Sustainable Labs Canada (SLCan) is hosting the 2018 SLCan Sustainable Laboratory Conference in Winnipeg, MA on October 23-24, 2018. The professional development event portion of the Conference will encompass a trade exhibit featuring innovative laboratory products, designs and services in addition to presentations delivered by industry experts. The Conference itself will entail discussions surrounding challenges inherent to managing and designing laboratories, as well as new and effective approaches to laboratory design. Integral Group is proud to be represented by… Read more⇒

The Spring @ 8th project, the new corporate headquarters for NCR, has just achieved double LEED Platinum Certification. This project is the first to achieve Certified LEED Platinum Core & Shell in Georgia, and now the first double LEED Platinum certification in the US Southeast with an additional LEED Platinum score in Commercial Interiors. This remarkable project achieves 85% base building potable water reduction through ground-… Read more⇒

In partnership with the Province of British Columbia, Integral Group Vancouver’s Research and Planning Associate Lisa Westerhoff has launched Better Buildings BC: The Net-Zero Energy-Ready Challenge. Better Buildings BC is an incentive program and juried competition that provides incentives and support to high-rise residential, office, retail, commercial, institutional, and other large complex building projects designed to meet a net-zero energy-ready level of performance. Buildings that… Read more⇒

We are delighted to announce that Elementa Consulting has won Employer of the Year (medium category, 51-300 employees) at the CIBSE Young Engineers Awards for the second consecutive year and was crowned the overall 2018 winner across all categories (from 1 to 301+ employees). The awards, which champion the support of young people throughout the industry, recognise organisations that pro-actively champion the next generation of… Read more⇒

Elementa's work at the Strand Palace Hotel has been featured in this month's CIBSE Journal, exploring the project's approach to a phased refurbishment using Hybrid VRF system for cooling and heating of the 785 bedrooms. The landmark hotel in London's busy West End posed challenges including maintaining the majority of the hotel rooms for occupation, ventilation in one of London's most polluted areas and ensuring… Read more⇒

Center for the Built Environment at UC Berkeley's Livable Building Awards is a program to showcase projects that excel in design, operation, and occupant satisfaction. The finalists for this award must meet minimum criteria set by CBE's Occupant Indoor Environment Quality Survey, which has been used to study occupant indoor environment comfort in over 1,000 buildings worldwide, in addition to meeting the highest standards in… Read more⇒

The Canadian Architect has announced its 51st Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence. Out of the 190 submissions received by Canadian Architect, seven projects received Awards of Excellence, four project received Awards of Merit, two projects received Student Awards of Excellence, and this year's program also included one Photo Award of Excellence. Architectural firms and students responsible for design proposals that reflected elements of innovation, social… Read more⇒

The International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories is holding its annual conference October 14-17, 2018 in Raleigh, North Carolina. The event will focus on sustainability training and demonstrations for professionals in the laboratory and related environments. It is open to facility owners, managers, designers, engineers and users. Integral Group is proud to be represented by Vancouver Project Manager Mary On in her session: HEAT RECOVERY | Is… Read more⇒

North American Passive House Network's 2018 conference (NAPHN18) convenes in a hotspot of Passive House design and construction: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Thanks to a strong professional base, innovative governmental policy supporting Passive House, and a community of forward-thinking developers and housing agencies, Pennsylvania is home to one of the largest concentrations of major Passive House and other deep green development on the continent. The theme for… Read more⇒

North American Passive House Network's 2018 conference (NAPHN18) convenes in a hotspot of Passive House design and construction: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Thanks to a strong professional base, innovative governmental policy supporting Passive House, and a community of forward-thinking developers and housing agencies, Pennsylvania is home to one of the largest concentrations of major Passive House and other deep green development on the continent. The theme for… Read more⇒