可持续发展——WT 是一个专注于可持续创新解决方案的设计公司。WT 采用 LEED 体系用于WT的整体规划和建筑设计中。 13年以来，WT一直与米兰政府合作，筹办了一项国际性创新技术奖项，WT Award。WT实验室针对具有先进创新科技和可持续发展技术的上百种材料，科技和产品进行检验。感谢这个实验室的存在，我们的办公室拥有了一个大量的数据库，存储了最创新的系统和技术来减低能源消耗和环境影响。

Of course the most effective means of reducing a building’s reliance on external grid power is to reduce energy use as a whole. In our projects we consider a variety of solutions to this point. Increasing reliance on natural lighting and passive
heating and cooling are some of the most effective ways of reducing energy consumption. Choosing efficient appliances one can save significant amounts of energy.

An important aspect of architecture that is often overlooked is that of planning. Planning is the study of how spaces should be laid out to interact with each other. For example, urban planning deals with infrastructure, buildings and services and where they should be located within a city. Architecture and planning are subjects that are often looked at separately but should be considered together for true sustainability.

The IDP integrate knowledge from engineering and architecture and let them interact with each other in order to solve the often very complicated problems connected to the design of sustainable buildings. IDP does not ensure aesthetic or sustainable solutions, but it enables the designer to control the many parameters that must be considered and integrated in the project when creating more holistic sustainable architecture in order to achieve better sustainable solutions, because all the different parameters are considered during the process.

One of the aspects to which we attribute more importance in the design of a building is the material choice. What one builds the exterior envelope of their space with affects its ability to breath (important for preventing sick building syndrome, an affliction to buildings often caused by mold, dust, and volatile organic compounds which can cause sickness in a buildings occupants), to retain temperatures, the embodied energy cost of a building, its longevity and its strength against earthquakes, etc. Today there are a variety of materials to choose from that meet these goals.

Today more than ever, it is imperative that we begin to be conscious about our water use. Water tables around the world are being drained at an ever increasing rate and water shortages are heightening with global warming. Reducing water usage also reduces energy use and the costs associated with building operation; transporting, treating or desalinating water are very energy intensive tasks that are necessary when water is not used carefully.

Heating and cooling buildings contributes to more energy usage than any other aspect of a buildings. One of WT project main objectives is creating buildings well insulated to reduce the energy costs of heating (and cooling) looking to the materials section. We consider different methods to keep the buildings environment comfortable while minimizing energy input including: roof ponds, thermal mass walls, solar chimneys, solar rooms and green roofs.

When we are creating architecture with a conscious effort towards improving sustainability, we take into account the way a building interacts with its surroundings.
How will people connect with their neighbors, their backyard, the streets?  A building that interfaces well with its surroundings is one that is more useful and likely to be appreciated for longer. We give also great importance if the building affects the immediate environment.

Buildings consume energy and resources and generate waste on a huge scale. Current construction methods tie us into future patterns of resource and energy use, waste emissions and environmental damage. When poorly designed our buildings leave a lasting legacy for the next generation that extends adverse social, economic and environmental impacts throughout their life cycle. There are many definitions of what makes a building sustainable with respect to social, economic and environmental issues;  social in terms of adding to the quality of life for people, economic in terms of enhancing wealth, and environmental in terms of reducing the impact that buildings have on the natural environment.