Entries by Nick Noyes

IES Commits to AIA Materials Pledge & Offers Action Plan

NORTH ADAMS, MA—Integrated Eco Strategy (IES), a consulting firm facilitating sustainable and regenerative building design, renovation and construction has signed the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Architecture & Design Materials Pledge letter. The AIA pledge commits IES—along with more than 85 other architects, designers and partner organizations—to seek materials transparency, collaboration and preferable products that […]

About IES: Company History & Services

Founded in 2010, Integrated Eco Strategy (IES) supports project teams as they pursue the world’s most challenging green building design standards, by facilitating sustainable and regenerative building design, renovation and construction. The company is recognized as a pioneer in helping project teams create Full Living buildings. To efficiently navigate and attain the Living Building Challenge’s Materials Petal, arguably the most rigorous LBC facet, IES has developed an innovative, industry-leading approach to researching and classifying healthy building materials.

IES and Toxnot Announce Partnership to Streamline Product Ingredient Disclosure

NORTH ADAMS, MA—Integrated Eco Strategy (IES) and Toxnot announce a new partnership designed to integrate their respective materials transparency platforms. This partnership enables manufacturers to quickly and efficiently share building product ingredient data and meet the requirements of certifications such as the Living Building Challenge (LBC) and Declare in new, powerful ways.

IES Unveils Healthy Materials Management System in Partnership with International Living Future Institute

NORTH ADAMS, MA—Finding building materials that won’t harm human health is now simpler and easier with the introduction of Red2Green (R2G), a new platform that slashes the time and effort required to pursue the ambitious requirements of the Living Building Challenge by crowdsourcing and documenting key materials health data for building and construction materials.

Integrated Eco Strategy Relocates, Expands Workforce and Launches Database Program

NORTH ADAMS, MA—As anyone with a seven-year-old will tell you, that age is an important milestone. Integrated Eco Strategy (IES), a North Adams-based consulting firm is now seven, and hitting many significant markers of its own—including a relocation of the company’s main office to accommodate the most rapid growth in the company’s history, launch of a unique healthy materials database and certification as a “Just” organization.

Matt Root Bolsters Integrated Eco Strategy’s Northeast Presence

NORTH ADAMS, MA—Matt Root has been named senior project manager for Integrated Eco Strategy (IES), a consulting firm facilitating sustainable and regenerative building design, renovation and construction. In his new position, Root will manage healthy materials and energy related projects in the Boston region, as well as develop new projects, consult with clients and represent IES at regional and national conferences.