International expert environmental design office
Since its creation in 1993, TERAO has been operating on 5 continents
Why do you need an expert sustainability partner?
In a context of increasing climate issues, changes in local regulations, adoption of international environmental certifications (LEED, BREEAM, EDGE, DGNB, HQE, WELL, …), contextualization of international standards to local needs and a growing mobilization of international financing conditional on climate and social performance, project leaders must:
TERAO responds to these challenges with an integrated approach co-constructed with you and all the project’s stakeholders, from strategy to operation.
How does TERAO support you in the environmental and operational performance of your international projects?
A comprehensive and proven methodology
We consider each project as an interconnected system, optimizing:
- Energy: energy efficiency, renewable energies, energy management
- Carbon: low carbon strategy, LCA (Life Cycle Assessment), reuse of materials
- Water and biodiversity: sustainable resource management, urban biodiversity, circular economy and reuse
- Comfort and health: Indoor air quality, well-being of users
- Economic performance: Profitability, access to green financing
Key expertise for each project phase
The success of real estate projects on an international scale requires much more than local expertise: it is based on the ability to structure common benchmarks, capitalize on feedback, and disseminate best practices.
Project Phase Our solutions
Strategy Benchmarking, low-carbon roadmap, analysis, and international regulation anticipation
Programming Environmental Site Analysis, Environmental Certification Orientation, Pre-Program and Environmental Program
Design Bioclimatic optimization, choice of materials, integration of renewable energies, awareness and training of stakeholders
Construction Monitoring of works, commissioning, risk management
Operation Energy management, performance monitoring, team training
End of life Strategy of deconstruction, reuse, recycling
Seasoned support as a certification project manager
With hundreds of certified projects (LEED, BREEAM, EDGE, WELL, HQE Development and Infrastructure, ISO50001,…) and an international trajectory built over more than 30 years on five continents, TERAO possesses a thorough understanding of certification standards and the ability to flexibly the objectives to identify solutions that are truly suitable for technical reality, and regulatory conditions in each region.
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