ZERO EMISSIONS RESEARCH AND INITIATIVES (ZERI)

We are ZERI certified practitioners. ZERI is a global network of creative minds seeking solutions to world challenges. The common vision shared by the members of the ZERI family is to view waste as resource and seek solutions using nature’s design principles as inspiration.

CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (CER)

We helped co-found the Center for Environmental Restoration, a Washington, D.C. based non-profit organization affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution. CER works with academia, business, civil society, and government to research and develop solar and ecologically-inspired technologies for environmental restoration. Their designs include the Algal Turf Scrubber (ATS), a biological wastewater treatment system that uses periphytic algae to purify water to tertiary standards. The resulting biomass can then be harvested, converted into a renewable biofuel, and used to produce energy.

*Work performed in affiliation with Browning+Bannon and Terrapin.