California is rewriting the rules for the built environment. Meet us in San Diego.
AIA26 brings together architects, engineers, developers, and design leaders at the industry’s flagship annual conference. Greenplaces will be there connecting with built environment professionals who are navigating California’s climate disclosure landscape, GRESB client demands, and the growing expectation that architecture firms can account for their own emissions — not just their buildings’.
We’ll be at AIA Conference on Architecture & Design® 2026 to show you what’s possible.
Why we’re there
The built environment is in scope — for California, for clients, and increasingly for the profession itself
Architecture and AEC firms occupy a unique position in the sustainability landscape. The buildings they design account for a significant share of total U.S. emissions — and the firms themselves are increasingly expected to account for their own operations, demonstrate climate leadership to their clients, and respond to the regulatory requirements that apply directly to their practices.
California’s climate disclosure laws are already in effect and architecture firms with California operations or revenue above the disclosure thresholds are squarely in scope. Clients — particularly real estate developers and institutional investors — are requiring GRESB performance data, ESG reporting, and emissions documentation as standard RFP requirements. And AIA’s own Climate Action agenda is putting sustainability infrastructure on the agenda of every serious practice. Greenplaces is built to help built environment firms navigate all of it.
California law
SB 253
Requires companies with over $1 billion in annual revenue doing business in California to publicly disclose Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions annually.
California law
SB 261
Requires companies with over $500 million in revenue doing business in California to disclose climate-related financial risks and mitigation strategies every two years.
Framework
GRESB
The global ESG benchmark for real estate and infrastructure. Greenplaces is an official GRESB assessment partner, providing end-to-end support for the annual Real Estate Assessment.
Framework
AIA Climate Action
AIA’s Framework for Design Excellence and Climate Action agenda are creating profession-wide momentum for firms to measure and reduce the carbon footprint of their operations and projects.
what we do
Sustainability reporting built for the complexity of architecture and AEC practice
Architecture firms face a sustainability reporting landscape that most general-purpose software wasn’t built for — client-driven GRESB requirements, California regulatory obligations, and internal commitments tied to AIA’s climate agenda, all running in parallel. Greenplaces combines carbon accounting software with hands-on professional services to give AEC practices the infrastructure to manage all of it from a single platform.
Firm-level carbon accounting
Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions measurement for architecture firm operations — offices, energy consumption, employee commuting, business travel, and supply chain. GHG Protocol methodology, audit-ready documentation, and structured annual disclosure support for California and beyond.
GRESB assessment partnership
As an official GRESB assessment partner, Greenplaces provides end-to-end support for real estate clients navigating the annual GRESB Real Estate Assessment — from data collection and energy performance benchmarking to final submission and score improvement planning.
California climate disclosure
SB 253 and SB 261 compliance support for architecture and AEC firms meeting California’s revenue thresholds — including baseline emissions development, Scope 3 supply chain accounting, climate risk disclosure, and the annual public reporting the laws require.
Meet the team
Find Greenplaces at AIA 2026
Greenplaces is attending AIA26 as a participant — no booth, no exhibit table. We’re there to connect with architecture and AEC professionals who are working through sustainability reporting, California compliance, or GRESB client requirements and want to understand what a practical path forward looks like. Reach out before the conference and we’ll find time to connect in person.
Go deeper
Built environment sustainability — the Greenplaces resources worth reading before San Diego
From California’s climate accountability package to GRESB assessment support and firm-level carbon accounting, Greenplaces works with architecture and built environment organizations at every stage of sustainability program development.
