Education + Impact

Earth Day Volunteering Event for the Austin, Texas Office

Our Austin, Texas office has an annual tradition of volunteering together to celebrate Earth Day. This year, they were able to utilize their Integral Gives hours to volunteer with the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, where they were able to reconnect with nature, devoting the day to getting their hands dirty, weeding the gardens, and enjoying time together while giving back to their community.

PERFORMANCE

The category of Education + Impact covers our commitment to internal professional training, development, and employee engagement, as well as external involvement and contributions to our local communities. Through our youth outreach, internship program, and internal education, we look to build a future pipeline of engineers and environmental activists. Integral Gives | Launched in 2021, the Integral Gives program was a passion project stemming from the Impact Fund. Integral Gives helped create our global framework which formalizes the commitment and approach we use to giving back to our local communities. Aligning with the goals in our Anti-Racism Task Force Action Plan and Just 2.0 Label, Integral Gives focuses on supporting our communities by utilizing our technical expertise, time, and funds. The program focuses on giving back, offering each employee flexible paid volunteer hours to use throughout the year through volunteering, youth outreach, and pro bono work. Integral Gives also manages the firm-wide charitable giving. In 2021, Integral Group donated >1% of net profit, supporting ten charitable organizations globally. There were also several grassroots fundraisers brought forward by employees supported by the firm at the office level.

Education + Impact Performance Dashboard >22% of employees participating in the Integral Gives program through volunteering, youth outreach, and pro-bono work in its inaugural year

In 2021 Integral Group and its employees were able to support over 20 charitable organizations, including…

Integral Gives supporting the completion of four pro bono projects in local communities.

We had the privilege of supporting four pro bono projects in 2021, with one project in each operating region. One of the most impactful ways employees can give back, is through the use of their skills on meaningful projects serving their communities. We look forward to broadening Integral Gives’ impact through its pro bono stream in the future. Employees completed the following pro bono projects in 2021: • Tiny Home Village | Victoria, BC, Canada • Re-Imagining Benefield | Richmond, VA, USA • Lakehouse HAA – Housing All Australians | Melbourne, VIC

Australia • Newlands Southend YMCA | London, United Kingdom If your organization is looking for a pro bono partner, please get in touch with our Integral Gives team here.

Image Credit: Aryze Developments

Tiny Home Village in Victoria, BC | Pro Bono Highlight

This project launched in December 2020 together with the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness. The Tiny Home Village was constructed as a transitional housing solution to provide thirty temporary homes from re-purposed shipping containers. Read more on the project in this article from CBC News!

OUR IMPACT HIGHLIGHTS

PCA National Mentorship Program Appointments

Integral Group would like to congratulate Sustainability Consultants Kavita Gusain and Tatiana Schonhobel on their selection to participate in the 20212022 Property Council of Australia (PCA)’s National Mentoring Program. We also extend congratulations to Andrew Mather, Regional Director, and Ken Loh, Senior Principal who have been selected again to mentor the 2021-2022 cohort. Ken, now in his fifth year as a mentor said “Investing in our future leaders is a way to give back to the industry that has provided me with so many opportunities. Plus, there is so much to learn from our mentees”.

Organic Mentorship Program.

Mentorship is a key piece of the puzzle when it comes to nurturing and growing talent within the firm. Focused on developing, supporting, building confidence, and guiding employees in their career path’s, the Tell Us More mentorship program offers organic avenues to mentorship. With a diverse group of mentors available across the globe, employees may select the right fit for them to build and leverage the mentorship relationship to best suit their unique needs. The program aims to provide organic opportunities to strengthen connections across the firm and allow everyone access to tap into the skills and expertise of the firm’s top leaders.

Image Credit: Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Building Forward – Educating the Next Generation

The Chesapeake Bay – Mason and Joan Brock Classroom addition is a project that struck us near and dear to the heart, with a compelling mission to create a facility that will educate future generations and hopefully guide them towards sustainably focused careers. The project demonstrated unwavering commitment to educate the community on the importance and fragility of the bay, we designed a classroom expansion to meet Net Zero energy, Net Zero Water, and ILFI Material Rd List requirements in the heart of this environmentally-sensitive ecosystem.

Knowledge sharing, industry collaboration and training are all key if we want to create a better environment and communities at a large scale. We cannot keep our lessons learned close to our chest if we are serious about making an impact.

Louise Hamot

Global Lead, Sustainable Innovation

Pushing the Needle Forward at Integral…

The Impact Fund is about investing in our business wisely to showcase our specialist knowledge in the many different areas we work globally. Employees submit applications which will impact our industry at scale, push boundaries, create efficiencies and allow new opportunities for growth. The resulting white papers will develop our industry thought leadership. Successful selections receive funding as a firm research and development investment. Successful projects from past years Impact Fund include projects like the inception of London Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI), and Whole Life Carbon in MEP Design Research and Publication.

Integral Awards

Since 2012, we have taken the opportunity to celebrate the most impactful projects through the annual Integral Awards initiative, created by our founder, Kevin Hydes. The awards celebrate technical excellence on projects, as well as innovation through internal initiatives. The awards are externally adjudicated by recognized experts from their respective fields within the industry. You can see many of our Integral Awards submissions featured throughout the report as handprint highlights.

CULTIVATING TALENT AND BROADENING OUR REACH

Our collective impact is rooted in our internal education, training, and development programs. These programs nurture talent in-house, inspiring employees to branch out and share our thought leadership within the industry. By disseminating knowledge, experience. and expertise, we move the needle forward and expand our reach through our work. 2021 highlights include: • Integral Training Academy – a central platform for employee learning. This program began in our UK and

Belgrade offices and is planned for global expansion. • Certified Professional Development (CPD) Programme –delivering a range of important subjects relevant to designing sustainable buildings for any organization working within the construction industry. • UVA Capstone – Richard Palmer and Chris Runde of Ross &

Baruzzini supported a final year systems engineering project team in conceiving and delivering a Capstone project considering the decarbonization and electrification of building systems. • Engineering Insights Podcast – This ten-part podcast series features our consultants sharing their knowledge on sustainability, innovation and performance engineering. It speaks to the latest in technical advancements, current trends and going beyond compliance to meet the needs of clients and to build better for a sustainable future. • Industry Appointments:

• Stanton Stafford named 2021 USGBC LEED Fellow • Alex Krickx, Melissa Noel, and Tatianna Schonhobel appointed to GBCA Expert Reference Panel Many externally published reports are available throughout this report and via our website here.

Technical Expertise

Industry Leadership

Internal Mentorship Program

Integral Training Academy

Essential Soft Skills Training

External Mentorship

Knowledge Sharing

Lunch & Learns IG Talks BIM Training

Mechanical & Electrical Academies

Whole Life Carbon Training Series