Welcome to the website for SwiftEnvirons LLC. We are a focused consulting firm providing design and planning services for select clients in the sustainability, environmental, academic research, healthcare innovation, campus planning and public private partnership sectors. The name SwiftEnvirons derives from moving quickly to address the issues that surround a Read more…
Redefining resiliency “The overall mission for our projects is to reduce scarce resource use and be better environmental stewards.” When we initiated this discussion of key elements, we thought of the basics of Light, Air, Energy, Design and Sustainability. Leap/Step was a natural – our experience with them building the Sustainability Roadmap as Read more…
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership (ZGF) is more than a design firm. Their stewardship of People and Places has pushed boundaries and redefined environmentally appropriate design. When SwiftEnvirons embarked up this discussion of key elements, we thought of the basics of Light, Air, Energy and Design. SwiftEnvirons sat with Ted Hyman, FAIA, CEO of ZGF Read more…
When we started this discussion of key elements, we started with the basics of light, air and design. For Air, we would like to introduce the one and only Peter Hojerback, CEO of Avidicare from Lund, Sweden. http://Www.Avidicare.com With installations throughout Europe, Opragon started in Sweden and quickly grew as Read more…
Peter Rumsey and Alexis Karolies of Point/Energy Innovations When we initiated this discussion of key elements, we thought of the basics of Light, Air, Energy and Design. SwiftEnvirons sat with Peter Rumsey and Alexis Karolides in this installment of our discussion leadership in innovation and sustainability. Swift Environs: Your firm’s Read more…
It’s always exciting to see new a new building come out of the ground. In this case, congratulations to Dan Ramos of Ramco Enterprises, Jeff Leonhardt of RMW Architects, Daniel Corfee and entire the Buzz Oates Enterprises team. As Jeff put it, this building alongside I-80 in Davis is currently 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…
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…
How Sustainability is moving to decarbonization -more than operational carbon, imore 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, sharing his Read more…