Our foundation as an organization derives from our purpose and our mission.

Our Purpose

To Drive Positive Impact

This statement encompasses the core of Aedifica - our “raison d’être”: to nurture positive change. It encapsulates the idea that there is no situation in which humans exist in a vacuum. Whether in their home, in a café, in a museum, at work, at their community centre; the human being is defined - at least partially - by the space they inhabit. The built environment is therefore a critical tool to enact positive change and bring strategy to life.

To drive positive impact, through the built environment, to solve human needs: for people, for communities, for those committed to living on a healthy planet.

Our Mission

To enrich human lives by creating sustainable, carbon-neutral, and inspiring places

This, our mission, represents the way we apply our purpose: through the creation of sustainable, carbon-neutral, and inspiring places that enrich human lives; through this, positive impact is driven for people, communities and the planet in which we all exist.

The combination of our purpose and mission represent our commitment: to use the built environment as a tool to drive positive impact for people, community, and planet.

Our commitment is further demonstrated through our achievements in carbon neutrality.

Our Values

As an organization, Ædifica is driven by four values that are foundational to our actions:

Strength Through Solidarity: to understand that any challenge we undertake, we undertake as a community.

Impact Through Diversity: to understand that differences enhance and that an appreciation of these differences creates value

Courage To Tackle Wicked Problems: to understand that change requires action and that any action, if it is worth undertaking, includes risk and demands courage

Focus On Humanity’s Existential Threat - Planetary Health: because all of our decisions must be guided by our desire to ensure the sustainability of ecosystems and communities.

These four values - when considered in unison - act as the foundation through which we make our decisions.

Our Approach

Strategy & Collaboration - rooted in using the built environment to nurture and support our clients’ aims and objectives

Our team of subject-matter experts consider the built environment a fundamental lever in enabling our clients’ overarching strategies. As such, all members of the Aedifica team come together to assist collaboratively in project definition, strategic needs analysis, and implementation; this foundational understanding is carried through all subsequent building science applications. Through strict data gathering and analysis, an integrated design process methodology, risk management practices, and project management philosophies, we work with our clients to identify and deliver building solutions that maximize ROI, further the organization’s values, and use the built environment to nurture their aims and objectives. This allows our multi-disciplinary team to support our clients’ endeavors beyond the realm of planning and construction, thereby creating lasting relationships rooted in strategic alignment and collaborative development.

As we look to the future, we see our evolution continuing to reflect the changing needs of our clients. A critical area in this regard is sustainability: bridging the gap between our clients’ stated objectives of eliminating their carbon footprint and the implementation strategies to do so is critical in today’s environment. As of last year, there has been a three-fold increase in net-zero targets, with one-third of the world’s largest companies now committed to decarbonization; how they plan to accomplish this, however, is still an ongoing question. Our goal is to support organizations in bridging this gap between commitment and execution.

To learn more, we welcome you to connect directly with Mélanie Pitre, Vice President of Sustainability and Engineering, or to download this overview on our approach to carbon strategy development and implementation.