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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:
News
Terrapin Releases 14 Patterns of Biophilic Design
| Terrapin releases the publication, 14 Patterns of Biophilic Design, on research and design opportunities addressing positive health impacts of biophilia. — Read More
Bill to Speak at “Grey to Green”
| Terrapin Partner Bill Browning will be a Keynote Speaker at the “Grey to Green” Conference in Toronto, ON, on August 25-26, 2014. — Read More
“Biophilic Design Patterns” Published in IJAR
| Terrapin’s own peer-reviewed paper “Biophilic Design Patterns” has been published in the July 2014 issue of ArchNet-IJAR. Access the paper on our website! — Read More
Bill Browning Speaks at Glumac Straight Talk Forum
| Terrapin’s Bill Browning will speak about the benefits of designing with biophilia at Glumac’s Straight Talk forum “Biophilia in the Built Environment.” — 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
Economics of Biophilia Receives EDRA Award
| The Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) has recognized “The Economics of Biophilia”, published by Terrapin in 2012, as being “a contribution or achievement that advances the field of environmental design research through the generation of knowledge, public service, or professional practice, for coherent recognizable body of work or activities by an individual or group”. — Read More
Project Profiles
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
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
NYC Building Resiliency Task Force
| Terrapin worked closely with Urban Green and other Task Force members to refine over 100 proposals to advance NYC resiliency. — Read More
Rick Fedrizzi Recognizes The Economics of Biophilia
| “The work that Terrapin Bright Green has done to make the business case for biophilia is one of the most important pieces of work of this decade.” — Read More
NYC Green Codes Task Force
| Terrapin participated in the Task Force’s 200+ volunteers that produced a work of great specificity and depth. — Read More
National Geographic Society Carbon Analysis
| Terrapin, working in collaboration with CTG Energetics and GHT Limited, produced a greenhouse gas and energy end-use study for NGS’s headquarters campus. — Read More
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