Sustainability

The creative cooperation of architects and engineers in an integrated and simultaneous process and the overriding desire to create a better environment for our children are necessary preconditions if we are to achieve our goals.

We employ our expertise and experience in every phase of the design process in order to create innovative, resource-saving and energy-optimised buildings of the highest aesthetic quality.
In this work we are guided by a holistic definition of sustainability which is based on three pillars. The economic pillar seeks to optimise costs across the entire lifespan of the building. The ecological pillar requires us to invest our design energy in the development of solutions which minimise the use of resources. The social pillar demands that our buildings improve the lot of users, observers and the affected urban structure.

ATP is a founder member of the DGNB and the ÖGNI. In addition to this ATP is a member of the DGNB working group responsible for the development of a new certification system for industrial and retail buildings. The ATP research subsidiary ATP sustain offers certification services in line with DGNB, BREEAM, LEED, ÖGNI and Minergie-eco.
ATP is a founder member of IG Lebenszyklus Hochbau - the Austrian Building Life-Cycle Interest Group.