Features
Sneak Peek:
Tapping into Nature Introduction
| Terrapin’s publication Tapping into Nature explores the potential of biomimetic and bioinspired innovation and its value to businesses. — Read More
Sneak Peek:
Biomimicry, Bioutilization, Biomorphism: The Opportunities of Bioinspired Innovation
| How nature serves as a source of inspiration can vary, but bioinspired approaches have yielded useful, disruptive innovations and designs. — Read More
News
Bill to Speak at the Fraunhofer IAO’s “Future Forum 2015: Working Smarter – People, Rooms, and Technologies”
| Terrapin’s Bill Browning will be presenting at the Fraunhofer IAO’s “Zukunftsforum 2015” or “Future Forum 2015” on the 29th of January, 2015. Bill will be speaking about biophilic design in relation to this year’s theme, “Working Smarter – People, Rooms, and Technologies.” Biophilic design has proven health benefits such as improved concentration, reduced stress and enhanced […] — Read More
Project Profiles
Center for Environmental Restoration
| Bill Browning serves as an advisor to the board for the Center for Environmental Restoration, a Washington, D.C. based non-profit organization. — Read More
Biophilia at Terrapin
| Biophilia, a concept first described by biologist E.O. Wilson, is humanity’s innate response to nature and connection to natural systems. — Read More
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory
| Bill Browning, Bob Fox, and Jeff Bannon led an Environmental Opportunities Charrette to formulate a plan for optimizing the environmental performance. — Read More
Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park
| Terrapin founders Bob Fox, Rick Cook, and Bill Browning were the lead architects and sustainability experts for the Bank of America Tower, the first LEED Platinum-certified commercial skyscraper in the country. — Read More
Lucasfilm’s Letterman Digital Arts Center
| Bill Browning served as the lead green design consultant for a team charged with designing a new facility for Lucasfilm. — Read More
Nantucket Cottage Hospital
| Terrapin’s recommendations for the Hospital included improving the quality of environment and quality of care in every aspect of the organization. — Read More
Adam J. Lewis Center for Environmental Studies, Oberlin College
| Oberlin’s Adam J. Lewis Center for Environmental Studies is a building system that demonstrates concepts from the Environmental Studies curriculum. — Read More
California Academy of Sciences
| Bill Browning and his team at Rocky Mountain Institute helped craft sustainability strategies for the new California Academy of Sciences. — Read More
Bulmer’s Cider
| Learn more about our environmental strategy work and services by emailing us at [email protected]. Follow the conversation on twitter: @TerrapinBG. HP Bulmer Ltd is a multibillion-dollar producer of hard cider based in the United Kingdom. As a worldwide distributor, their operations have a large-scale impact. In 2002, Bill Browning was one of the leaders that facilitated a multiple-day charrette to examine […] — Read More
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