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LET'S GRAB COFFEE IN VANCOUVER THIS WEEK ☕🌿: With so many awesome events happening this week in Vancouver (BOMA, CREW, IDS INTERIOR DESIGN, and a couple of great entrepreneur events), I am in the city and would be pleased to grab a coffee with you. Let's chat about your sustainability goals, future projects, and how you can easily obtain our own sustainability certification {the Green Wise Certification Standard™} for your building and/ or business! Send me a message here on LinkedIn!

Contact Trish and her team today to find out how you can get your projects certified with a variety of green certifications - including MDG's sister company's Green Wise Certification Standard™. It's time to look at how the satisfaction of occupants affects your bottom line. 👉 info@matthewsdesigngroup.ca #matthewsdesigngroup #greendesigncertification #greenconsulting #greenbuilding #greenwiseacademy #greenwisecertificationstandard

What is Design for Well-being? ⁠Good design supports the health and well-being of all people. When designing for well-being, the space is created while considering the physical, mental, and emotional effects on building occupants and the surrounding community.⁠ ⁠Wellness focussed designers ask questions such as:⁠ ▪︎ How can the design encourage a healthy lifestyle?⁠ ▪︎ How can the project provide for greater occupant comfort?⁠ ▪︎ How can the project be welcoming and inclusive for all?⁠ ▪︎ How can the project connect people with place and nature?⁠ ▪︎ How can material selection reduce hazards to occupants?⁠ We are starting a knowledge base series of content dedicated to design and wellness, so make sure to follow us on all of our social media. Feel free to contact us to find out how your development, building, or space could receive green initiatives and grants through many of the certifications available. Just ask us how! info@matthewsdesigngroup.ca #okanaganlife #okanagandesign #okanaganwellness #wellcertified #Canadianwellness #bcdevelopments #greendesign #greencertification

Organic architecture is a philosophy of architecture that promotes harmony between human habitation and the natural world. 🌿 With our diverse options of design expertise, green certifications, sustainability rating systems, training, and education, our clients are always at the forefront of projects. Matthews Design Group is your green design certification consultancy. Contact Trish and her team today to be at the leading edge of sustainable projects. 🌿 #sustainablelifestyle #sustainabilitydesign #sustainabilitydesignconsultation #greendesign #greendesignsolutions #greensolutions #greencertification

The Parsi-based archibiotect Vincent Callebaut Architectures has revealed the the progress of his residential sustainable tower "Tao Zhu Yin Yuan" under construction in Taipei, Taiwan. Currently, gardens planting, waterfalls construction and interior decoration of public facilities space are undergoing. It is hoped that this unique project will be completed in the second half of this year 2021. DNA Concept: The main target of « Tao Zhu Yin Yuan » project has been devoted to promoting carbon‐absorbing architecture, in order to decrease the temperature of the Earth. Faced with the crisis of global warming and climate change, it is must be participation of all enterprises in urging the governments to draft incentive programs that world lead to carbon reduction in the sector of industry, transportation and daily life. Amazingarchitecture.com #architecture #greenarchitecture #greenbuildings #sustainabledesign

🛎 ESG: Our world faces a number of global challenges: climate change, transitioning from a linear economy to a circular one, increasing inequality, balancing economic needs with societal needs. The goal of ESG is to capture all of the non-financial risks and opportunities inherent to a company's day to day activities. Investors, regulators, as well as consumers and employees are now increasingly demanding that companies should not only be good stewards of capital but also of natural and social capital and have the necessary governance framework in place to support this. More and more investors are incorporating ESG elements into their investment decision-making process, making ESG increasingly important from the perspective of securing capital, both debt and equity. ESG reporting is going to become a huge activity for most large companies. It's important to get organized and ahead of the game now. Ask us how we can help! #esg #esgreporting #sustainable #sustainablesolutions #greensolutions #greenconsulting

So what is "Energy Efficiency"? The term energy efficiency involves any systems, materials and components that reduce energy consumption using renewable energy, such as: solar PV systems, solar hot water heating, geothermal, wind turbines, or micro hydro. This list is growing every day, and the amount of ways to save energy is becoming vast. The goal is not necessarily to use energy all in one way, but use less overall. #energefficiency #energyconservation

🛎 THE THREAT TO MARINE LIFE: The pollution and garbage that is ending up in our oceans is at an all time high. Without a massive mindset shift in major countries, the result will end up being catastrophic. With the addition in severe weather and hurricanes, even more debris is being taken out into the water. So how can you help? Don't buy things with microplastics in them, cut down on plastic water bottles and other plastics, and use natural cleaning products. Assume everything you consume could end up in our oceans. Think healthier! #sustainabilitydesignconsultation #sustainablehealth #sustainable #sustainablesolutions #marinelife #sustainablelifestyle

Took to the waters tonight with the Symmetry Lighting Inc. Symmetry Sails event. Beautiful weather, great food, wonderful company. ✨️☀️👌 #okanagandesign #okanagangreendesign #okanaganlake #matthewsdesigngroup #interiordesignbc

🛎 EDUCATION: The coronavirus pandemic forced schools to close in an attempt to curb its spread. Out of every five closed schools, four have access to remote learning solutions. However, in places without adequate internet infrastructure accessible to the average citizen, educational development has suffered. Students in disadvantaged communities face a risk of being left far behind by their peers globally. Some students may even experience academic backwardness. One consequence of such educational disruption is the negative social and behavioral development of the students. Looking at preventative measures for health and safety can create assurance for all countries that education doesn't have to stop. #educationmatters #childrenshealth #greenadvisor #greenbuildingconsultants #healthyliving #healthandsafety