About usoverview
What is Symbiotic Engineering?
Symbiotic refers to mutually beneficial relationships that we believe can be created both between our company and our clients and between the goals of our clients and the environment. Our areas of expertise include greenhouse gas and sustainability management and providing the quantification metrics and tools to evaluate “green” developments, projects and products. We utilize tools such as life-cycle assessment, life-cycle costing and material flows analyses to identify systemic approaches for reducing the environmental impacts.
Our Mission
At Symbiotic Engineering, we are Defining GreenTM
together with partnering clients in a participatory approach. We are stepping into a new paradigm of sustainability. We believe that Defining GreenTM is an iterative process with the client that first requires quantifying environmental and economic impacts and then seeks innovative solutions that work within critical social aspects to better define sustainability.
Symbiotic Engineering's Carbon Negative Pledge:
Symbiotic Engineering will offset more greenhouse
gases than we emit, resulting in a negative GHG
emitting company.
The focus on efficiency without regard to
consumption or conservation fails to acknowledge
a world of finite resources. Symbiotic Engineering
will work to develop a vision of sustainable sufficiency
for each company. The responsibility for reducing
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions falls not only on
the largest industrial emitters but also on service
sector companies that demand office use resources
such as electricity and paper along with employee
generated transportation emissions.
Recent News
January 12, 2009:
In collaboration with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, SE completes and publishes a report titled "Life Cycle Assessment of the Use of Jatropha Biodiesel in Indian Locomotives.".
(LINK)
March 22-24, 2009:
SE will present at the Construction Materials Recycling Association in Tampa, Florida at the Tampa Convention Center.
April 18-22, 2009:
SE will exhibit at the National League of Cities "Green Cities Conference and Expo" in Portland, Oregon at the Oregon Convention Center.
November 19th to 21st:
Symbiotic Engineering at USGBC GreenBuild Conference at Boston, MA.
November 17th to 19th:
Symbiotic Engineering at Behavior, Energy and Climate Change Conference at Sacramento, CA
October 7, 2008:
9am – 12pm - Symbiotic Engineering presents an overview of carbon markets to Fort Collins businesses.
(LINK)
Tuesday, January 15, 2008:
Symbiotic Engineering is proud to be recognized
as a Founding Reporter for The Climate Registry
(LINK)
Friday, January 11, 2008:
Birambye International departs to Rwanda to develop conceptual Ecology Lodge plans and register first USGBC LEED building in Africa
Thursday , January 10, 2008:
Symbiotic Engineering receives an award
from the Environmental Business Journal for
“C&E Firms: New Practice Areas”
(http://ebiusa.com/EBJAwards.html)
Monday , January 7, 2008:
5:30-8:45 PM – Symbiotic presents
“Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction
Life Cycle Assessment”
REI in Denver, 1416 Platte Street
(www.usgbccolorado.org)
"How does Symbiotic Engineering Define Green?"
We define "green" as those processes and products that are in equilibrium with the carrying capacity of our environment.
Email Contacts:
Mark Reiner
reiner@symbiotic-engineering.com
Mike Whitaker
whitaker@symbiotic-engineering.com
Nick Nimmer
nimmer@symbiotic-engineering.com
