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Features 11. Building with a Chance of Law / Failure by the Province to enforce the rule of law in Douglas Creek Estates led to a settlement for neighbouring homeowners, but could result in uncertainty for developers. By Jeffrey W. Lem and David G. Reiner

14. LEEDing the Way in 2009 15. Developer of the Year: Windmill Development Group 18. Project of the Year: Fifth Town Artisan Cheese 21. Consultant of the Year: Enermodal Engineering 23. LEED AP in 2010 24. The LEED 2009 Inventory

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Cover: LEED Canada-NC Platinum-certified Fifth Town Artisan Cheese, Picton, Ontario. © Ben Rahn/ A-Frame Proud member of

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LEED or follow I’m going to assume you have not been living in a cave for the past seven years, and therefore you are familiar with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Canada green building rating system. This way I don’t have to start sounding like a broken record when I explain how it is “an industry-supported, nationally-accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings,” that “promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development; water savings; energy efficiency; materials selection; and indoor environmental quality.”

What is amazing about LEED is how fast it has become the industry standard for green buildings, with an estimated market penetration of 17.7 million square metres over close to 200 projects that have achieved some level of certification. With this kind of growth and penetration, it’s not surprising that there are detractors and critics of the system. And many of their criticisms have some merit. And sure, there are other building rating systems out there, too, some of them doing very good work in spreading the gospel of green and sustainable building methodologies, but let’s be honest, it seems LEED is the first in everyone’s vocabulary. Hold the program agenda of any national building and construction trade show or conference in your hand, close your eyes and throw a dart and you’ll probably hit a seminar that in some way discusses LEED. Or you could look at the rapidly-growing number of governments and private sector organizations that are adopting LEED certification in their policies, programming and operations, and are demanding that builders do so too if they want to do business together.

Being not just the end of a year but also the end of a decade, this is that time of year when we all become reflective and look back at what has happened. But instead of lapsing into hyperbole

about the near-Armageddon-type chain of events we’ve all lived through, as seemed to be the conversation de rigueur at holiday parties this season, we decided instead to concentrate on something good in our industry. As such, in this issue of Building we are spotlighting LEED — in the magazine are the buildings that achieved LEED certification in 2009, and expanded on our website are the companies behind these buildings.

We focused only on the established categories of LEED – New Construction (NC); Commercial Interiors (CI); Core & Shell (CS); Existing Buildings (EB) — but not LEED Canada for Homes, which was launched in Ontario and Quebec by the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) on March 3rd 2009.

In addition to not being active for the entire year, this category is different enough (eight scoring criteria rather than six, for example) that comparisons between projects would not be equal.

Our online feature involves a broad listing of the primary team members – designers, consultants, builders, suppliers etc.

– responsible for each building. We are attempting to create the first comprehensive overview of the major players in Canada’s building industry who are participating in furthering the importance and value of the LEED rating system, which by extension encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices.

Although details were not available for every category in every project, on our website you can see who was the developer; architect; LEED consultant; project manager; contractor; structural / mechanical / electrical / civil engineer; landscape architect; interior designer; commissioning agent; and one or two other categories, for almost every one of the 63 projects that were LEED certified in 2009. Many thanks to John Evans, who knocked on many doors, repeatedly, to fill in these categories. B

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MVVA selected as design lead for York Quay project

TORONTO — Selected from 15 submissions during a RFP process, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) has been chosen to lead the design of the York Quay Revitalization Project (phase two) for Waterfront Toronto and Harbourfront Centre, a decision based in part on their proposal to design an underground parking garage that replaces the 1.4 hectare surface parking lot currently on the site, which frees up the surface area for future public space and a cultural/retail village.

The proposed underground garage will direct sunlight and air from above grade down into the garage through openings, accompanied by an innovative uses of glass and lighting. In addition to the underground parking garage, phase two work will also include the planning and design of the overall York Quay cultural/retail village site and any necessary applications and zoning amendments, as well as the design and construction of a waterfront plaza called Canada Square and interim treatments for the remainder of the site.

