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Elements Group Inc.
Bus Number: 87493 6800
GST Number: 87493 6800 RT001
Calgary, Alberta
Canada
Elements Group Inc. is a Calgary based company focused on providing
green building information, guidance and environmental management
leadership in the residential, commercial and hospitality industries.
Our role is to work co-operatively with designers, developers, manufacturers,
communities, and agencies to integrate and promote environmental
building design and efficient building operation. We provide intelligent
information, tools, advice, and support needed to assist organizations
to adopt the green building approach and contribute positively to
their long-term economic, social and environmental success.
Green building consultant Alex Joseph is a principal in the company,
a graduate of the University of Calgary, Faculty of Environmental
Design.
More information: Principals |
Hotels | Design/Build Firms | Commercial/Real
Estate Developers | Architecture/Engineering
Firms | Other Companies and Organizations
Building
an Environmental Home?
We provide information to guide an builder professional
or first-timer how to build and environmental home.
Managing a Company or Commercial Building or
Hotel?
We provide environmental research services for companies seeking
a (r)evolution in management, efficiency, product development and
manufacturing, building operation and design, and employee training
and education.
Require building Environmental Certification?
We provide guidance for building developers and owners seeking LEED™
green building certification. We educate, document, apply for, and
market the LEED™ accreditation for your company.
Hotels and Hospitality Industry
We conduct environmental design/management visits (1-3 weeks) to
small to medium size hotel firms who we work with to:
- Audit hotel building design and operation,
- Provide a recommendations report on bulding and operations,
- Lay the ground work for an environmental managment system,
- Educate and train management on new environmental direction,
- Conduct environmental workshops for engineers, managers, and
staff,
- Develop an environmental policy and purchasing plan
- Assist with various certification including: LEED™,
Green Globe 21, Ecotel, and Green Leaf Eco-rating
Design/Build
and Construction Firms
We provide green building product information, economic business
cases, and case studies to assist small design/build and construction
firms with green building issues related to their projects. As LEED™
accredited professionals we also assist with LEED™
certification. We help design/build firms and homebuilders consider
environmental design issues including:
- Appliances - Numerous choices for energy efficiency in the products
you use everyday,
- Passive Solar - The key to cost-savings for every building whether
home or commercial,
- Off-grid - Going it alone or supplementing grid power to cut
costs,
- Straw Bale - The pros and cons to this inexpensive, organic
building style
Commercial
Buildings and Real Estate Developers
We provide green building strategies, economic business cases,
and case studies to assist commercial and real estate developers
with green building design and marketing components for their projects
and clients.
Architecture/Engineering
Firms
We provide green building product information, economic business cases,
and case studies to assist architecture and engineering firms with
green building projects. As LEED™
accredited professionals we also assist with LEED™
certification. Other
Companies and Organizations
We work with a variety of organizations to provide green building
design and operation information and guidance and to assist these
organization with optimizing their buildings and operations.
- Manufacturing - Transforming entire organizations to work in
unison,
- Marketing - Analysis that leads to improvements to design and
market share,
- Management - Identify key strengths, attract new customers,
tell the world,
- Maintenance - Continual improvement to reduced costs and a more
efficient business
Principals
M.E.Des., MBA candidate, B.Sc.
LEED™ Accredited Professional |
Alex is a consultant and principal
of Elements Group Inc. (Environmental Design Consulting -
Calgary). He is a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design) accredited professional and has experience on LEED
projects including product development and strategic planning
in the furniture manufacturing industry. Recently he has been
assisting a Sri Lankan hotel firm on environmental hotel design
and green building certification. Currently, he is the Executive
Director of EnerVision,
a not-for-profit company that administers the Built Green™
Society of Canada, EnerGuide & R-2000 in Alberta, and
Building Canada programs in Western Canada.
Alex obtained a Masters degree in Environmental Design from
the University of Calgary where he focused on environmental
design in the hospitality industry. His thesis work included
the development of EcoLodgical
an online Environmental Hotel Design Guide. He currently
instructs the course Environmental
Design and Operation at the University of Calgary. As
well, he is a R2000/Built Green™ builder trainer. He
also taught a graduate Industrial Wastewater Pollution and
Control course recently at GuangXi University in southern
China.
He has trained entire organizations on environmental design/management
practices, conducted environmental building audits, and developed
environmental building operating policy. He has also consulted
design firms on daylighting, green building product procurement,
and green building/LEED marketing.
In his spare time, he is an Internet developer for a number
of environmentally and socially astute clients including the
Highwood
Environmental, Environmental Health Alliance of British
Columbia, Region 6 FASD, and the Alberta Sustainable Home/Office. |
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