360 Team (Sustainable Capital Project Delivery)
Who We Are
The 360 Team advances sustainability and equity in Austin’s public spaces and places. Examples include sidewalks, bridges, fire stations, libraries, parks, community centers, City office buildings and more.
Click on the image above for a comprehensive map of the City of Austin's Green-Rated projects.
What We Do
We provide education, advocacy, and project support for City public project teams. Our aim is to meet or exceed City policy including Austin’s Green Building Policy (PDF 3.4MB) and Climate Equity Plan. To accomplish our City's important sustainability and equity goals, we provide the 360 Process, Lens and Toolbox to advance City assets.
Why We Do It
Our rapidly changing community needs a sustainable direction now more than ever.
Advancing our City's built environment while having a focus on inclusion for our community matters. Leading by example is one of the 360 Team's primary focuses.
How We Do It
The 360 Team looks at public assets using a 360-degree view. This employs a full circle approach from the start of the project through its eventual deconstruction or reuse. Performance is the longest phase of the life cycle, and reaching high performance begins in planning and design. When the asset reaches the "end" of its life, the cycle continues into reuse and extended community benefit.
The 360 Process is a comprehensive management approach. It uses green rating systems as tools to achieve sustainability goals and to best serve the community. Moreover, scope, schedule and budget outcomes improve when this process is integrated early. The 360 Process achieves high-performing assets contributing to a sustainable and equitable Austin.
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Sustainable Project Resources
This page provides City project teams with a one-stop-shop to the documents and resources needed to deliver sustainable assets and achieve City policies and planning. It includes policy documents, tools and calculators, links to the green rating systems, technical guides for policy-specific feasibility analyses, and the Construction Emissions toolkit for contractors.
Note: The 360 Process is currently launching version 1.0 beginning in 2025.
- Applicable City of Austin Directives
Requirements
- Green Building Policy Resolution 2021, PDF 3.4MB
- Green Building Policy Resolution 2007 (for projects contracted prior to September 2021), PDF 182KB
- Climate Equity Plan
- Water Forward
- Zero Waste
- Art in Public Places (AIPP)
Codes
- City of Austin Code of Ordinances
- Mechanical Uniform Code 2021, Appendix E
- On-site Water Reuse System (OWRS)
- Construction and Demolition Waste: Approved Haulers
- IECC 2024 (Coming in 2025)
Specifications
- Sustainable Concrete, PDF 105KB (Coming in 2025, Special Provision available now)
Initiatives
- Bee City Initiative
- Great Streets
- Urban Design Guidelines
- Equity Framework for City Projects (Coming soon)
- Tools
- 360 Guidelines
- 360 Overview and Intent, PDF 767KB
- Imperative/Goal Setting, PDF 325 KB
- Integrated Project Planning, PDF 361 KB
- Return on Investment – PDF 205 KB
- Life Cycle Assessment – under development
- Extended Life/Reuse Plan – PDF 227 KB
- Green Building Policy Feasibility Analyses – under development
- Rooftop Solar
- Natural Gas Avoidance
- Auxiliary Water
- EV (Electric Vehicle) Infrastructure
- 360 Toolbox
- 360 Tracker, PDF 98 KB
- 360 Fact Sheet, PDF 124 KB
- Green Rating Systems
- Calculators
- Water Balance Calculator, Excel 4.9MB
- Equity Tools
- Construction Emissions Toolkit (for Contractors)
- Construction Equipment Emissions Reduction Plan Section 01353, PDF, 84KB
- Contract Equipment Inventory, PDF 14KB
- Idling Fuel Savings Calculator: How Much Could You Save by Idling Less?, PDF 239KB
- Idling Memorandum of Agreement, PDF, 89KB
- Idling Signs and Stickers Guide, PDF, 88KB
- Equipment Emissions Reduction Strategies, PDF, 18KB
- 360 Guidelines