Elementa are again attending one of the industry’s leading workplace events – the BCO Conference. Taking place this year in Chicago, the birthplace of the skyscraper, the conference will focus on the poignant question “what of the future”? Principal, Brian Goldsmith, who leads the workplace and commercial schemes, will be engaging with industry leaders on issues surrounding office design and sharing innovations into modern workspaces… Read more⇒

Integral Group is pleased to announce that four of our projects have been awarded by the 2015 AIA San Francisco’s Design Awards, which celebrates the best in architecture, design and sustainability in the Bay Area. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation – Received a Merit Award for it’s smart and elegant building; seamlessly woven into the community of Los Altos. Integral Group performed MEP engineering, commissioning, and… Read more⇒

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CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory (MTL) in Hamilton ON has been selected by American Institute of Architects as one of the 2015 COTE Top Ten Green Projects. Along with the nine other selected projects, CANMET will be honored at the AIA 2015 National Convention and Design Exposition in May in Atlanta. AIA and its Committee on the Environment (COTE) select the top ten buildings based on… Read more⇒

Ali Nazari, Principal at Integral Group, has achieved the Building Energy Modeling Professional (BEMP) certification. ASHRAE’s BEMP certification program was developed to certify an individuals’ ability to evaluate, choose, use, calibrate and interpret the results of energy modeling software when applied to building and systems energy performance and economics as well as to certify individuals’ ability to model new and existing buildings and systems with… Read more⇒

Elementa have been invited to take part in the May Design Series conference at London’s ExCeL, 17-19 May. The event brings industry leaders together to debate the real issues impacting the business of design, and offer practical advice on how to overcome the challenges they present. The talks will address the whole supply chain, tackling macro social and economic factors that impact on design right… Read more⇒

Comprising diverse and innovative global projects from starchitects to emerging firms, this year’s winners represent the best new architecture, interiors, and products. A highly-esteemed jury of over 300 industry leaders selected the five finalists in each category. Craig Venter Institute has won the Architecture + Sustainability Award. This not-for-profit research Institute, dedicated to the advancement of the science of genomics, needed a west coast home and… Read more⇒

As we prepare for our Green Sky Thinking event next Thursday “Towards a Happy Healthy Workplace”, we were delighted to be invited to the launch event at London’s Living Room at City Hall. The 2015 programme of events launched with a keynote speech from Sir Edward Lister – Boris Johnson’s Deputy Mayor for Planning and Policy – on the need to deliver a resilient, efficient… Read more⇒

DPR Construction office aims to be San Francisco’s first Net Zero Energy office—Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB) certification by the International Living Future Institute through its Living Building Challenge program. The office features unique green solutions, including dynamic glass that tints to let in the appropriate amount of light, solar panels that generate more electricity than the building needs and fans to circulate air. Integral Group… Read more⇒

Oakland, California, March 20, 2015 – Acterra announced that Integral Group has been selected to receive a 2015 Business Environmental Award in the category of Award for Sustainability for its all-around achievements in sustainable business practices. At Integral Group we are committed to environmental stewardship throughout all of our business practices. We instituted practices that reduce waste by increasing product efficiency and effectiveness, and purchase products that… Read more⇒