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We are delighted and very proud to announce, Senior Engineer, Clara Bagenal George was crowned CIBSE Building Performance Engineer of the Year at last night’s 2019 CIBSE Building Performance Awards, hosted at London’s Grosvenor hotel. New for 2019 and the only individual award of the evening, the Engineer of the Year category recognises and rewards…

Elementa are committed to creating sustainable environments for our future generations and with current reports suggesting the time to react to climate change is running out, we feel this year’s theme at the Futurebuild conference is unquestionably appropriate. Elementa are delighted to be contributing to this year’s programme and theme “Time for Action” which will…

As a proponent and key contributor of the WELL Building Standard™ from its inception, Integral Group is excited to expand our reach and now bring this knowledge local, and is proud to welcome Eminè Mehmet, Wellbeing Strategist, to our Sydney practice. With over 20 years’ experience in the building industry as a designer, project manager, sustainability…

The Canadian Architect has announced its 51st Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence. Out of the 190 submissions received by Canadian Architect, seven projects received Awards of Excellence, four project received Awards of Merit, two projects received Student Awards of Excellence, and this year’s program also included one Photo Award of Excellence. Architectural firms and students…

We are proud to have Principal, Rick Wheal represent Elementa as a task group member for UK Green Building Council’s Advancing Net Zero campaign, helping to develop an industry-led definition for Net Zero carbon buildings. “The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has launched a new task group which will develop an industry-led definition for net…

Elementa have relocated its Oxfordshire office to one of Europe’s largest business Centres, Milton Park. From Monday 7th January Elementa’s Oxford office will be based at 99 Park Drive, Milton Park, Oxfordshire, OX14 4RY within the park’s Innovation Centre. The new workplace, a much larger and modernised space compared to Elementa’s current office at Harwell…

Principal, Rob Harris say’s the growing repurposing of historic buildings as hotels is a positive for London’s lifestyle sector. “Having specialised in the hotel and leisure industry for the best part of 15 years, it is fair to say I have witnessed a few changes within the market, from art-deco design to the latest ‘home…

Built in 1931, the Robert Redford Conservancy occupies the renovated historical infirmary building near the Pitzer College campus that was one of the original Pomona College buildings. The Conservancy is a hub for sustainable research and discovery. The complex features laboratories as well as traditional indoor classrooms and open-air “outdoor classrooms.” Transformed into a LEED…

The American Institute of Architects – Charlotte announced its 2018 Design & Service Awards at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art. Fourteen projects received awards. Design projects were selected by a jury of architects from Tennessee, chaired by John L. Sanders, FAIA, of Sanders Pace Architecture. Service award recipients were nominated by their peers and selected…

Vancouver Principal Jubin Jalili has been re-appointed to the Advisory Design Panel (ADP) by the Richmond City Council. Richmond’s Advisory Design Panel (ADP) is a body appointed by Council that independently evaluates the designs of new and renovated public, commercial and industrial buildings, and multiple-family residential developments. While the panel consists of eleven members from various roles…

Integral Group’s Victoria team was excited to host their 3rd annual PechaKucha Client Appreciation Event. It was an entertaining evening featuring nine PechaKucha presentations (20 slides x 20 seconds each), with plenty of thought-provoking discussion, finger foods, and mingling. PechaKucha 20×20 is a simple presentation format invented in Japan, where 20 images advance automatically every…

The gathering of world leaders and concerned citizens at the Global Climate Action Summit in September of 2018 marked an important moment with respect to climate action, celebrating our current achievements and launching new commitments to lowering global emissions that contribute to climate change. One such commitment, launched by the World Green Building Council, was…