Integral Group is proud to announce that three of our projects have achieved LEED certification. Kaiser Permanente Regional Lab Chino Hills is a retrofitted building, originally a big-box retail store, which was transformed into a highly efficient laboratory facility. After being initially proposed with no LEED goals, the Integral Group team led an eco-charrette with Kaiser and the design team and it was determined that… Read more⇒

The Green Health Partnership, a research and development initiative between United  States Green Building Council (USGBC), the University of Virginia School of Medicine and the USGBC Pacific region communities announced award recipients at GreenerBuilder in San Francisco on July 25th. The Building Health Leadership Awards were given to projects that have a particular focus on the well-being of occupants throughout all phases of building development and… Read more⇒

The Moscone Convention Center Expansion in San Francisco has just been certified LEED Platinum. With 90 out of 110 possible points, the project is the highest-scoring convention center in the world under LEED v2009 for New Construction. Integral Group is proud to have provided LEED consulting services for the expansion project. This project has been declared the most complicated LEED Project Boundary to date that has gone through… Read more⇒

Acterra has announced the winners for the 2019 Business Environmental Awards. The winning projects in the category of Sustainable Built Environment are the Intuit Marine Way Building and the Sonoma Academy’s Janet Durgin Guild & Commons. The award for Sustainable Built Environment rewards a building project that conserves natural resources and promotes the health and well-being of its occupants through innovative sustainable design. Integral Group provided design… Read more⇒

The Robert Redford Conservancy at Pitzer College was once an abandoned historic building which had been damaged in a fire. Integral Group partnered with a design team lead by architect Carrier Johnson to transform the building into a highly sustainable learning environment; and now, after a year of careful energy data collection, the project has been Certified as a Zero Energy Building by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI). To achieve… Read more⇒

Congratulations to Noll & Tam Architects for winning the two recent awards from the American Institute of Architects (AIA). The Half Moon Bay Library has been awarded a 2019 AIA/ALA Library Building Award, the only award that recognizes entire library structures and all aspects of their design, for excellence in architectural design from the AIA in partnership with the American Library Association (ALA). The library, which was designed… Read more⇒

Elementa Consulting are proud to continue to promote and champion equitable gender representation in our workforce. By celebrating our female workforce and their achievements in our industry we commit ourselves to a balanced world, today and for future generations. Leveraging the value of women in engineering has been a priority for our firm, and Elementa have employed over 31% female overall staff and more than… Read more⇒

Ten years ago, I set out on a journey to create an exceptional engineering practice. Our goal - to become the leading deep green firm in the world, focused on leveraging buildings, blocks, communities and nations in the fight against climate change.  Along the way, we've connected with like-minded clients and collaborators to build the foundations of a sustainable future. I’m incredibly proud of what we've accomplished together but acutely aware that… Read more⇒

She joins Integral Group’s Senior Management Team providing leadership in delivering our commitments to people and planet.  We are delighted to announce the appointment of Megan White as Integral Group’s Chief Sustainability Officer. This new role embodies our commitment to growing our business sustainably - protecting our planet and improving the wellbeing of both our staff and the communities we serve. As CSO Megan will… Read more⇒

Integral Group is proud to announce Senior Principal & US West Sustainability + Resilient Design Leader Andréa Traber has been awarded Green Building & Design Magazine's 2018 Women In Sustainability Leadership Award (WLSA). The Women in Sustainability Leadership Awards (WSLA) is gb&d’s top annual accolade, recognizing the most powerful women making a difference in the world through sustainability. WSLA is considered to be one of the most prestigious awards in the world… Read more⇒