The green building industry has proven that high performance building designs can be delivered at less cost than a building delivered using more traditional approaches. By setting high expectations and having a tight budget, project teams learn to improve efficiency and adopt new types of strategies and systems. When you get really good at this you can tunnel through the cost barriers and achieve higher performance with simple more cost effective systems.

At Integrated Designs Inc. we believe it is up to us to make the world a better place. Through our labors and lifestyle choices, we strive to reduce our green house gas emissions that will help reduce the effects of climate change. It’s a way of life that we are passionate about. When we get inspired by like-minded people we get excited and hope that in turn, we can inspire you too.

Most business owners, developers and project managers set the success criteria and priorities for a project based upon capital costs, asset value, aesthetics, operating and maintenance costs. Only more recently has the quality of the indoor environment and people performance become recognized as perhaps the most important priorities for a project.

When a company decides to take a leadership role in transforming an industry, do they die a slow death by burdening there company with the challenges of going green? Does some magic occur within the organisation that enables them to succeed beyond their wildest dreams?

According to Dr. Rob Dumont, higher performance buildings do not require more complicated systems or more budget. I’ve known Rob for a number of years and consider him to be one of the most committed, practical, and smart building scientists on the planet. His best advice is to take care of the basics first.