Colliers enters the residential market, joins forces with FirstService

VANCOUVER & TORONTO — Colliers International has entered into a new real estate market segment by establishing a Residential Project Marketing group, which will provide developers with real estate marketing and sales services for large-scale

multi-unit residential projects. The addition of this new service line is part of Colliers International’s growth strategy as it enhances its services across multiple real estate market segments.

The new practice, headed by industry veteran Greg Ashley, is planned to expand its services into the U.S. and other markets abroad. The group will initially operate from both Vancouver and Toronto, providing developers with marketing services in all major markets across Canada.

Additionally, Colliers International and FirstService Real Estate Advisors announced that they will combine their operations and global platforms, operating as Colliers International in 61 countries under the FirstService REA operating partnership model. The combined company has more than 15,000 employees in 480 offices worldwide and generates more than $1.9 billion annually, now ranking as the third largest real estate services firm globally, the company stated in a press release.

Eberhard Zeidler wins Healthcare Lifetime Achievement Award

TORONTO — Eberhard Zeidler, Senior Partner Emeritus at Zeidler Partnership Architects was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA) at the Healthcare Design 09 Conference.

This award, which is the highest honour bestowed by the ACHA, is in recognition of a significant body of work of lasting influence on the theory and practice of healthcare architecture.

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MONTREAL — CREW Montreal handed out their first annual Awards of Excellence recently, celebrating the achievements of three women in the commercial real estate industry.

Chosen by a jury of peers, the recipients were: Verna Cuthbert, partner, Fasken Martineau (Excellence Award); Caroline Lacroix, director, communications, public affairs and marketing, SITQ (Rising Star Award); and Marie-Josée Turmel, executive director, capital markets and real estate investment professional (Women of Action Award).

CREW Montreal is the Quebec chapter of CREW Network (Commercial Real Estate Women), a North American commercial real estate organization connecting 8,000 members across 68 major markets.

Marie-Josée Turmel accepts her prize from Maarika Paul (far left), senior vice-president corporate services, Bell Canada, Michèle Boutet (right) president of CREW, and Lise Rochette (left), lawyer at Fasken Martineau.

Avison Young releases 2010 national real estate forecast for Canada

TORONTO — Several quarters into the recession, the Canadian real estate sector has not been entirely immune but appears to be weathering the downturn thanks to relatively sound, though shaken, market fundamentals, according to Avison Young’s 2010 National Forecast, which covers the Office, Industrial, Retail and Investment markets in 13 regions: Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto, GTA West/Mississauga, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, Halifax, Chicago and Washington, DC. “If anyone needs to be reminded, commercial real estate is a cyclical industry,” comments Mark E. Rose, Avison Young’s Chair and CEO. “In our 2009 Forecast last January, we predicted one overriding theme - decision-making would grind to a halt until key metrics stabilized and new trends appeared.

The dislocation in real estate lending and investing was so severe

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in March and April that the markets looked to be on the verge of collapse. Canada weathered the storm better than the U.S. and activity was down, but transactions were executed.”

According to the report, the national vacancy rate for office space in Canada is up 270 basis points (bps) to nine per cent since the close of 2008 and is poised to climb to the 10 per cent range by year-end 2010. Markets nationwide have experienced increases in vacancy as a result of less than stellar leasing velocity, which muted overall demand levels. The two strongest markets in Canada recently, Calgary (vacancy rate +410 bps to 10.1 per cent) and Toronto (vacancy rate +340 bps to 10.5 per cent), turned in the poorest performances, largely impacted by the delivery of new supply. In contrast, two of the smallest markets, Regina and Winnipeg, witnessed nominal increases in vacancy, rising to 1.5 per cent and 5.4 per cent, respectively, from 1.2 per cent and 4.8 per cent.

Strong residential market expected for early 2010

TORONTO — Canada’s housing sector is expected to remain “unusually strong” in the first half of the year, then trend towards a more balanced market, according to real estate broker Royal LePage. Improving economic conditions and steady low interest rates will stoke demand as 2010 gets under way, but higher home prices coupled with expectations of rising interest rates could cool the market later in the year.

“Our forecast is built upon an expectation that interest rates will ease upward before the year’s end, which should have a dampening effect on demand, allowing it to come into balance with the supply of resale homes on the market,” said Phil Soper, president and chief executive of Royal LePage Real Estate Services.

