Vancouver


Integral Group’s Vancouver design studio champions the use of the most innovative and sustainable systems, which have been incorporated into award-winning, high-performance buildings across the lower mainland. The Vancouver team moved into their current space in 2010, and the tenant improvement redesign project earned two honors from the Interior Design Institute of British Columbia (IDIBC). The open space office houses over 100 team members focused on delivering  high quality, expert advice in green building system design and energy engineering across a range of industries.

Located in the downtown core, floor-to-ceiling windows and low panels wrap the space to maximize vistas of the oceanfront and north shore mountain. Designed with sustainability in mind, a focus on daylight harvesting reduces energy consumption, and custom plywood lighting fixture in the reception area speaks to light and air.

Vancouver Design Studio

Suite 180 – 200 Granville St
Vancouver, BC Canada V6C 1S4
1.604.687.1800
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2022-03-15
BUILDEX Vancouver is Western Canada’s largest forum connecting the holistic building industry. Attendees join to interact, learn and discover the newest innovations from a market in constant transformation. Future work, carbon reduction and wellbeing, digitization and industrialization are three critical themes threaded throughout the event's con... Read more
2022-03-14
Integral Group proudly supports the Carbon Leadership Forum as a signatory member of the MEP 2040 Challenge. To address the impact of the built environment on climate change, systems engineers have a critical role to play in both operational and embodied carbon and need to embrace a whole... Read more
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Vancouver Leadership


  • Regional Director, British Columbia, Canada
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    Stuart brings over thirty years of building engineering experience to Integral Group as a leader in low-carbon sustainable building design.  His project portfolio ranges across all sectors of the built environment with a focus on complex facilities such as laboratories, museums, law enforcement centers, and corporate offices.  With experience working on projects in Europe and Asia, Stuart also brings a global perspective to his clients. He proactively seeks out progressive technologies and strategies to incorporate into North American projects and follows leading-edge sustainability trends globally. For the last ten years, Stuart has lead and nurtured the significant growth of Integral Group’s Vancouver office, and now applies that same leadership throughout the British Columbia province and nationally throughout Canada.

  • Managing Principal, Vancouver
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    For over 15 years, Chris has been passionately working with clients to deliver cost effective and sustainable mechanical engineering solutions. He draws on extensive industry experience within the Canadian construction market, and further afield in Europe, where sustainability is at the forefront of building design. Chris’ areas of expertise includes detailed mechanical system design of high performance buildings, and neighborhood energy master planning and system design.

    Chris is well-versed in all aspects of sustainable building design across a number of sectors including institutional, mixed-use commercial developments and district energy systems. Some of his noteworthy projects include a Class AA museum gallery, and a multipurpose building on a university campus that incorporates assembly, retail, cafeteria and offices spaces. Chris strives to truly understand the needs of his clients, and he always places a high importance on nurturing valuable relationships.

  • Senior Principal, Vancouver
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    Currently leading the energy modeling and sustainability teams as a senior principal at Integral Group, Ali is well versed in integrated design facilitation, sustainability, and advanced building energy simulations.

    Widely regarded as a pioneer in his field, Ali has led sustainability designs for the first commercial Living Building Challenge project in Canada and the first certified LEED Platinum office in Vancouver. A natural leader with over 15 years of experience, he serves as the Vice Chair of the BC Chapter Leadership Board of CaGBC and is on the CaGBC’s Experienced Modellers List. Collaborating with local utilities, he has helped clients secure local green funding options from various energy efficiency incentive programs. Being part of an elite group of people with BEMP certification, he conducts Building Energy Quotient (bEQ) which provides vital information about a building’s energy usage. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia and is a recognized key speaker at many international energy modeling and sustainability conferences.

  • Principal, Vancouver
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    Bruno’s extensive project management expertise is demonstrated through his dedication to clients and his ability to manage at all levels of complexity. With over 20 years of experience in building systems and leading cross-functional teams, he manages integrated mechanical and electrical design teams. Results driven, Bruno seeks to optimize processes to increase efficiencies where possible, from the procurement phase to the close of commissioning. In his prior role at a global contractor leading their MEP group, he collaborated with Integral Group on projects including RCMP ‘E’ Division HQ, Jim Pattison Outpatient Facility, and was also involved in PPP and Design-Build pursuits including Surrey Pretrial and the Okanagan Correction Centre.

  • Principal, Vancouver
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    Gordon has over ten years of mechanical engineering experience with a background that ranges from design and coordination to the management of staff and diverse projects. Gordon brings a refreshing global perspective to the team through his work on many large-scale international projects. His key projects include Millennium Water (Vancouver, BC), Birmingham New Hospital Project (Birmingham, UK) and Glorietta Mall Master Plan and Design (Manila, Philippines). He specializes in various building types including hospitals, labs, pharmaceutical, commercial, retail and residential. He displays a wealth of technical knowledge in low-carbon design, mechanical systems design and sustainable master planning.

  • Senior Principal, Vancouver
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    Paul brings over 35 years of experience to Integral Group as a recognized leader and mentor in the consulting engineering industry. Paul has successfully applied his expertise leading multi-discipline engineering project teams all along the West Coast of North America as well as internationally.

