The 2019 ASHRAE Building Performance Analysis Conference takes place Sept. 25-27, 2019 in Denver, Colorado at the The Curtis Hotel. The goal of this conference is to promote networking and present new techniques and workflows that practitioners make better decisions during the simulation and modeling process of an entire building life cycle.  Integral Group is proud to be represented by three building performance and energy… Read more⇒

The 2019 Getting to Zero National Forum represents an important collaboration between the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and New Buildings Institute (NBI) in bringing together the leading designers, owners, operators, commercial developers, policymakers, and manufacturers committed to helping define the future of low energy and zero energy (ZE) buildings. Integral Group is proud to have two of its thought leaders representing the firm and presenting on… Read more⇒

Integral Group is proud to announce that three of our projects have achieved LEED certification. Kaiser Permanente Regional Lab Chino Hills is a retrofitted building, originally a big-box retail store, which was transformed into a highly efficient laboratory facility. After being initially proposed with no LEED goals, the Integral Group team led an eco-charrette with Kaiser and the design team and it was determined that… Read more⇒

Hosted by the Pacific Region Communities of the US Green Building Council, GreenerBuilder is a one-day conference and expo for green building professionals. The annual event unites all of the key players in greening the Pacific Region’s built environment—including architects, engineers and contractors—to discuss industry trends, new research and emerging technologies. GreenerBuilder is where you can get the strategies and tools to help create a… Read more⇒

Join Pacific Gas & Electric for presentations of case studies of three of the zero net energy commercial buildings included in the recently published report 'Zero Net Energy Case Study Buildings, Volume 3'. This event will be moderated by Edward Dean, FAIA. Design team members including owners, architects, and engineers will cover the following projects: La Escuelita Education Center DMV Field Office in Fresno J.… Read more⇒

The Moscone Convention Center Expansion in San Francisco has just been certified LEED Platinum. With 90 out of 110 possible points, the project is the highest-scoring convention center in the world under LEED v2009 for New Construction. Integral Group is proud to have provided LEED consulting services for the expansion project. This project has been declared the most complicated LEED Project Boundary to date that… Read more⇒

The American Institute of Architects will be hosting the annual Conference on Architecture in Las Vegas from June 6-8, 2019. The theme for this year’s conference is Blueprint for a Better Future, which will explore how design can tackle some of the most critical challenges facing our cities and our planet. Attendees will participate in workshops, seminars, tours, events, and educational sessions to share knowledge… Read more⇒

Acterra has announced the winners for the 2019 Business Environmental Awards. The winning projects in the category of Sustainable Built Environment are the Intuit Marine Way Building and the Sonoma Academy’s Janet Durgin Guild & Commons. The award for Sustainable Built Environment rewards a building project that conserves natural resources and promotes the health and well-being of its occupants through innovative sustainable design. Integral Group… Read more⇒

International Living Future Institute is hosting Living Future 19 – Collaboration + Abundance at the Hyatt Regency in Seattle, WA on April 30–May 3, 2019. Living Future focuses on promoting cross-industry collaboration in regenerative design. The conference employs panels, workshops and presentations to learn and share best practices, case studies, strategies, and lessons learned in the push towards regenerative design. It’s their belief that this… Read more⇒

The Robert Redford Conservancy at Pitzer College was once an abandoned historic building which had been damaged in a fire. Integral Group partnered with a design team lead by architect Carrier Johnson to transform the building into a highly sustainable learning environment; and now, after a year of careful energy data collection, the project has been Certified as a Zero Energy Building by the International… Read more⇒