Technology Brochure [Elementa Consulting]

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THE FUTURE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

Contents

Left: Queens & Collins Redevelopment for GPT Wholesale Office Fund © BVN & Kerstin Thompson Architects

Introducing Elementa Consulting

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How Can We Help?

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Expert and Trusted Advice

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Project Experience

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Global Leadership

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The Elementa Way

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Introducing Elementa Consulting

The world’s leading deep green engineering and consulting firm

Elementa Consulting are the UK member of Integral Group, an international network of engineers + consultants collaborating under a single “deep green” umbrella.

Integral are pioneers of high performance engineering at building and district scales, and leaders in the crafting of sustainable strategy, planning and policy.

Kevin Hydes Integral Group was launched in 2008 by Kevin Hydes, founder and former director of Canada Green Building Council, and former Chair of the USGBC and World GBC. Kevin served as Chief Executive Officer for the first 12 years of Integral Group and in 2020 he became the firm’s first Chairman.

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Our award-winning projects with clients in over 30 countries prove that healthy, happy and resource-efficient buildings need not cost the earth.

Integral are founding signatories of the World Green Building Council’s Net Zero Carbon Commitment, and engineers of. over 100 Net Zero Energy buildings.

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How Can We Help?

Guiding you towards a connected future Elementa Technology is an international network of consulting engineers who specialise in the design of digital infrastructure within buildings.

We work with clients to add value to their operations through the effective application and integration of digital communications, security and building optimisation technologies.

We design cutting edge systems within a services sector that is constantly evolving, and we work hard to anticipate the needs of the client and prepare for the future of the built environment.

Elementa offers full service technology engineering. Our designs start with listening to our clients’ requests and recommending the proper systems to achieve their goals. Technology engineering is present in every building type, and Elementa coordinates with architects and engineers to deliver projects where individual systems are wellcoordinated and cost effective.

Our goal is to provide reliable, occupant-ready systems while achieving optimal environmental comfortable space and using the least amount of energy.

Our technology design services include: • Telecommunications infrastructure • Data systems • Network design • Wireless design • Audio visual systems • Fire detection and alarm systems • Public address systems • Intrusion alarm systems • Access control systems • Surveillance camera systems • Smart buildings • Microgrid design • Low voltage integration Technology

Boden Headquarters - London, UK © Jefferson Smith

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99%

of staff think that improving communication and collaboration can impact productivity positively.

Lifesize Workplace Study, 2016

Businesses using video conferencing see a

33%

reduction in travel costs.

Creston Sustainability Study, 2018

67%

of users find meeting room conference call setup challenging.

Creston Sustainability Study, 2018

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Expert and Trusted Advice Crafting your technology strategy We work with you to establish what matters most. We believe that early engagement is key to develop a functional technology brief for a project.

Connecting

Optimising

Telecommunications systems form the basis for distribution of information, internal and external voice and electronic communication, and system integration.

Smart buildings provide benefits for developers, property managers, tenants and maintenance staff.

When data flows so does your business

Space and resources you never knew you had

Key aspects of a technology brief include:

Know your users Engage with users to determine what they need to be effective.

Get the basics right Provide a robust, scalable, future proof network with flexible connectivity, enhanced WI-FI and ease of operation.

Technology with purpose Deploy technology where and as needed, consider flexible working spaces, collaboration spaces, and flexible, open-plan, and enclosed work points.

Ease of use Ensure technology is integrated correctly and easy to use.

A secure environment Ensure physical, electronic and data security is considered at each step. Ensure privacy is maintained.

Elementa Technology provide enhanced telecommunications design services to all sectors during the design, construction, and post construction phases of a project.

Our services include: • Backbone voice and data design • Horizontal voice and data design • Wireless design • Equipment selection • Telecommunications room design • Outside plant design • Grounding design

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Elementa Technology provides smart building consultancy services including: • Development of owners’ requirements and use cases • Converged network design • Enhanced wireless design • System integration • HVAC and lighting controls • Physical and electronic security • Testing and commissioning

Automating

Augmenting

Modern workplaces need collaboration spaces.

