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BRISE SOLEIL French for “sun breaker,” the aluminum ribbing provides a break from glare and solar heat gain, positioned strategically on the buildings southern exposures.

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BIOTOPE A micro environment engineered as part of a built environment. QBG Biotope encourgaes biodiversity and responds to water sensitivity.

GREEN ROOF Vegetated rooftop system that helps reduce heat gain, manage stormwater, and improve insulation. It also supports urban biodiversity and contributes to the aesthetic and environmental performance of buildings, not to mention a unique contextual feature.

PERMEABLE QBG employs a permeable paver parking lot with embedded crushed bluestone aggregate. Parking islands are filled with native, low maintenance, drought tolerant vegetation. Temperatures are lower on the parking surface, retention of rain water improved, use of fossil fuel diminished.

APIARY QBG deploys Italian/Carnolian honey bees as part of a small apiculture repair program on property. The hives are positioned behind a fence in the middle of the site, leading up to the Administration building. The program helps establish new pollinators within the local ecosystem and improve floral blooms.

PAVERS Pavers born from recycled aggregates and set in beds of similar materials avoid the wet-set technique in Portland-based cement products, lowering the sites carbon footprint. Not to mention, this masonry assembly survives cold winters better and is much simpler to repair.

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