Project Profiles
Biophilia at Rocky Mountain Institute’s Innovation Center
| Terrapin advised on sustainable building practices and biophilic design for the Rocky Mountain Institute’s new state-of-the-art Innovation Center. — Read More
Buildings Technical Working Group Report
| Terrapin, as part of HDR’s team, identified GHG emission reduction strategies in the building sector to achieve the city’s 80×50 carbon reduction goal. — Read More
News
Terrapin to Present at the 2016 BOMA Conference
| Jonce Walker from our team will be presenting with Joe Zazzera, CEO of Plant Solutions, in the session “Human Wellbeing: The WELL Building Standard and the Economic Case for Nature-Based Design” at the 2016 Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International Conference in Washington DC. — Read More
Recap: Terrapin at AIA Convention 2016
| This year’s annual AIA Convention in Philadelphia featured panels with both Bill Browning and Chris Garvin, who shared insights on global sustainable building trends and evidence-based design. — Read More
Features
The Value of Ecological Design
| Our Ecological Design Framework (referred to simply as “Phoebe”) focuses on the most impactful project opportunities that will result in positive change on-site and far beyond the project property line. Reframing traditional green building metrics and transforming them into bold built ecological goals provides a structured but open forum for teams to achieve meaningful ecological change. — Read More
Bill’s Greenbuild Session Available Online
| Bill’s Greenbuild 2015 session, Biophilic Design in Context: Applications for Culture & Climate, is now available online! Hear from Bill Browning, Clif Bar’s Elysa Hammond and Glumac Engineering’s Nicole Isle as they discuss the application of biophilic design patterns across different building types, climates, and cultures. — Read More
Net Zero Energy Community
| Terrapin helped the developer of a new master planned community create an energy and infrastructure strategy to achieve NZE for fixed income homeowners. — Read More
Bob Fox Elected to the USGBC Board of Directors
| Our partner Bob Fox was elected to the 2016 U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Board of Directors by the USGBC membership. He will be serving for a three year term alongside Mike McNally, Chrissa Pagitsas, Janine Benyus, Paul Anastas, Aaron Bernstein, and Bruce Oreck. In January, Bob was selected to be vice-chair of the board. Chrissa Pagitas, the Director […] — Read More
Missed Bill’s Talk at Interface UK? Watch His Talk Here!
| Bill Browning had a busy week last week! After presenting at Workplace Trends Conference, Bill had the privilege to speak at Interface UK Showroom in London about Terrapin’s latest work and research in biophilia and bioinspired innovation. If you missed his talk, be sure to watch these videos of his talk and the question and answer period below (courtesy […] — Read More
Can Big Data Bridge the Gap Between the Biophilia Hypothesis and Spatial Design?
| Pinpointing the impacts of biophilia and determining the most beneficial biophilic patterns through post-occupancy data. — Read More
Biophilia and the WELL Building Standard®
| A look at the new WELL Building Standard and how it parallels with the 14 Patterns of Biophilic Design and circadian light design. — Read More
Designing for a Moving Target: Adapting Our Buildings to a Changing Climate
| With the inevitable climate change, we must fundamentally rethink how we design and retrofit buildings to adapt to this new, rapidly shifting baseline. — Read More
Nature in the Space: Indoor Nature Connections
| A brief history on the use of plants in interior design, and the substantial effects these Nature in the Space connections have on our health and happiness. — Read More
Bill Browning to Speak at the Green Real Estate Conference
| Terrapin’s own Bill Browning will be speaking at the Green Real Estate Conference on April 23rd in Toronto, Canada. He along with Martha MacInnis, Design Director of Workplace Experience at TD Bank Group, Paul Scialla, Founder & CEO of Delos, and Regan Smith, Managing Principal at Halsall Associates will be a part of the panel discussion “On the […] — Read More
Advancing Urban Sustainability
| The Framework for an Ecological Built Environment (“Phoebe”) is a set of tools for design decision-making and project evaluation. — Read More
Pentagon Green Renovation
| Mr. Browning was instrumental in developing guidelines to set green criteria for the renovation of the Pentagon. — Read More
Starwood Hotels – Element Goes Green
| Terrapin helped develop the ELEMENT Goes Green guidelines for green hotel properties will hopefully serve as an influential example for the entire industry. — Read More
PlaNYC 2030
| Terrapin Partner Bob Fox was appointed to the NYC Sustainability Advisory Board, to develop strategies for greening NYC as part of PlaNYC 2030. — Read More
Live Work Home
| Informed by Terrapin’s research and strategic advising, the efficient and highly adaptable Live Work Home is grounded in healthy living and biophilia. — Read More
Quotes
Bill Browning Quoted in Hospitality Design
| Terrapin’s Bill Browning was interviewed for the December 2011 issue of Hospitality Design. The ‘sustainable studio perspectives’ piece “Learning to leed” by Alia Akkam quoted Bill: “Green construction in hotels is definitely behind the curve when compared to office buildings, but you can look at the lessons learned from office buildings and know this is what’s coming.” — Read More
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