A big thank-you to Gino Segre, who provided Swiftenvirons a tour of the Bakar Bioenginuity Hub at UC Berkeley, aka (Bakar Labs) , sharing insight into the successes of the premier, thriving laboratory ecosystem: “Everything that a bio-entrepreneur needs, all in one location”. Over the past few years, SwiftEnvirons assessed a Read more…
Notes from a brief visit to the Research Triangle Park, Durham and Charlotte. It’s abundantly apparent that the region is continually growing and evolving a robust ecosystem of innovation, research and community. Charlotte has a truly vibrant, emerging city core. Durham has succeeded in revitalizing the core around the American Read more…
This installment of the SwiftEnvirons series of discussions with leaders in sustainability and innovation, we sat with Shannon Scott and Sean Scott of COMUNITYmade to hear how they are redefining footwear design and manufacturing. COMUNITYmade’s story is compelling, connecting the themes of innovation and sustainability. https://www.comunitymade.com SwiftEnvirons: Tell us what Read more…
Research into the impacts of light on human activity is central to the CLTC. As an installment of our series of conversations with leaders in innovation and sustainability, SwiftEnvirons met with Michael Siminovitch of the California Lighting Technology Center to learn more about the research laboratiory https://cltc.ucdavis.edu/ The following is Read more…
We started with a question: Who is bringing high-calibre innovation to the healthcare market? From there, the conversation leads to the owners, architects and engineers. What are their perspectives? SwiftEnvirons has been having this conversation with key parties for quite some time. Our goal is to assess and illuminate the Read more…
SwiftEnvirons reports on 2023 findings from our research and interviews with leaders in this year’s key fields: Architecture & Design Light Air Energy Sustainability Footwear & Community Information, Technology & Health With special thanks to our interviewees, we presented the first cut of findings at the Northeastern University Global Symposium, Read more…
How Sustainability is moving to decarbonization – more than operational carbon, more than LEED – it is the future. At the Northeastern University Symposium of Leadership and Project Management , we shared “Embodied Carbon: the New Frontier in Sustainability”. Chris Flint Chatto from ZGF Architects joined SwiftEnvirons in this conversation, Read more…
On August 24, 2023, SwiftEnvirons participated in the Northeastern University Global Symposium: https://pmsymposium.cps.northeastern.edu/#_ga=2.13247799.182972373.1692385640-2030615317.1692120962 We are honored to join the esteeemed presenters. We will be sharing the perspectives of leaders in design, engineering, sustainability, manufacturing, research and technology and how innovation and sustainability are essential to their respective work. Thank you Read more…
We are honored to be presenting at the upcoming NorthEastern University Symposium. Susan and Joel will be presenting two discussions. The first is a series of discussions with leaders in the areas of light, air, food, clothing, architecture, technology and sustainability. The second dives deeper into an emerging area of Read more…
It’s that time of the year again – the State Fair! Having been involved with teams that design and constructed multiple Golden Bear (Best of Show) awards, it brings about a certain amount of nostalgia. This week before the fair was always a flurry of activity. Not only are the Read more…