OVERVIEW ENERGY & MATERIALS HEALTH & RESILIENCE WORK & PROSPERITY GOVERNANCE APPENDIX FY22 IMPACT REPORT 17 Lake|Flato Architects Every design has an impact. Total carbon management helps make it a positive one. Lake|Flato Architects, a leader in sustainable architecture design in the United States, has received 13 AIA COTE awards for sustainable design excellence—more than any other architect. The firm is driven by the goal of total carbon management and making the best decisions possible for the design itself and impact on the climate. To manage operational carbon, Lake|Flato uses Autodesk Insight software for high-performance building design. Insight enables Lake|Flato to quickly, easily, and accurately model the impacts of design decisions on the overall energy consumption of each project. Tally—the first lifecycle assessment app to calculate the environmental impacts of building material selections directly in a Revit model—is another key tool in Lake|Flato’s arsenal for measuring and managing embodied carbon. The list of materials and quantities generated in Tally imports directly into the EC3 tool, fostering a more efficient workflow that optimizes both tools’ capabilities. Located in the heart of downtown Austin, Lake|Flato’s recent Hotel Magdalena project is the first mass timber boutique hotel constructed in North America and demonstrates the total carbon benefits of this approach compared to more conventional construction. According to Lake|Flato, “Results indicate that when including biogenic carbon, switching to a mass timber structural system can provide a tremendous carbon reduction, ranging from 38% to 58% depending on how much mass timber is replacing concrete or steel. When biogenic is not included, the carbon reduction ranges from 7% to 17%.” Learn more