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The traditional metrics of reductions in site energy, source energy, and energy costs – that have served as benchmarks for high-performance buildings for decades – no longer provide a comprehensive picture of a building’s true environmental impact. Greenhouse gas emissions intensity (GHGI) associated with building energy use is, given what we know, the pertinent metric…
Jul 13, 2020
Integral Group is proud to release our 2019 Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility (CSER) Report. This document is the third publicly released annual report on our commitment to the Planet and our People through our operations across the firm. It includes an introduction to our firm, our values, and shares our CSER performance data for the…
Integral Group is pleased to announce that Rachel Liberman has been promoted to Managing Principal, Toronto and Kenny Smith has been promoted to Senior Principal, Business Development – Canada East. Mike Godawa also continues in his role as Senior Principal, Director of Engineering Services – Canada East. Using a triumvirate leadership model, Rachel, Kenny, and…
Integral Group proudly announces that our Austin-based project, UPCycle, is a 2020 COTE AIA Top Ten Award Winner. The COTE Top Ten Awards is the industry’s best-known awards program for sustainable design excellence. Each year, ten innovative projects are selected for setting the standard in design and sustainability. The UPCycle building, formerly a graffiti-covered warehouse,…
Integral Group is proud to share that Richard Palmer has been awarded Green Building Council of Australia’s Green Star Champion for 2020! This annual award recognises the vision, passion and commitment of 40 leaders across the industry who work tirelessly in the delivery of a more sustainable built environment through the GBCA’s Green Star certification…
Principals David Glossop and Rob Harris discuss the now, next, and future of the hotel industry. This presentation discusses the physical realities of getting hotels back into use and opened safely and successfully. How the current shift in occupancy restrictions and demand affects both short and long-term operations in our industry for developers, management &…
Associate Engineer, Graham Day, draws upon his experience to demonstrate the key requirements of sustainable design. This presentation provides guidance on how to design schools sustainably, focussing on low carbon design. Graham will look at both net-zero targets, whole-life carbon analysis and discuss how these apply to school design, with comparison to current UK design…
Today’s designs pursue lofty performance goals for people, place, and planet. How can analytics support these goals while minimizing cost and complexity? Shaping the built environment involves a broad range of design considerations – from resource efficiency and green infrastructure to urban amenity and occupant satisfaction. Early intervention informed by targeted analytics can unlock high-performance…
May 22, 2020
Around the world, companies are making pledges to rapidly decarbonize. Battery storage will help make those promises reality. While the building industry continues to strive for Net Zero Energy goals, recent policies requiring all-electric building design are shifting the focus away from energy and onto carbon emissions. It is now more important than ever to…
Integral Group is proud to share that Noah Zallen has been awarded Consulting-Specifying Engineering’s 2020 40 Under 40 Award! This award is given annually to 40 building industry professionals ages 40 and younger who stand out through an assortment of personal and professional aspects of their lives. “The 2020 40 Under 40 winners are more creative,…