Education + Policy

The Center’s education and policy initiatives are inherent corollaries to our planning and design endeavors.

Our work catalyzes a transformative process

Precedents become accessible to a larger audience through policy advancements, publications, workshops and lectures that we undertake throughout the U.S. and abroad.

Initiatives such as the Austin Green Builder Program (the first municipally-adopted green building program in the world) and the Texas Architecture and Engineering Guidelines (one of the first instances of integrating sustainability considerations in a state’s A&E guidelines) have become national and international models, inspiring similar programs in cities and states throughout the world.

We engage in collaborative projects with governmental entities, community organizations and professional associations. In this way, our work catalyzes a transformative process, as prototypes become the bases for an invigorated standard practice by design and construction professionals.