.
Our systems only work if our clients know how to use them to their greatest potential.
We support property owners reporting asset performance against Environmental, Social and Governance criteria for assessment for benchmarks such as GRESB, and CDP.
- Asset Upgrade
- Reporting (GRI, CDP)
- Data Management
- Commissioning & Soft Landings
- Energy Audits
- IEQ Monitoring
- IOT Design
A collaboration of market leaders.
We deliver integrated and comprehensive solutions through our family of market-leading firms.
Delivering the combined strength of Integral and Ross & Baruzzini, Introba guides clients through digital transformation, sustainable strategies, and systems integration — applying a range of engineering and advisory services across systems, buildings, communities, cities, and regions.
Since 1995, Sam Schwartz has been known as the transportation engineering, planning and consulting firm that solves the industry’s most challenging problems by combining technical expertise with creative approaches. Headquartered in New York, the firm has teams of professionals across disciplines including transportation and environmental planning; transit; civil engineering; and community engagement.
Pushing the industry forward through Research, Innovation, and Advocacy.
We're always learning, always improving — challenging the very idea of what's possible and sharing what we know to help shape policy and industry standards. It's the right thing to do, and it drives better results for our clients.