<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><a href="http://urbangreencouncil.org/content/events/integrative-design-redefining-practice-sustainability" class="">Integrative Design: Redefining the Practice of Sustainability | Urban Green Council</a></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;" class="">Looking at natural systems as a model for whole systems thinking allows us to move beyond incremental improvements to true restorative and regenerative design. </div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;" class="">Current standards and procedures often rely on sequential, discrete steps taken by siloed teams of professionals—from architects, to contractors, to sustainability professionals. Integrative Design is a way to engage all project team members in the process of discovering synergies between systems, components, and co-creators (design and construction team) to produce much higher levels of building performance, human comfort, and environmental benefits, with less wasted time and resources. </div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;" class="">Join us for a discussion with 7group's John Boecker on integrative design concepts and case studies, and learn steps toward implementing this approach.</div><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><header style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;" class=""><h2 class="node-title node__title" style="margin: 0px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://urbangreencouncil.org/location/trespa-design-centre" style="text-decoration: none; color: inherit;" class=""><font size="2" class="">Trespa Design Centre</font></a></h2></header><div class="field-label-hidden field-name-body field field-type-text-with-summary" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div style="margin: 0px;" class="">62 Greene Street<br class="">New York, NY 10012</div></div></div></div><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class="field-label-hidden field-name-body field field-type-text-with-summary" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div style="margin: 0px;" class="">6:00 - 6:30pm Registration and Reception<br class="">6:30 - 8:00pm Presentation and Discussion</div></div></div></div><div class="item-list" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;"><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thursday September 29th</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">best</div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">Clare</div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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