Toronto, ON: We are proud to announce our Integral Group Toronto office is the first space in Canada to become Fitwel Certified, a recognition of Integral Group’s commitment to green engineering and healthy workspaces. Fitwel has awarded our Toronto office a 2-Star Certification through the Center for Active Design for our efforts to optimize building occupant health and productivity through targeted improvements. Earlier this year,… Read more⇒

Elementa Consulting have initiated a process to influence energy policy in London. See our report ‘Getting to Zero’ which outlines policy recommendations for a zero emission London, summarising ideas generated from our cross sector policy workshop that we held in May. Four key priorities were revealed: – Data disclosure – Better performance metrics – Decarbonising heat and energy – Delivery mechanism This report has become… Read more⇒

Elementa are delighted to be involved in plans for London’s “greenest public building”, a new concept school that would be powered using the tidal movements of the River Thames. Curl la Tourelle Head Architecture have drawn up the conceptual plans for the Thames Tidal Powered School involving a building that juts out over London’s principle waterway. A series of large turbines positioned underneath would then… Read more⇒

In April 2017 the British Council for Offices (BCO) commissioned Elementa Consulting, Perkins+Will and Sentinel to undertake a major research study “Wellness Matters: Health and Wellbeing in offices and what to do about it”. BCO’s year-long project will provide guidance on how to enable Health and Wellbeing across an office building’s lifecycle. The study will review existing Health and Wellbeing measurement and certification, identify the… Read more⇒

We are delighted to announce that three members of our team have been accepted as members of CIBSE and achieved Chartered status. Our newly Chartered Engineers include Senior Mechanical Engineer Ted Connell and Project Engineers Shaun Das and Roy Kidd. We congratulate all three who have been honoured with this prestigious accolade and join CIBSE in applauding their achievement which is a testament to their… Read more⇒

Join us at the Integral Thought-Leadership Series: Health and Wellness in the Built Environment on June 21st, 2017! The event will be held from 5-7pm at Integral Group’s Calgary office, on the 2nd Floor at 1214 9th Ave, SE. This is the first in Integral’s thought- leadership series, and will bring together many different perspectives and facilitate collaborative discussions in an engaging format and relaxed… Read more⇒

Vancouver, BC: Burnaby’s Environmental Sustainability Strategy (ESS) was awarded an Excellence in Policy Planning Award in the City and Urban Areas Category by the Planning Institute of British Columbia (PIBC). The PIBC is a professional association of planners in BC which recognizes excellence and sets a national standard for planning schemes. The plan outlined a green future for the city, one that would benefit both the… Read more⇒

Vancouver, BC: Congratulations to the CBRE for being awarded WELL Certification for New and Existing Interiors at the Gold Level by the International WELL Building Institute for their CBRE Vancouver Office. The WELL Building Certification recognizes exceptionally healthy and sustainable developments, promoting only the elite of the elite. Integral Group provided mechanical, electrical and LEED compliance energy modeling services to this people-centric project. The WELL Building Standard… Read more⇒

(Vancouver, BC): Integral Group Light Studio designers – Associate Principal Gary Rhode and Associate Ellie Niakan – were recently honored with multiple awards from both the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) and the provincial British Columbia chapter (IESBC). The 2017 IES Illumination Awards recognizes outstanding lighting engineers and designers for their local and international projects. Rhode and Niaken both earned an IES 2017 Illumination Merit Award… Read more⇒

Elementa will be speaking at the Sustainable Estates Forum 2017 taking place on the 28th and 29th June at Heythrop Park Resort, Oxfordshire. The forum is a must attend event for designers, estate teams and suppliers across higher education, healthcare, leisure, retail, commercial and residential sectors. A sustainable built environment is an ambition that unites the entire supply chain, from designer and builder to supplier… Read more⇒