Home prices continued to rise in the fourth quarter of 2009, building on the momentum from the previous quarter. Accord-

ing to its house price survey, Royal LePage said the average price of a two-storey home in Canada rose 5.2 per cent to $353,026 in the fourth quarter. Nearly all of the 16 markets surveyed showed price gains in the fourth quarter, with Toronto and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia doing particularly well.

Enermodal opens Edmonton office

EDMONTON — Enermodal Engineering recently opened an office in Edmonton to further serve the expanding Alberta green building market. With existing offices in Kitchener, Calgary, Denver, and Toronto, Enermodal is responsible for 45 per cent of all LEED Canada certifications. “Although we have worked on projects in Edmonton in the past, we are excited to bring full-service green building consulting permanently to this city,” says Brian Pescod, business development coordinator for Enermodal Edmonton. “The fact that we now have two offices in Alberta shows the expansion of the green building market in the province.”

New Regent Park arts and cultural centre announced

TORONTO — Toronto Community Housing, The Daniels Corporation and Artscape have announced that they will be working collaboratively with the local community on the development and operation of a new arts and cultural centre in Regent Park. The announcement came on the heels of a commitment made by the Governments of Canada and Ontario that they will invest up to $12 million each in a new Regent Park Arts & Cultural Centre. The facility will be a new multi-tenant arts centre located on Dundas Street East between Sumach and Sackville Streets and will be designed by Toronto-based Diamond + Schmitt Architects.

The new Regent Park Arts & Cultural Centre will anchor culture as a primary driver in the community’s revitalization, both physically and symbolically.

Tenants will be selected by an RFP process in early 2010.

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New program helps advance energy efficiency in Toronto’s towers

TORONTO — Information on all the financial incentives available for high-rise energy efficiency retrofits is now just one phone call away. The new TowerWise Incentives Advisor service will provide a free, one-window information source for owners and managers of apartment buildings and condominiums in the City of Toronto on funding available from governments and utilities to boost water and energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve their building’s bottom line.

Partners in the Incentives Advisor service program include the Toronto Atmospheric Fund (TAF), the Greater Toronto Apartment Association (GTAA), the Canadian Condominium Institute, the Better Buildings Partnership (BBP), Enbridge Gas Distribution and Toronto Water. For more information see www.

TowerWise.ca.

REIT Round Up Artis acquires $72 million of office, retail and industrial properties

WINNIPEG — Artis REIT has acquired a 50 per cent interest in the five storey Kincaid Building and the two storey Cliveden Building in Vancouver, with its partner, Vancouver-based Kingswood Capital Corporation. The REIT also entered into

agreements to acquire an industrial property in Saskatoon, a retail property in West Bank, B.C., and a flex/industrial property in Edmonton. The aggregate purchase price of the completed and announced acquisitions is approximately $72 million.

Cominar acquires the Quartier Laval power centre

QUÉBEC CITY — Cominar REIT has acquired the recently built power centre Quartier Laval, located on Le Corbusier Boulevard in Laval, for $59.3 million. Located along Highway 15, near Highway 440 and the new Montmorency Metro station, Quartier Laval comprises 10 retail properties covering an area of 253,329 square feet, with the possibility of building an additional area of 71,500 square feet. This acquisition brings the value of Cominar’s real estate portfolio of 225 assets to more than $2 billion.

Whiterock closes acquisition of property in Montreal and Toronto

TORONTO — Whiterock REIT has completed the $45.3 million purchase of two properties: a 225,000 square foot distribution centre in Montreal and an 87,105 square foot office building in downtown Toronto, with long term leases to Molson and Technicolor Creative Services Canada Inc., respectively.

Whiterock’s partner on these acquisitions is Toronto-based investment firm Return on Innovation Capital Inc.

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SIR — The Vancouver Olympic Village site came very close to becoming just more tall pointed towers just like the north shore of False Creek. But the Planning Commission had a number of architects and planners that had studied in more places than North America and proposed the high rise density in mid-rise form (courtyard and street geometry instead of tower pavilions).

The planning and housing department staff had never heard of any of this, and even when given the math, they did not believe how mid-rise geometry works in urban form. The public realm component was extremely important; the commission has just held a public design competition for 210 places for 2010.

