Please join Integral Group President and CEO, Kevin Hydes, at the 2018 ASHRAE Winter Conference in the seminar: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF DELIVERING HEALTHY, PRODUCTIVE AND EFFECTIVE BUILDINGS | Monday, January 22, 2017 - 2:15pm - 3:45pm This seminar draws on the experience of senior industry practitioners who will show how robust, but not extreme, engineering practice that is accessible to all building professionals delivers… Read more⇒

Elementa Consulting have recently completed a study with Merck Window Technologies to explore the performance of their liquid crystal window (LCW) in relation to well-established façade design challenges. The dynamic glazing product is set to address several limitations of existing market alternatives with its neutral colour-rendering and ability to rapidly switch between clear and tinted states. Throughout the study, the Merck LCW is compared with… Read more⇒

University of California, Santa Cruz' Cowell Ranch Hay Barn restoration project received the 2017 California Preservation Foundation Award (PDA) for the Rehabilitation category. This historic  timber-framed structure dates back to the 1860s, and sits on the federally listed Cowell Lime Works Historic District, a 30-acre parcel of land at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The structure was dismantled and reconstructed over a new foundation, re-using as much of… Read more⇒

With health and wellbeing remaining high on the agenda as we close 2017, Elementa invited selected Master students from University College London to take a tour of our Fitwel 2 star accredited London office and understand our journey to certification. Led by Environmental Engineer Marco Treglia, the visit began with a presentation into Elementa’s achievement in securing the first Fitwel certified office in Europe and… Read more⇒

Please join Integral Group Associate and Integral Light Studio Lead, Ellie Niakan, as she presents at: City of Vancouver | Meet the Public Space Makers Thursday, December 6, 2017 | 6:00pm – 8:30pm As part of the Lumiere Vancouver, this speaker series will take place at Lumiere tent in Jim Deva Plaza. This event will examine how Vancouver's public spaces function, who its public space makers are, the kind of public spaces needed… Read more⇒

Yesterday the draft London plan was released for public consultation. Following the continued campaign, ‘Getting to Zero', spearheaded by Elementa’s Clara Bagenal George, we are delighted to say that many of the recommendations from LETI have been incorporated into the new London plan. Energy strategies for new developments will now have to include proposals that show how the development will achieve zero-carbon on-site emissions by… Read more⇒

Oakland, CA: We are proud to announce Integral Group's Oakland office is third in the firm to become Fitwel Certified, a recognition of Integral Group’s commitment to green engineering and healthy work spaces. Fitwel has awarded the Oakland office a 2-Star Certification through the Center for Active Design for its efforts to optimize building occupant health and productivity through targeted improvements. Earlier this year, the London office became the first Fitwel Certified office in Europe and the Toronto… Read more⇒

We are excited to welcome Lloyd Mariner, PE, LEED AP as Managing Principal of Integral Group's Oakland office. Lloyd joins Integral Group with over 25 years of experience in the engineering, building design and construction industry including lighting, power, IT, facilities management, commissioning, sustainability and low energy use “high-performance” building technologies. Lloyd is a University of Colorado, Boulder graduate with a BS in Architectural Engineering… Read more⇒

Elementa are delighted to be shortlisted for three awards at the prestigious CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2018 - recognising the people, products and projects that demonstrate engineering excellence in the built environment. The Awards focus on actual, measured performance, not design intent or performance specifications. Elementa are proud to be up for Consultancy of the Year for the third year in a row, winning the… Read more⇒

Kera Lagios is an architectural lighting and daylighting professional who co-leads the Integral Light Studio in Oakland, CA. She is also a founder of Solemma, LLC, and helped develop DIVA-for-Rhino from its beginnings as a research project. Over the past several years, she has spoken at conferences including SimBuild, Lightfair, the Radiance International Workshops, and ABX Boston. She has also given lectures on lighting and… Read more⇒