SmithGroup
SmithGroup
SmithGroup is an award-winning, multidisciplinary planning and design firm that employs research, data, advanced technologies, and design thinking to help clients solve their greatest challenges. Founded in 1853, SmithGroup works internationally across 19 offices with a team of 1,300 experts committed to excellence in strategy, design, and delivery. Recognizing their place in the design industry and legacy of sustainable innovation, they are advancing new processes and methodologies that are redefining the way they work and collaborate to address climate change. These efforts include research on open-source control systems for higher performing buildings, sharing best decarbonization practices through ASHRAE and the AIA Roundtable, and pledges to meet key industry sustainability commitments, including the AIA 2030 Challenge, MEP 2040 (net-zero whole life carbon by 2040) and SE 2050.
PROGRAM GOAL
SmithGroup’s goal is for 100% of their projects to be net zero by 2030.
Sectors Served
Healthcare, Workplace, Higher Education, Government (Federal, State, Municipal), Science & Technology, Developer (Hospitality, Multifamily, Mixed Use), Institutional, Cultural, Transportation
SmithGroup offers depth in a wide range of integrated disciplines serving the built and natural environment, including architecture, engineering (civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing), landscape architecture, urban design, and planning. SmithGroup's climate-action services include portfolio decarbonization planning and design ranging from building-scale solutions to district-scale and full utility-scale strategies.
Name: Stet Sanborn, AIA, CPHC, LEED AP
Title: Vice President, Engineering Discipline Lead
Phone: 415.343.2032
Email: stet.sanborn@smithgroup.com
Website: smithgroup.com

SmithGroup is an award-winning, multidisciplinary planning and design firm that employs research, data, advanced technologies, and design thinking to help clients solve their greatest challenges.