The Kimpton Sylvan Hotel offers guests a mid-century design paired with modern amenities and luxury comforts. The project involves the renovation of an existing eight-story concrete framed multi-unit residential building built in 1953 into a boutique hotel with 217 guestrooms on levels 2 through 8. Additional spaces on Level 1 include a lobby, meeting rooms …
The project involved the renovation of an existing building located at 180 Technology Parkway in Peachtree Corners, GA to serve as the next ASHRAE headquarters in the Atlanta metropolitan area. This renovated facility now provides a functional working environment for approximately 145 ASHRAE employees and provides extensive training and meeting space for ASHRAE members and …
After a star-studded campaign for the launch of the International WELL Building Institute’s WELL Health-Safety Rating, we’ve been flooded with questions on how our clients can obtain this new certification. The most trusted organization, backed by world-renowned scientists and now Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Michael B. Jordan, and Robert DeNiro, gathered more than 600 experts …
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After successfully completing the rigorous monitoring deployment criteria for our RESET module, we are thrilled to announce that Epsten Group HQ is now RESET Accredited. RESET Air is the world’s first sensor-based, performance-driven building standard and certification program where indoor air quality is continuously monitored. Indoor air quality data is gathered through air quality monitors …
Looking beyond efficiency and sustainability, the design of buildings has shifted to a focus on promoting occupant health. With workplace wellness being an integral part of our company culture, we designed our new headquarters with employee health and productivity top of mind. We are thrilled to announce that our office has achieved Fitwel 2-star rating …
EPDs are now a key component of the material selection process, as product-related environmental issues are becoming increasingly important. We’ve created this checklist as a guide to help you discover the best fit for your product and organization.
The way we interact with space and people has changed forever. The built environment now plays an even greater role in promoting public health on a global scale. The WELL Building Standard (WELL) is a certification system that places people at the heart of design. Reinventing the built environment around its occupants WELL provides a …
As COVID-19 continues to infiltrate our communities across the globe, let us take this lockdown as an opportunity to rethink the built environment and its impact on our health. As designers focused on health and wellness, we want to share the immediate measures that architects, designers, building managers, and employers can take to create safe …
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Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA), or cradle-to-grave analysis, is an assessment tool used to calculate the environmental impacts and resources used across a product’s entire life cycle: raw material extraction (cradle), manufacturing, packaging, distribution, use, and end of life (grave). The increasing focus on environmental, social, and economic sustainability has amplified the application of life cycle thinking …
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Helping to cap the most ambitious expansion in Zoo Atlanta’s history, both the Zambezi Elephant Center and Savanna Hall Renovation have officially earned LEED Gold certification. Administered by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program recognizes buildings across the world for design and construction geared toward the …
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