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The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) has awarded LEED Gold certification to Ladysmith’s Community Services Centre, making it the city’s first structure to earn LEED credit. The red- and black-clad structure — located at High Street and Second Avenue — was completed in 2011, City Manager Ruth Malli said, and now houses the Ladysmith Resources Centre, the Ladysmith Food Back and the Ladysmith Seniors Centre. The Town of Ladysmith submitted an application fee of
$525 to the CaGBC alongside the building’s portfolio “in 2012,” Malli said. An additional $4,144 was paid for “certification fees,” Malli said. The application was submitted for consideration in the LEED Silver category, Mayor Rob Hutchins said, so LEED Gold certification “exceeded our expectations.” Building to LEED standards is now part of the Town’s energy plan, Malli said, and all new civic structures exceeding 5,000 square feet in size will be built to that standard. LEED certification, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is defined as “a third-party certification pro-
gram and an internationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings,” states the CaGBC’s website. Structures submitted for LEED assessment are judged on a variety of criteria with priority given to a candidate building’s energy and water efficiency, the sustainability of the building site, its “indoor environmental quality,” and the materials used in its construction. Buildings that measure up are certified in one of four categories: LEED Platinum, LEED Gold, LEED Silver and LEED Certified. See LEED Gold Page 4
City Manager Ruth Malli (left) and Mayor Rob Hutchins (right) announced the city’s first LEED Gold certification Thursday, Aug. 15, accompanied by Jack Maier, president of the Ladysmith Seniors Society, and Dennis Lait, executive director for the LRCA. Ladysmith’s new Community Services Centre — located at 630 Second Avenue and home to the food bank, the LRCA and the Ladysmith Seniors Centre — received the nod from the Canada Green Building Council earlier this year. Nick Bekolay
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