Sustainability
JAMA recognizes the positive impact structural engineers can have on the environment, in our projects as well as in our offices.
As part of our design process, we actively apply technical and management expertise to innovate designs that reduce negative impacts on the built environment, with many of our projects achieving LEED, WELL Building, or Living Building Challenge standards.
Santa Monica City Hall East
Living Building / Net Zero
Internally, JAMA’s sustainability committee advocates for environmentally sensitive approaches to design, educating staff on sustainable building products, and making recommendations on internal operation policies. One such effort resulted in the firm’s strict “no-waste” initiative that promotes reuse, recycling and conservation across office products and systems.
Nation’s first LEED Platinum Laboratory in a Historic Building
San Diego International Airport Expansion
First Airport Project Ever to Achieve LEED Platinum
The firm is a signatory of the SE 2050 commitment, which collectively challenges engineering firms to establish embodied carbon benchmarks and reductions goals to achieve net-zero embodied carbon in buildings by the year 2050. Read JAMA’s ECAP plan, including our commitment to input embodied carbon measurements into the SE 2050 database.
The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation, Harbor Medical Research Laboratory 1
LEED Silver