The misconception that high rises meant more views was proven wrong in this depth of site and, in fact, left that option open for those that still wanted to provide that more inefficient form to the south.

So the Commission recommended staff look outside for people who knew more livable options, and the human scale and park-like environment of the village is the result. No loss of units, more public space, green energy capture, and no towers – all contrary to the scare stories of the banking end (these were more a result of the world banking hiccups and unfortunate timing).

Partly as a result of the new learning, the Cambie corridor is moving to mid-rise options for combined density, and non-combustible, longer lasting buildings with the addition of greater opportunity for upper terraces and penthouses, as per the European bylaw approach.

Richard Balfour, MAIBC Past Chair, Vancouver City Planning Commission (VCPC)

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Adele Weder’s name on page 19 of the October-November 2009 issue was misspelled. We regret the error.

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BY JEFFREY W. LEM AND DAVID G. REINERLEM

Building With a Chance of Law

Failure by the Province to enforce the rule of law in Douglas Creek Estates led to a settlement for neighbouring homeowners, but could also result in uncertainty for developers.

While lawlessness can be expected in remote corners of the world, the idea that it is happening in the heart of Ontario, a mere few miles from the financial heartland of Canada, is positively unfathomable.

A civil lawsuit against the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Province of Ontario, initially filed in 2007, has recently settled. The plaintiffs had been seeking damages in the amount of $7 million, together with an apology for the treatment afforded the plaintiff homeowners and their son after native protests erupted on neighbouring lands. While the plaintiffs’ pecuniary interests were surely satisfied, neither party having admitted liability, it is unlikely that they received the sought-after apology.

The plaintiffs, David Brown and Dana Chartwell, owned a home on Argyle Street in Caledonia, Ont. In addition to it being their family home (the evidence suggests that Ms. Chartwell grew up in this home), testimony in the trial suggests that Ms. Chartwell ran a hairdressing salon out of the basement of the Argyle Street property. The property abutted a 28-hectare residential development then known as the Douglas Creek Estates which, if developed, would have brought up to a thousand new homes to the area -- many of whose residents would have been potential customers of the hairdressing salon on Argyle Street.

What we have in Ontario is a conscious and systemic abandonment by governmental authorities of the very laws that they were charged to enact and uphold.

These background facts are largely undisputed.

In 2006, the local Haudenosaunnee and Six Nations Confederacy literally seized the Douglas Creek Estates, established armed roadblocks in and around the development site, and began charging extra-governmental “development fees” to builders through the Haudenosaunee Development Institute, requiring all builders along the Haldimand Tract to pay fees to the First Nations and to recognize Six Nations jurisdiction and authority. The occupation of the Douglas Creek Estates, now re-named “Kanonhstaton” continues to this day, even though the fee simple in Douglas Creek Estates cum Kanonhstaton has since been purchased by the province.

There also does not appear to be any dispute over the rampant

Jeffrey W. Lem, B.Comm. (U of T), LL.B. (Osgoode), LL.M. (Osgoode), practises in the areas of commercial real estate and finance with the law firm of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, and has been called to the bar in Ontario, England and Wales. He is an executive member of the Real Property Section of the Ontario Bar Association and is editor-in-chief of the Real Property Reports, published

by Carswell Thomson Professional Publishing.

David G. Reiner, B.Comm. (Concordia), LL.B. (Osgoode) is an associate practising in the area of commercial real estate at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP and is called to the Bar in Ontario.

This article provides general information only and is not intended to provide specific legal advice.

Readers should not act or rely on information in this article without seeking specific legal advice on their particular fact situations.

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lawlessness that has characterized life in and about the Douglas Creek Estates since the occupation began. Argyle Street itself was closed to traffic after native protestors barricaded the street with a downed hydro tower and a jack-knifed transport truck; Caledonia lost its hydro-electricity after the transformer station servicing the area was destroyed over the 2006 Victoria Day weekend; hundreds of tires were lit ablaze as cars were thrown off the seized Highway 6 overpass; two local television crewmen were hospitalized after being attacked by protesters annoyed at their news coverage; two OPP officers were physically seized by protes-

Property values across Ontario and, indeed, the country, can all suffer if it is perceived by the wider international investment community that Ontario’s rule of law, while sophisticated and progressive on the books, is nonetheless only selectively enforced by governmental authorities, all at the whim of the government of the day, and often without recourse. tors and wrestled from their car, which was then subsequently used to try to run them over; local citizens were required to apply for “passports” from the Six Nations before passing checkpoints approaching the disputed lands; and a local builder and his nephew were both badly beaten, with the builder suffering a severe brain injury as a result.

