Vokes and Peters is a busy, award-winning architectural practice based in Brisbane, Australia. The practice was founded in 2015 by Stuart Vokes and Aaron Peters to focus on projects that respond to prevailing settings, cultural narratives, human occupation and the presence of nature.

Vokes and Peters are committed to sustainability in the built environment through considered reuse and adaptation of existing building fabric, management of building scale and recognising the value of gardens and private open space.

Vokes and Peters is recognised for its private houses and sustained research into suburban Brisbane, however, the practice also works across a range of cultural and commercial projects, heritage conservation, furniture and teaching.

Vokes and Peters has undertaken projects in Brisbane, Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, regional Queensland and New South Wales, and is an A+ member of the Australian Institute of Architects.

What does NoCO2 Certification mean?

 By meeting the requirements of the NoCO2 Program, Vokes and Peters is certified as a carbon neutral business by Carbon Reduction Institute (CRI); can be promoted and marketed as such and can display the NoCO2 Logo issued by CRI. To achieve NoCO2 certified status and become carbon neutral, Vokes and Peters undertook the following process:

1. Commissioned a NoCO2 audit from CRI to measure their carbon footprint for FY2022. CRI’s NoCO2 audit follows the standards outlined by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard (1), in addition to the international standard ISO 14064.1 (2).
2. Have committed to offset their unavoidable emissions through the purchase of units in approved projects under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), and
3. Committed to ongoing annual auditing of their emissions.

What Carbon Credit Projects does Vokes and Peters purchase offsets from?

India Wind Project

Investments in clean energy sources, such as wind, are considered to be essential both in the interest of the environment and for public health reasons. Wind projects partially displace electricity currently generated from grid-connected conventional fossil fuel-based thermal power plants, while reducing emissions. Wind Projects reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and limit local air pollution, curtailing its negative health impacts. In addition to its environmental benefits, the implementation of the project creates job opportunities for local workers, contractors, and suppliers, while the operation and maintenance of the wind park generate long-term employment positions.