FIRST Q WILL SPEAK AT THE NEXT SMART CITY EXPO WORLD CONGRESS Mr. Ken Dooley, Technology Director of Granlund (www.granlund.fi, First Q Finnish member) will give a talk on “Solving the Smart Building User Experience” in the Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) that will take place in Barcelona (Spain, 19th to 21st November). The…
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First Q Network celebrated its general assembly meeting last 14th and 15th of May in Smits van Burgst offices in Zoetermeer (Holland). The most relevant issue of the meeting was the incorporation of a new member, the Swiss consulting engineering company Waldhauser + Hermann. With headquarters in Münchenstein, the company run by Marco Waldhauser was…
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For the second year in a row, Manens-Tifs wins the #GBCItalia Award in the Leadership&Design Performance category with the project of Prysmian Group Headquarters. Daniele Sartori, Project Manager of Manens-Tifs, has received the Award. For more details: www.gbcitalia.org/-/proclamati-i-vincitori-dei-gbc-italia-awards-2018
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Lavazza Headquarters, designed by Cino Zucchi Architetti, is featured in the latest USGBC+ magazine as the flagship LEED Platinum building in Italy: http://plus.usgbc.org/leeds-broad-applicability-in-europe-from-sweden-to-italy-to-germany/ . The building is still one of our benchmarks for the integrative process that was followed during design and sustainable commitment from the client. Currently we are preparing to calibrate the dynamic…
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Last week Alessandra Bessi – Senior Sustainability Specialist of Manens-Tifs – took part to @Greenbuild Europe in Amsterdam and was honoroued to met @Mahesh Ramanujam – President and CEO of @USGBC and @GBCI – and @Kay Killmann – Managing Director of @GBCI Europe. Alessandra also took part to the first @WELL Hackathon held for European…
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The team led by Abdr Architetti Associati, with Manens-Tifs, Proger and Studio Valle Progettazioni, has been awarded the competition for the design of the New Istat Headquarters in Rome. The Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat), a public research organisation, is the main producer of official statistics in the service of citizens and policy-makers. It…
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The project Caselle Open Mall won, at the 14th Annual Global RLI Awards, the “Highly Commended” award in the “RLI Future Project 2019” category. The intervention concerns the construction of a building complex for commercial activities, entertainment, food and services on a total area of 350,000 sqm with about 121,000 sqm of floor space. The…
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Manens-Tifs is the designer in charge for the development of the new National Oncological Scientific Centre, characterized by the most advanced technology of diagnosis and care for the treatment of cancers. It is a highly innovative complex both concerning the clinical-health aspect and the construction-architectural aspects. It includes, into a single new structure, the following…
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On the 3rd of may, the Rector of Padua University, Rosario Rizzuto, the Vicerector for building and security services, Francesca da Porto, and the General Director, Alberto Scuttari, visited the construction site of the New Humanistic Pole of the University of Padua. Guided by Giorgio Finotti (CEO of Manens-Tifs), they verified the advanced state of…
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02 September 2018 On 1 September, a brand-new zero-energy school opened its doors in Vuurkruisenlaan in Neder-Over-Heembeek (Brussels). Sophisticated interventions create a pleasant indoor climate, as was also evident during the past heat waves. The compound includes a school for over 300 pre-schoolers and a school for about 600 primary-school pupils, each with…
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