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May

Successful Project – Bürkert’s Taicang Plant achieved the LEED Silver Certification

Bürkert Taicang Project located in Taicang Port, Jiangsu province, is a regional headquarter of China. The new headquarter will focus on the R&D, production, and sales of high-end fluid control systems. Bürkert Fluid Control Systems is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of measuring, controlling, and regulating systems for fluids and gases. Bürkert products are used in a wide range

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17
Aug

LEED v4 BD+C Silver for Diana Petfood / a pet food processing and testing factory project in Chuzhou, Anhui

It is a pleasure to have certified with the support of our partner archetype, Diana Pet Food newest pet food processing factory located in Chuzhou, Anhui province. This project has obtained a Silver level LEED certification: The LEED consultancy mission was carried out by TERAO team in collaboration with an archetype, the design institute. Rendering of the factory DPF recognizes

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15
Jul

New project – LEED and GBL consultancy for an industrial player in Suzhou: RADICI Group

It is a pleasure to announce one of our new projects: Sustainability assistance for Radici’s new plant in Suzhou including LEED and GBDL certifications. This is a greenfield project of about 17,000 sqm, including a workshop, warehouse and office area. During the preliminary design stage, we conducted a Sustainability feasibility study which included studying energy efficiency strategies, some specific comfort

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19
Feb

Our clients recommend us: Fabrice Demichel, managing director of PRD China

At TERAO, we assist our clients to get green building certification. What for? For asset owners or investors to ensure their buildings respond to a certain sustainability standard. It will let the building have more value during its lifetime and for the selling of the asset in the future. One of our clients had this objective in mind, and TERAO

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20
Mar

“Sustainability and Well-Being in Workplaces” conference at Cushman and Wakefield Business Corner

TERAO was honored to introduce case studies of Sustainability and Well-being combination strategies for Workplaces at Cushman and Wakefield, Shanghai Office, in partnership with Delhom Acoustique. Our Senior Project Manager Song Dan introduced the different studies that show that interior improved sustainability and well-being translates into better productivity from the employees. For example, the World Green Building Council wrote that

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30
Jan

LEED v4: ID+C Gold for Volvo Polestar HQ office in Shanghai

It is a pleasure to announce the LEED ID+C: Commercial Interiors v4 Gold level certification for Volvo Polestar Phase I office in Shanghai, obtained in December 2018. The LEED consultancy mission was carried out by TERAO in collaboration with Ingenor, the project management company. Here are some characteristics of the Polestar Phase I project: LEED rating: Gold Score: 66/110 Size:

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29
Nov

From LEED v4 to LEED v4.1 for Existing buildings: what are the changes?

A growing number of owners and operators are certifying their buildings under Operational Certification to assess their performance, identify inefficiencies, and provides a roadmap for improvement. LEED v4.1, the incremental update to LEED v4, announced by USGBC earlier this year would be a perfect fit for this kind of certification or building assessment.  What’s in it for your existing projects? In short: performance-based

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29
Nov

From LEED v4 to LEED v4.1 for Existing buildings: what are the changes?

A growing number of owners and operators are certifying their buildings under Operational Certification to assess their performance, identify inefficiencies, and provide a roadmap for improvement. LEED v4.1, the incremental update to LEED v4, announced by USGBC earlier this year would be a perfect fit for this kind of certification or building assessment.  What’s in it for your existing projects?

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