The list goes on, and so far, there seems to be little, if any, suggestion that these events did not happen pretty much as described.

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Even if it can be said that such violence and destructiveness is to be expected or cannot reasonably be avoided in the case of spontaneous civil unrest, what has been absolutely bizarre (and what was ultimately at the root of the Brown and Chartwell litigation) is the apparent unwillingness of the police to do anything whatsoever, over a prolonged period of time, to prevent or stop such blatant and dangerous lawlessness. In fact, aside from a failed police raid in 2006, almost every single one of the mainstream media sources, irrespective of political bent, have concluded that the OPP have stood idly by observing the lawlessness but refusing to act even when they were otherwise in a position to protect citizens and property and assert the rule of law.

The litigation sought damages for the pain and suffering for what the National Post eloquently described as a long-running “corrosive strain” and a “god-awful life” that had become the day-to-day life of Caledonia residents living in the vicinity of Kanonhstaton.

Included in those damages was presumably some sort of a claim for the resulting diminution in value of the plaintiffs’ Argyle Street home. The property was estimated to be worth approximately $400,000 had the Douglas Creek Estates been developed and built as originally planned. The plaintiffs asserted that the property has plummeted in value to just over $50,000 in light of the police inability or unwillingness to enforce the rule of law and the proximity of the plaintiffs’ property to the occupied lands.

While damage quantification and contributory negligence are questions that would have had to be determined by the court, the court’s ruling on the bigger policy issues arising from the Caledonia situation generally would have been the bigger story. If only some of the conduct attributable to the police and the province was substantiated by the court, then what we have in Ontario is a conscious and systemic abandonment by governmental authorities of the very laws that they were charged to enact and uphold -- a deliberate and repeated abandonment of the rule of law favouring one group of citizens at the expense of others.

The implications of this settlement go far beyond investment in and around the Haldimand Tract. Property values across Ontario and, indeed, the country, can all suffer if it is perceived by the wider international investment community that Ontario’s rule of law, while sophisticated and progressive on the books, is nonetheless only selectively enforced by governmental authorities, all at the whim of the government of the day, and often without recourse. On a micro scale, it is comforting to see that Mr. Brown and Ms. Chartwell were compensated for their suffering and that the Kanonhstaton builders were bought out by the province. However, it may not be a sustainable model on the macro level. The province will not be able to buy out or compensate all of the victims and will eventually have to enforce the rule of law to protect them. Until then, the rule of law can best be described as a chance of law. B

NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT

For Qualifying Owners of Property on Which Certain Organic Asphalt Shingles Manufactured by CertainTeed Corporation Are Or Have Been Installed What Is The Litigation About? In this lawsuit, In re: CertainTeed Corporation Roofing Shingles Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1817, filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Representative Plaintiffs (representatives of owners of buildings on which certain CertainTeed Organic Shingles had been installed) alleged that the CertainTeed Organic Shingles are subject to premature failure and otherwise do not perform in accordance with the reasonable expectations of users. CertainTeed Corporation denies these allegations and asserts that the vast majority of the shingles are free of any defect and will last throughout the warranty period. In December 2009, CertainTeed and the Representative Plaintiffs reached a proposed class action settlement to resolve this dispute. Further information about this lawsuit and related Settlement is available in the Standard Long Form Notice, Settlement Agreement, and other documents located on the Settlement Website.

What Shingles Are The Subject Of This Lawsuit? The shingles that are the subject of this lawsuit (called CertainTeed Organic Shingles throughout this Notice) are organic asphalt shingles manufactured from July 1, 1987 through 2005 under the brand names Hallmark Shangle, Independence Shangle, Horizon Shangle, Custom Sealdon, Custom Sealdon 30, Sealdon 20, Sealdon 25, Hearthstead, Solid Slab, Master Slab, Custom Saf-T-Lok, Saf-T-Lok, and Custom Lok 25. However, not all shingles marketed with these brand names were CertainTeed Organic Shingles. The Horizon, Independence, Hallmark, and Hearthstead brands were marketed in both organic and fiberglass formulations.