Home automation is baseline expected feature in luxury residences.

Elementa Technology provide audio visual consulting and design services .

Homeowners are demanding intelligent home automation systems which provide ease of use, remote access, and a single point of control for all systems.

Good quality home automation and integration of audio, video, lighting, security, and HVAC system functions is a standard requirement for high-end homes.

This service is also available and affordable for all homeowners.

Our full service design offering includes:

Making virtual personal

Huddle rooms, phone rooms, privacy rooms and traditional meeting and conference rooms for the basis of local and remote worker collaboration.

Elementa Technology designs enhanced collaboration spaces providing: • Video conferencing • Audio conferencing • BYOD systems • Room scheduling • Lighting, HVAC and shading integration

Bringing SMART to every home

Elementa provides home automation design services for single family and multi-family homes, including: • Home theatre system design • Distributed audio • Digital video distribution • Home security, CCTV, and fire alarm • Climate control • Wireless design

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Bringing data to life

• Digital video distribution • Distributed audio • Auditorium and theatre design • Production video and audio • Digital signage • Video wall design • AR / VR studio design



Collaborating

Project Experience

150 Holborn London, UK

© Perkins&Will

The Arbour Our goal was to inspire our industry to think that lowcarbon and high sustainability targets were not only for the bespoke icons, but for every building, and in so doing propel the green building and the nascent mass timber industry forward.

Carol Phillips, Moriyama & Teshima Architects

The Arbour, anticipated to become Toronto’s first tall wood, low carbon institutional building, will bring a unique deep green element to the George Brown College waterfront campus.

The 10-storey state-of-theart structure will revolutionize Toronto’s building landscape and advance Canada’s sustainability agenda by becoming the first tall wood research institute in the country, with materials sourced nationally.

A net zero carbon target has been set by George Brown College in their commitment to sustainability as well as LEED Gold (minimum) and Toronto Green Standard (TGS) V3 Tier 4.

The building will serve as an educational hub—housing research, teaching and learning—

as well as a childcare facility to accommodate the rapidly growing local community.

The proposed design pays homage to Canada’s signature woodframed single-family housing, with mass wood and pitched roof components. Occupant wellness and comfort was a priority in design, as the facility features radiant ceilings, under floor air delivery and breathing rooms with solar chimney systems for sustainable, natural light and ventilation.

Expandable and contractible walls will allow for flexibility of learning spaces when required. In addition, a smart building system will equip the building with integrated, intelligent and adaptable technology throughout.

Toronto, ON, Canada Climate Zone: ASHRAE 5A Client: George Brown College Architect: Moriyama & Teshima / Acton Ostry Architects Project Size: 174,913 sq ft Construction Value: $CAD $130M Completion: 2024 Sustainability: Targeting LEED Platinum Targeting Net Zero Carbon Targeting TGS V3 Tier 4 Standard

Right: Atrium, The Arbour at George Brown College © Moriyama & Teshima Architects Top Right: External, The Arbour at George Brown College © Moriyama & Teshima Architects Bottom Right: The Arbour at George Brown College © Moriyama & Teshima Architects

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Awards: 2019 WAN Award - Gold in ‘Future Projects Education’ 2019 Azure Magazine AZ Award winner and People’s Choice – Unbuilt Buildings 2019 MIPIM/Architectural Review Future Project Award — Sustainability Prize 2018 Rethinking the Future Architecture, Construction and Design Award — Institutional Concept 2018 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence Services Provided: Communications Electrical LEED/TGS Mechanical Security design

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‘The Stack’ 1133 Melville Vancouver, BC, Canada

© James KM Cheng | Architects Inc

At the forefront of sustainability, the Stack is one of the only two high-rise towers in Canada to be a part of the Net Zero Carbon pilot program, in addition to its LEED Platinum target. We’re future-proofing the building for the adoption of smart building technology with cutting edge mechanical and electrical systems.

Jubin Jalili, Integral Group

© James KM Cheng | Architects Inc

The Stack is destined to be a symbolic, revolutionary development in the heart of downtown Vancouver. The 550 foot tall tower is targeting LEED Platinum certification, challenging industry norms and raising the bar for future projects.

