Achieve Net Zero Carbon and Energy

Make a better built environment

User-friendly Net Zero Certification

Energy & Carbon Performance Improvements Made Possible
GBI’s Journey to Net Zero™ certification decarbonizes the built environment by empowering commercial real estate owners to evaluate building performance and make impactful change.

Journey to Net Zero™ Assessment

Register your building or portfolio and start the assessment process to begin tracking and reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions.

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Benefits

  • Register your project and begin the Journey to Net Zero™ assessment
  • Full access to the Journey to Net Zero™ Calculator
  • User-friendly tools for single buildings and portfolios
  • Dedicated support from a GBI Specialist and third-party GBI Assessor

Journey to Net Zero Compass Subscription™

Test and demonstrate your building projects without starting your formal assessment. Explore the platform and use the calculator as a practical planning tool.

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Benefits

  • Full access to the Journey to Net Zero™ Calculator Tool plus unlimited test projects
  • 5 hours of expert technical support from the GBI team
  • Unlimited users
  • Test data and gain valuable insights to share with clients

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How does the Journey to Net Zero™ assessment work?

Journey to Net Zero™ Energy

Track and reduce your building’s energy consumption through our comprehensive EUI measurement system.

Achieve a balance between the energy consumed and the energy generated from low to zero-emission sources like solar, hydro, geothermal, and wind.

Journey to Net Zero™ Carbon

Track and reduce your buildings carbon emissions and transform your building’s environmental impact.

Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by leveraging low-to-zero emissions energy sources and life-cycle thinking.

Recognition

Achieved once a project demonstrates at least a 50% reduction.

Certification

Achieved when a building demonstrates 100% reduction in one of the measures.

Journey to Net Zero™ Building Projects

Harka Architecture

Portland, OR
Harka Architecture
Project Profile
Journey to Net Zero
A building certification that enables the decarbonization of commercial real estate by evaluating performance and implementing change.

Spectrum Center

Charlotte, NC
Odell Associates, Inc.
Spectrum Center, a 1 million GSF sports and entertainment venue, is driving sustainability best practices within the industry.
Project Profile
Journey to Net Zero
A building certification that enables the decarbonization of commercial real estate by evaluating performance and implementing change.

Tower Companies

Washington, D.C.
Tower Companies
235,000 SF multi-tenant, commercial office building. The first building in the National Capital Area to achieve Certification under Green Globes Journey to Net Zero for both energy (EUl metric) and carbon (CO2e).
Project Profile
Journey to Net Zero
A building certification that enables the decarbonization of commercial real estate by evaluating performance and implementing change.

Park Place

Irvine, CA
TCA Architects
Park Place, a premier mixed-use office campus in Irvine, CA, provides a practical approach to decarbonization.
Project Profile
Journey to Net Zero
A building certification that enables the decarbonization of commercial real estate by evaluating performance and implementing change.

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The Journey to Net Zero™ (JNZ) certification is designed to evaluate current site Energy Use Intensity (EUI) and/or carbon emissions (CO2e) for any building on the pathway to net zero.
The program encourages all building owners - whether just getting started or having made significant progress - to evaluate and report on their journey, ensuring transparency.
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Program Benefits

JNZ Calculator

Our intuitive calculator helps you track both energy consumption and carbon emissions, providing clear metrics and actionable insights for your decarbonization journey.

JNZ Assessment

Expert assessors evaluate your building’s performance, offering detailed feedback and recommendations to optimize your path to net zero certification.

GBIs Renowned Support

Access our dedicated team of sustainability experts, comprehensive technical resources, and proven methodologies to guide your project’s success.

Progress Report

Monitor your achievements with detailed progress reports that highlight key metrics, showcase improvements, and identify opportunities for further optimization.

Resources

Program Methodology

A deep dive into the processes and methodology

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Preview the User-friendly Software

A step-by-step walk-through of the Journey to Net Zero™ Calculator

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Journey to Net Zero™ Assessment

Register your building or portfolio and start the assessment process to begin tracking and reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions.

Start

Benefits

  • Register your project and begin the Journey to Net Zero™ assessment
  • Full access to the Journey to Net Zero™ Calculator
  • User-friendly tools for single buildings and portfolios
  • Dedicated support from a GBI Specialist and third-party GBI Assessor

Journey to Net Zero Compass Subscription™

Test and demonstrate your building projects without starting your formal assessment. Explore the platform and use the calculator as a practical planning tool.

Subscribe

Benefits

  • Full access to the Journey to Net Zero™ Calculator Tool plus unlimited test projects
  • 5 hours of expert technical support from the GBI team
  • Unlimited users
  • Test data and gain valuable insights to share with clients

Need something custom for your portfolio?

Contact Us