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 is 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…
Next week, the largest simulation conference in the world will take place in San Francisco, CA. A biennial meeting, this extraordinary international event is not one to miss! Held at the Hyatt Regency, International Building Performance Simulation Association‘s Building Simulation 2017 will feature presentations and discussions from leading practitioners and researchers from around the world. Included are…
Aug 02, 2017
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…
Vancouver, BC: On July 22nd, the City of Vancouver launched the Drum is Calling Festival, a 9-day event celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation. Locally named Canada 150+, the celebration includes Indigenous engagement and programming as a way of honouring Canada’s heritage beyond the last 150 years and embodies a shared future…
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…
Jul 11, 2017
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…
Jul 04, 2017
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…
Jun 30, 2017
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…