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Energy & Sustainability

Cumming Group’s Energy and Sustainability team works at the forefront of climate action, delivering a suite of comprehensive and innovative solutions—from equity-centered sustainability and climate plans to cost-effective energy and building management services—to public and private clients around the world.

Climate Action Impact

3,029,144 MTCO₂e

Avoided

14,156,216 MTCO₂e

Reductions Planned

412,614 MWh

Energy Saved

115 MW

Solar PV Installed

Representative Projects

Our Services

Energy Management & Resilience

Services focused specifically on energy at the building or campus scale, tailored towards programs, incentives, and cost savings.

  • Energy auditing and modeling
  • Energy project management and planning
  • Life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) and total cost of ownership (TCOO)
  • Solar photovoltaics and battery storage feasibility
  • Incentive program management
  • Benchmarking and utility bill financial analysis
  • Rate structure analysis and utility budget planning
  • Energy Management Systems (ISO 50001)
  • Energy resilience and distributed energy resources

Climate Action & Adaptation

Services focused on reducing and tracking greenhouse gas emissions, strategic planning to decarbonize over time, and identifying solutions to adapt and build resilience to climate change.

  • Greenhouse gas emissions inventories and calculators
  • Emissions reduction scenarios and projections
  • Climate action and adaptation plans
  • Net zero buildings
  • Implementation plans and decision-making frameworks
  • Monitoring, reporting, and evaluation tools
  • Carbon market advisory / carbon dioxide removal
  • Community and stakeholder engagement
  • Energy resilience and distributed energy resources

“Cumming Group’s expertise guided us through the development and implementation of a comprehensive sustainability and energy strategy that aligns with our community values and long-term vision. I wholeheartedly recommend their services to any entity seeking to embrace sustainability and make a meaningful contribution to a greener and more sustainable future.”

Buddy Stanavich
Energy Resources Manager, City of Ellensburg, WA

“This team has been instrumental in developing our approach to sustainability. The audits Cumming Group conducted helped us develop a strategic approach to how and where we invest our capital in decarbonization and efficiency measures. The team also developed a sustainability dashboard tool that has helped us understand the impact of our utilities and improve our carbon reduction efforts.”

Steven Lichak
Vice President, National Operations, Sustainability and Sourcing, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW)

Sustainable Resource Management

Services focused on preserving resources (e.g., energy, water, waste), including strategic sustainability planning, environmental compliance, and triple-bottom-line analyses.

  • Strategic sustainability and climate planning
  • Energy auditing and modeling
  • Waste characterization research
  • Waste prevention and resource recovery programs
  • Decision-making tools and frameworks
  • Monitoring, reporting, and evaluation tools
  • Incentives and funding
  • Sustainable procurement
  • Environmental Management Systems (ISO 140001)

Green Buildings and Commissioning

Services focused on decarbonizing and introducing sustainable solutions at the building scale, including commissioning and recommissioning services.

  • New building commissioning (Cx)
  • Existing building commissioning (Retro-Cx)
  • Monitor-based commissioning (MBCx) and energy management
  • Building envelope commissioning (BECx)
  • Whole Building Commissioning (WBCx)
  • LEED, WELL, and Envision Certification Services
  • Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001)
  • Energy Management Systems (ISO 50001)

Materials and Embodied Carbon

Services focused on decarbonizing buildings and using sustainable materials in construction and retrofits to reduce embodied carbon and upstream environmental impacts.

  • Whole building carbon assessments
  • Life cycle assessments (LCAs)
  • Life cycle cost assessments (LCCAs)
  • Cost/carbon trade-off assessments
  • Science-based targets benchmarking
  • Enterprise Scope 1-3 GHG inventories
  • Net zero carbon strategies
  • Sustainable procurement
  • LEED, WELL, and Envision Certification Services

Zero-Emission Transportation

Services focused on decarbonizing transportation solutions, with a focus on public fleets (e.g., public transportation) and private fleets (light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles).

  • Alternative fuels research and implementation
  • Electric vehicles and infrastructure advisory
  • GHG emissions reporting and projections
  • Fuel and carbon market advisory
  • Regulatory and environmental compliance
  • Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001)
  • Strategic transportation and vehicle replacement plans

Environmental, Social, Corporate Governance

Services focused on building out reporting, disclosure, and governance practices under ESG frameworks for private sector clients.

  • Greenhouse gas emissions accounting and carbon footprint analyses
  • Monitoring, evaluation, and reporting tools
  • Training, stakeholder engagement, and workforce development facilitation and tools
  • Sustainable procurement and product sourcing
  • SASB and GRI standard advisory
  • Sustainability and climate strategic plans
  • Data management, visualization, and dashboards

Expertise in GHG Standards & Frameworks

Our Team Leadership

Christine Marez

Senior Vice President, Sustainability & ESG

cmarez@cumming-group.com 

Emma Sorrell

Senior Director, Sustainability

esorrell@cumming-group.com 

Paul Kyllo

Director of Energy

paul.kyllo@cumming-group.com 

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