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We are honored to announce that The Peter Gilgan Centre for Research & Learning has recently been selected as finalist for CaGBC Innovation Awards 2017: Commercial Interiors category! The winner will be announced at the annual CaGBC Greater Toronto Chapter Gala & Awards Program on Thursday, October 12th. This Innovation Awards Program is to recognize…

Elementa Consulting welcomes Nathan Brookes, a highly accomplished architectural lighting designer, to our growing team as Elementa’s Head of Lighting Design. Nathan has a broad range of experience working on impressive high end projects all around the world including Shangri-La’s Villingili Resort and Spa, an 885,500sqm resort island in the Maldives and the highly regarded…

Integral Group Alexandria Moves to Washington DC and Adds to its Core Team (Washington, DC): Integral Group Alexandria has recently moved to its new location in central Washington, DC. The move provides the team with a central location that will allow for closer collaboration with design teams in Washington. In addition, key strategic hires will…

We’re bringing DEEP GREEN to Australia! Integral Group is delighted to announce the launch of our Sydney office. Sydney has long been recognized as a world leader in advocating for energy, water and waste efficient buildings and communities. This new venture allows us to accelerate sustainable and efficient building design solutions to exclusive projects around…

Three Integral Group projects have been awarded First Place at the ASHRAE Region X Technology Awards. Woodside Priory School features a new STREAM (science, technology, religion, engineering, arts, and math) classroom building and residential faculty building on the campus that seamlessly blend into the surrounding landscape. Our aim was to provide beautiful, healthy, and energy-efficient spaces for…

Elementa are to host their 4th consecutive annual World Green Building Week Event, launching the next phase of the ‘Getting to Zero’ campaign – a report detailing the London Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI) working groups outputs. World Green Building Week brings together Green Building Councils from around the world to create a public conversation about…

Bishop O’Dowd High School Center for Environmental Studies was awarded the Acterra Business Environmental Award in the Sustainable Built Environment category. This zero net energy project features a rainwater capture system, photovoltaic array, site-sourced building materials, and high-performance envelope in addition to many other sustainable design features. As the home to the environmental science and…

Recently, Elementa contributed to a major citizen science’ study of air pollution in the UK, curated by King’s College London and Friends of the Earth. To gather data for the study, we mounted a Clean Air test tube next to the entrance of our London office. The tube was in place for two weeks and…

Clara Bagenal George, an environmental design engineer from Elementa’s sustainability team, is one of just 50 people who have been carefully selected to be part of the Mayor of London’s ‘Good Growth Design Programme’. They will be working alongside City Hall and London Councils on the programme to assist the Mayor in solving the current…

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…

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…