    Paul is a major contributor to developing energy-efficient buildings and is committed to being on the cutting edge of new technology and sustainable design practices. He is committed to providing clients with innovative solutions through his experience in resource-efficient designs such as radiant cooling, natural ventilation, renewable energy systems, chilled beams, and displacement ventilation. Paul’s passion is working with stakeholders and user groups to bring together the emotional green and technical green aspects of a project that creates a sustainable environment with true meaning to the design. His depth of experience and expertise covers a very broad range of project types that include residential, airports, arts and culture, commercial, educational, government, civic, healthcare, leisure, recreational complexes, ice rinks, and technology projects, as outlined.

  • Principal, Vancouver
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    Ivan brings over 15 years of experience to Integral Group. His rigorous pursuit of design efficiency, combined with his attentiveness to detail, allows highly effective, yet simplistic systems to be created. Ivan is an innovative specialist in addressing complex plumbing and drainage engineering issues for new and existing buildings. He has led his teams to successfully complete many sophisticated plumbing system remediations (re-piping and upgrades) as well as new design projects. Ivan holds exceptional knowledge and dedication in the engineering of HVAC, plumbing and drainage systems, with a focus on producing cost-effective, durable, and easy to maintain designs that exceed the client’s expectations.

  • Principal, Vancouver
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    With over ten years of industry experience, Lisa Westerhoff leads the Sustainability Policy and Planning team at Integral Group in Vancouver. She works with local governments, universities, developers, and industry organizations to create policies and strategies for a low-carbon built environment.

    With her Ph.D. in urban sustainability from the University of British Columbia, Lisa brings expertise in climate change, sustainability, and resilience planning to projects ranging from zero-emissions building plans to post-occupancy evaluations, energy, and carbon disclosure policies, and city-wide climate and energy strategies.

    Lisa is also the author of several academic publications on strategies for increasing climate change resilience and energy and emissions reductions, holds a master’s degree in climate change resilience and adaptation, and won the 2019 Canada Green Building Council’s Green Building Champion Award.

  • Principal, Vancouver
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    Mladen brings over 20 years of experience to Integral Group. His innovative approach to mechanical system designs enabled him to complete numerous recreational, educational, institutional, industrial, commercial, and residential including the Trout Lake Community Centre, Northern Rockies Regional Recreation Centre, and Richmond Ice Centre. He has also completed educational projects such as Heritage Woods Secondary School in Port Moody, which was the first ever LEED (Silver) Certified new-construction public education facility in BC – an innovative project began in 2001, long before the Province’s mandate for LEED Certification for new public buildings came into effect.

  • Principal, Vancouver
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    Paul brings over 15 years of practical engineering experience to the Team. He has gained international experience through his diverse project history abroad. Paul has worked on a number of large-scale projects ranging from hotels and casinos to specialty laboratories for some of the world’s most prestigious research institutes. His most recent projects include The Grand Villa Casino (Burnaby, BC), Robert H.N. Ho Building Research Facility (Vancouver, BC) and St. Mary’s Hospital (Sechelt, BC). Combining his commitment to continuous improvement and his passion for sustainability, he has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to deliver buildings that exceed the accepted energy standards.

  • Principal, Vancouver
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    As a Principal at Integral Group and Director of Residential Sector for the British Columbia region, Sharn holds over 14 years of experience in mechanical engineering. He has extensive knowledge of HVAC, plumbing, fire protection and project management, and he demonstrates ingenuity and excellence in all his projects. Sharn excels in managing complex design within an integrated design approach while working within short time frames. His diverse experience includes offering sustainable building solutions in residential, commercial and retail sectors.

    Sharn is adaptable, organized and possesses strong decision making skills, allowing him to manage well with the entire design team. With a background in project management and exceptional delivery of designs combined with excellent interpersonal skills, Sharn is equipped to offer clients practical yet innovative solutions from the outset of every project.

  • Principal, Kelowna
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    With 18 years of experience, Stephanie Hammar is a principal specializing in integrated mechanical system design through an interdisciplinary process. She currently oversees mechanical team projects in the BC Interior region. 

    Stephanie works across many sectors, including education, arts and culture, residential, commercial, and specializes in aviation work. For the last five years, Stephanie has worked closely with Vancouver Airport (YVR), a project awarded North America’s best airport for the past twelve years.

    Stephanie’s HVAC and plumbing design expertise gives her the technical experience to carry a project from conception to completion. She is experienced with site visit requirements and offers clients real-time solutions that drive successful results. Stephanie believes in optimizing available resources to minimize project costs and energy impacts. Her strong communication and collaboration skills with stakeholders, integrated design teams, and site contractors enable her to deliver projects successfully on both quality and cost.

  • Principal, Vancouver
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    Vladimir has a passion for designing energy-efficient and environmentally responsive buildings. With over 25 years of experience, Vladimir is well versed in all aspects of sustainable building design. A recognized leader in geo-exchange technology, Vladimir has designed several systems internationally and co-authored the Geo-Exchange System Design Guidelines for applications in British Columbia. Vladimir is the Engineer-of-Record for Gleneagles Community Centre, the first “constant temperature building” in North America, as well as the recently completed Creekside Community Centre, BC’s first LEED Platinum recreational facility. He has also served as an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.

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