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Established in 2012, Verdical Group has developed a nationally known brand and industry leading reputation as a sustainability consulting firm focused on decarbonizing the built environment. We also host the world's largest annual net zero conference (www.netzeroconference.com). Our team of multidisciplinary experts offers: • Sustainability strategy to achieve ESG goals, carbon footprint calculations, net zero and zero carbon building performance. • Utility program management services: efficiently manage large-scale technical programs. • Project management for building certifications like LEED, WELL, Fitwel, Living Building Challenge, and more. • Engineering services such as building commissioning, energy modeling, daylight modeling, & life cycle analysis. • Sustainable event production, covering: strategy, day-of support, post event metric reporting, and more.

GAIA — Sustainable Building Consultants for industrial & commercial real estate. We deliver LEED certification, lifecycle assessments (LCA), energy modelling, commissioning (Cx) and solar owner-rep services — hands-on, in-house, and results-driven. Since 2005, GAIA has been at the forefront of sustainability initiatives in the real estate industry. Our team is dedicated to helping developers, owners, architects, and contractors create high-performance buildings and gain a competitive advantage in their market. With our vast project experience in REITS, industrial portfolios, lifestyle hospitality, multifamily, retail, and higher education, GAIA is leading decarbonization efforts across the built environment—from development through operations —to create resilient properties with long-term value. WHAT WE DO + Building Certification (LEED, BREEAM, WELL, Living Building Challenge) + Energy and Daylight Modeling + Life Cycle Assessments & Embodied Carbon Analysis + Commissioning and Energy Audits + Solar Owner's Rep. + Reducing Embodied Carbon and Life Cycle Assessments + ESG Strategy & Implementation hello@gaiadevelopment.com

Design Balance LLC is a sustainable design consulting firm that works with commercial, educational, governmental and non-profit clients to improve the environmental, social and economic performance of buildings. We pride ourselves on bringing practical, encouraging and relevant insights to our clients. Whether the projects are for small or large businesses, universities, architectural firms, real estate trusts, building owners, contractors, or government agencies, there are affordable and exciting ways to improve overall performance. It is important to us that our projects not only reach their intended level of environmental sustainability, but also meet the client's requirements for beauty, utility and financial performance. Design Balance LLC works with several environmental assessment tools, and has particular expertise with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) program developed by the U.S. Green Building Council. Design Balance currently works with the LEED for New Construction, Existing Building Operations and Maintenance, Core and Shell, Commercial Interiors and LEED for Schools programs. Please refer to our Projects pages for more details about our LEED Certified, Silver, Gold and Platinum projects. Please refer to our Services page for more details about our LEED Consulting services. Design Balance also has expertise with the Green Globes program and the Living Building Challenge program.