The second annual Education Construction Network conference was held in conjunction with the Residential Construction Network last month in the Building Centre in London. Held over two days there were sixteen though provoking sessions. Elementa spoke alongside Stride Treglown on Day One which was themed around the stage by stage key design considerations for education facilities and structured around the ‘new’ 2013 RIBA Plan of… Read more⇒

Integral Group is pleased to announce the publication of “The Total Carbon Study” with partners StopWaste.Org, Ecological Building Network, Siegel & Strain, and DPR Construction.  The white paper can be downloaded on the Ecological Building Network project page: http://www.ecobuildnetwork.org/projects/total-carbon-study The research will be presented at Greenbuild Conference & Expo as “Reuse Matters: Doubling Down on Carbon Savings” by Megan White of Integral Group, Larry Strain… Read more⇒

We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted again by CIBSE for two Awards. The CIBSE Building Performance Awards recognise 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. 101 Milton Park, UK (right picture) This great scheme has been shortlisted for the Commercial/Industrial Project of… Read more⇒

Integral Group’s Alameda Main Library project recently achieved the LEED v4 Gold certification from the United States Green Building Council.  This is the first time this level of certification in the newest LEED version has been awarded to a public library. Integral Group’s building performance team, led by  Hillary Weitze, PE, LEED AP, provided the analysis for Energy & Atmosphere and Indoor Air Quality credits,… Read more⇒

Elementa recently played host to their second annual World Green Building Week breakfast event. As a member of the UK Green Building Council, we proudly highlighted our commitment to sustainability through focusing on the UKGBC’s theme Powering Positive Change through our seminar titled ‘Imagine, Perform, Accelerate, Sustain – Revolutionary Green Engineering’. Ed Garrod presented to a sold out venue where he put forward Elementa’s manifesto… Read more⇒

We are pleased to announce that the ‘Lewisham Southwark College – Phase 1‘ project has won the Architect Journal’s 2015 Retrofit Award in the ‘Higher Education’ category. The £8 million phase, part of the larger £40 million scheme, will provide the college with the majority of their site opposite Southwark tube station with new accommodation. Elementa are part of the design team alongside architects Richard… Read more⇒

Elementa are extremely proud to have the ultimate seal of approval from the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) for our training scheme. The ‘Elementa Professional Development Training Scheme’ has been designed to meet the requirements of CIBSE and provide our valued engineers with a formal, accredited training programme to further their progression in the company and ultimately support them to Chartership. As a… Read more⇒

Since its completion, the Airside Operations Building (AOB) has improved safety and efficiency of operations and emergency services to Vancouver International Airport. Previously spread around the airport, the new integrated facility has merged airside operations, maintenance and support teams into one building. Located centrally in the airfield, the building is highly visible at both domestic and international terminals. “Every aircraft that lands at YVR sees… Read more⇒

We are delighted to announce that 5 of our team have been accepted as members of CIBSE – 3 of whom we have supported through to achieve Chartered status. Our newly Chartered Engineers include one of our Principals, Rob Harris and two of our Senior Mechanical Engineers; Graham Day and Alastair Rowe. We congratulate the guys who have been honoured with this prestigious accolade and… Read more⇒

Elementa are proudly participating and speaking at the Higher Education Design Quality Forum conference at Manchester’s Metropolitan University Business School on the theme of the University and the City. The HEDQF promotes high quality design in university buildings and estates. As a founder member of the organisation, Elementa enthusiastically share learnings from a plethora of University projects such; Imperial College London, St Antony’s College Oxford,… Read more⇒