With a total floor area of 670,000ft², the tower will sit at 36 storeys tall with 6 levels of underground parking. Our team of engineers are providing mechanical, electrical, fire protection, sustainability and energy modelling, technology and integration consulting services for this icon of commercial green engineering.

The Stack is strategically designed to incorporate amenities and roof terraces offering panoramic views over Vancouver. Its artistic and unique architecture will offer a one-of-a-kind residency option for buyers and prime real estate for commercial and retail. The lower floors of the building are well-suited for tech companies, with corporate and executive suites on the mid and upper floors.

Our team are utilising an integrated design process (IDP) to ensure multidisciplinary coordination and project success. The Stack showcases high-performance building experience and sustainable, green engineering innovation.

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Climate Zone: Vancouver, 4C Client: Oxford Properties Architect: James KM Cheng, Adamson Associates Architects Project Size: 670,000ft² Construction Value: $CAD $400M Completion: 2022 Sustainability: LEED Platinum Target CaGBC Zero Carbon Pilot Project Services Provided: Technology Integration Electrical Lighting Security AV Mechanical Fire Protection Sustainability Energy Modelling

150 Holborn London, UK 

© Perkins&Will

A mixed-use scheme provided with infrastructure and plant to create an integrated smart building which transforms how a building and the occupants interact, and how the building reacts to occupant demand and external influences.

© Perkins&Will

150 Holborn is a new build commercial development, the majority of which is office space as well as a small number of retail and residential units.

The development has areas which are overshadowed by surrounding buildings, and areas which have high solar exposure. Simulations were carried out to calculate the appropriate external shading fin density for every façade orientation and at every floor level. This ensures that the lower levels receive a good quality of daylight and the upper levels are protected from solar gains. The ‘planning scheme’ shading strategy was regular and linear, and resulted in solar exposure that varied across the building. The resultant shading solution varies with height and orientation and sits seamlessly within the architectural vision.

A key element of the building will be a central atrium running from the ground floor to the roof. A feature stair linking the floors is designed to maximise interaction and collaboration between floors. The top floor will be comprised of an executive and client suite and the intermediate floors, office space. The ground floor will include a reception, café, retail space and meeting areas for staff collaboration.

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Climate Zone: Köppen Cfb, ASHRAE 4A Client: DAR Group Architect: Pringle Brandon, Perkins&Will Project Size: 176,000ft² Construction Value: £GBP £70M Completion: 2021 Sustainability: BREEAM Outstanding (design stage) LEED Platinum (design stage) WiredScore Services Provided: Mechanical Electrical Public Health Energy Modelling Environmental Design Feature Lighting Design

University of the Sunshine Coast Moreton Bay Campus Petrie, Queensland, Australia

© University of Sunshine Coast

The Moreton campus will deliver state-of-the-art collaborative teaching and laboratory spaces across the building. A fully network-based design approach has been combined with softwaredefined control to deliver a truly leading audio visual experience for the users.

© HASSELL Studio

The new University of Sunshine Coast (USC) Petrie campus will provide over 16,000sqm of specialist teaching space, including a 480-seat auditorium, nursing simulation laboratories, engineering laboratories as well as VC enabled collaborative teaching spaces.

The network-based design approach will deliver all audio and video signals over the corporate network leveraging the structured cabling system. The final installation will include over 350 local IP encoders and decoders, across more than 40 AV enabled spaces.

All the AV systems will be controlled by the software defined control platform, hosted within the university’s data centre. The AV systems have been designed to support remote management with technical support teams based at the primary teaching campus in Sippy Downs.

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Climate Zone: N/A Client: University of Sunshine Coast Architect: HASSELL Project Size: 16,000m² Construction Value: $AUD $80M Completion: 2020 Services Provided: Audio Visual Technology

Queen & Collins Redevelopment Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 

© BVN & Kerstin Thompson Architects

This tower will be one of Melbourne’s leading office buildings in terms of design, amenity and quality workspace which will be of great appeal to premium occupiers.

