The David and Lucile Packard Foundation announced today that it has achieved its goal of operating its headquarters building at net zero energy by generating more than enough electricity to meet its needs during the first full year of occupancy. The 49,000 square foot building, located at 343 Second Street, is the largest building to…
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Secretary for Energy and Climate Change, Edward Davey comments on Elementa’s recently completed Surbiton Health Centre project – “there’s a high level of energy efficiency of the buildings coupled with the use of low carbon and renewable electricity – with combined heat and power technology providing heating and hot water in both the health centre…
A Right Royal Opening for North London Hospital The award-winning Finchley Memorial Hospital has been officially opened by His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, following a £28 million rebuild. The hospital was completed in October 2012 and opened to patients earlier this year. It includes a 12-bed infusion suite, which is one of the…
LEED certification is generally accepted as a starting point for most projects, with Gold and Platinum now commonplace. Designers and builders are looking to standards such as Living Building Challenge (LBC) and Net Zero to provide the next level of challenge. While questions of cost implications for building to LEED have been laid to rest,…
Location: Alexandria, VA LEED Certification: Gold Situated closely to the nation’s capital, the Integral Group Deep Green Office is nestled in the historic center of Old Town Alexandria and serves as the center of operations for Integral’s East Coast locations. The office, completed in 2010, holds a LEED Gold rating (CI 2009) and uses 43%…
GreenerBuilder 2013 South San Francisco Conference Center, San Francisco June 12, 2013 GreenerBuilder is a gathering of contractors, subcontractors, architects, engineers and other design/build professionals to provide a powerful educational and networking experience. Join with friends and colleagues to learn what you need to know, in order to be at the forefront of greening the…
At Integral Group, we are excited and looking forward to the best Living Future unConference ever. Our team will be gathering at the event with friends and colleagues to learn, share and enjoy the collective intelligence together. Come and add your positive energy at our exhibit booth as part of our 2013 Positive Energy Bike…
Integral Group is pleased to announce that the British Columbia offices have met the criteria for Organizational Quality Management (OQM) certification and are now officially OQM certified. Our Vancouver, Kelowna, and Prince George offices have been collaboratively working together to implement the policies and procedures necessary to ensure the utmost level of quality control. At…
January 2013 (Vancouver, BC): After a year of deep collaboration between Integral Group and Cobalt Engineering, it was clear that the core values and mission of both companies had coalesced into a unified objective – delivering deep green engineering. With management and staff supporting the shared vision, Cobalt Engineering was inspired to align itself fully…