Throughout 2022, SvN conducted a series of inspiring conversations with leaders across North America about building better cities for a post-carbon future. The series, called SvNSpeaks, is part of our firm’s ongoing investigations into new and practical design solutions for cities to embed zero-carbon policies into official plans, implement progressive land-use regulations and devise regulatory mechanisms to support energy efficiency and climate resiliency in our building and cities.

Canadian Architect magazine published a series of op-eds on our conversations. All six articles can be found below:

How to phase out fossil fuels in buildings and lessons from New York (ep. 1)

How to incentivize and accelerate low-carbon building designs, with lessons from Vancouver (ep.2)

Removing Barriers to Decarbonize Our Cities (ep.3)

Enhancing the city’s role as a carbon sink: the San Francisco experience (ep.4)

Implementing Carbon Budgets in New and Existing Buildings (ep.5)

Addressing climate change through advocacy, policy and planning (ep.6)

SvN is committed to leading the industry as a regenerative design practice focused on building creative and inclusive post-carbon cities. SvNSpeaks emphasizes how meaningful change happens when collaborating and drawing inspiration from global experts.