Matthew Faddy, Head of Office and Logistics at GPT Group

© BVN & Kerstin Thompson Architects

100 Queen Street is an existing commercial office development located in the heart of the Melbourne Central Business District. The project is a retrofit of the existing historical building to modernise into the 21st Century.

The refurbishment, now recognised as Queen & Collins Redevelopment, will also include a substantial upgrade of the ground plane and entrance, while maintaining the character of the gothic tower and heritage buildings below. The design of Queen & Collins will incorporate the heritage buildings at 90 Queen Street and 380 Collins Street, which are also to undergo a rejuvenation as part of the redevelopment.

We have been engaged by GPT Group as technology consultant to assist during the tendering, construction and delivery phases of the project.

We are acting as the lead consultant and client representative for the design, selection and implementation of the smart building technology solutions, working closely with Probuild (Managing Contractor) and GPT to ensure a smart building is delivered and integrated as per requirements of the project and GPT.

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Client: GPT Group Architect: Kerstin Thompson Architects & BVN Contractor: Probuild Project Size: 36,000m² Construction Value: $AUD $550M Completion: 2021 Sustainability Goals: 4.5 Star NABERS Office Energy rating 4.5 Star NABERS Office Water 5 Star Green Star As-Built (v1.1) rating Services Provided: SMART Technology

Global Leadership Our team can help you to realise your vision for a smarter and sustainable project.

Matthew Douglas Principal - Brisbane, Australia Matthew is a principal with Integral Group Brisbane, Australia office, with extensive experience in the design and management of specialist ICT projects. Matthew has more than 17 years of experience delivering AV, ICT and building services integration projects. He has significant experience designing leading technology solutions within the education and commercial sectors.

Sean Wooster Principal - Melbourne, Australia Highly regarded in the industry, Sean specialises in the design and management of projects involving communications, IT, audio visual, security and building systems integration applications. He is passionate about ensuring technology is effectively integrated at all levels, not only with the built environment, but across the myriad of enterprise and consumer-grade information systems. This ensures that the full spectrum of benefits are realised for clients.

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Principal - Victoria, Canada Andy is responsible for the oversight of the Victoria electrical design team and leads the North American technology team. With over two decades of experience in consulting engineering, Andy’s primary focus is to design technology systems that minimize environmental impact and meet the operational needs and budget requirements of clients.

Andy specializes in a variety of building types including commercial, educational, institutional, residential, and leisure. He is a Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) with expertise in designing communications, audio visual, smart buildings, home automation, and security systems. Andy has led designs for some of the most notable projects in North America including the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) Zero Carbon Pilot projects, the first tall wood institutional facility in Ontario, and the first WELL certified project in Austin, TX.

Ronan Pigott Associate Principal - London, UK Ronan has proven ability to lead and coordinate an effective team having previously run his own practice in Ireland. Ronan is degree qualified in Building Services Engineering and has also qualified as a Chartered Engineer.

As an associate principal at Elementa he has had responsibility for a wide range of projects across commercial, education, healthcare, hotel, residential and other sectors; from design brief development and detailed design (both mechanical and electrical installations) through construction and handover. His experience of both mechanical and electrical design disciplines gives Ronan an unusual ability to communicate with his team and stakeholders in detail, when required.

Gislene Weig Associate Principal - Los Angeles, USA With over 20 years of experience, Gislene Weig possesses extensive knowledge in security, audio visual, data and communication infrastructure design, planning, and implementation of telecommunication systems. Experience includes working on a variety of office, multi-use residential and education projects.

Gislene aims to provide efficient and innovative design that goes above and beyond the client’s requirements. She strives to incorporate sustainable building design into all of her projects and aims to achieve the best building performance while staying within budget.

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The Elementa Way Mission: To be the top quality Deep Green engineering and consulting firm with global reach.

Trust The basis of every successful relationship, team and collaboration

Nurture We never stop learning or growing

Inspire We share our passion and expertise widely

Imagine We bring creativity and curiosity to solve complex problems

Perform Our work is target-driven, outcome-led, and evidence based

Accelerate Time is short - we need to urgently scale up

Sustain We grow and thrive so that we can have more impact

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