CertainTeed no longer manufactures these CertainTeed Organic Shingles; all shingles sold after 2005 are fiberglass shingles and are not part of this Settlement. Although the settlement covers potential class members throughout the U.S. and Canada, the organic shingles in question were sold primarily in the upper Midwestern states and in the Canadian provinces north of those states. To find out if your shingles are CertainTeed Organic Shingles and for more information about whether you are eligible to file a claim, access the “Claim Eligibility” tab on the website shown at the end of this Notice, or call CertainTeed at 1-888- 898-4111.

Who Is Involved? To receive a payment from this Settlement, you must be a Class Member. You are a Class Member if: • As of December 15, 2009, you were the owner of a home or other building in the United States or Canada, on which CertainTeed Organic Shingles were or had been installed; OR • You owned such a building prior to December 15, 2009, but sold or transferred the building and at the time of the sale or transfer retained the right to make a claim for the shingles pursuant to a valid documented assignment; OR • You settled a warranty claim with CertainTeed regarding CertainTeed Organic Shingles between August 1, 2006, and the Effective Date of this Agreement. If you previously filed a claim concerning your CertainTeed Organic Shingles in any court of law, and the claim was resolved with a final judgment, you are bound by that resolution whether or not that judgment was favorable to you; you do not qualify for any additional payment under the Settlement.

As a Class Member, you qualify for a payment only if you are an Eligible Claimant. This means that your shingles are damaged pursuant to the criteria set forth in the Settlement Agreement AND evidence shows that the damaged condition was caused by a product defect rather than improper installation or other causes that are not the fault of CertainTeed.

What Are The Settlement Terms? In summary, this Settlement provides enhanced compensation for the removal and replacement of Organic Shingles during the warranty period. Each valid claim will be paid in accordance with the formulas set forth in the Settlement Agreement. The amount paid per claimant depends upon a number of factors such as (1) whether the claimant originally purchased the shingles; (2) the terms of the warranty; (3) how many damaged shingles are on the roof; (4) how long the shingles have been on the roof; (5) whether the shingles are damaged as defined in the Settlement Agreement; (6) whether the damage was due to a manufacturing defect or was caused by circumstances outside of CertainTeed’s control; and (7) whether the claimant has already settled the warranty claim under CertainTeed’s standard warranty. The amount paid per claimant is fixed as specified in the Settlement Agreement regardless of how many or how few claims are actually filed.

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LEEDers of the Pack What’s great about a certification system based on points is that you get a total score at the end. It’s not arbitrary or dependant on ephemeral aesthetic criteria, points are awarded by an independent review and an audit of selected credits, and their process is one of measurements and statistics. Things you can prove. Which means in this more binary system, you either earn the point or you don’t.

Although awkward, a natural analogy is that of a sporting contest. And like any game, although we respect every player, the ones with the highest points deserve special attention. This is why we singled out three distinct entities for special recognition — Project of the Year, Developer of the Year, and Consultant of the Year — because, put simply, they did the most to fulfill the philosophy codified in the LEED rating system.

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DEVELOPER OF THE YEAR Windmill Development Group — The Currents Residences, Ottawa, Ontario It tends to be brave, smaller-sized early adopters who first embrace a rating system that judges energy efficiency and environmental stewardship, which is why the names of large, well established firms – who tend to be the slowest to change – don’t repeatedly show up in a list like this. But Windmill Development Group breaks that mould, and are thinking outside the box when it comes to building high-performance buildings. This may be why their 10-storey condominium tower The Currents Residences is the only one to garner a Platinum rating in 2009, and even tied the same number of points achieved by a small boutique cheese-making operation. An accomplishment worth recognizing.

PROJECT OF THE YEAR

Fifth Town Artisan Cheese, Picton, Ontario Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Company made it clear from the very beginning to everyone involved in building them a new production building and retail outlet that they wanted to integrate traditional cheese-making methods and craftsmanship with leading-edge sustainable technologies. The result: the highest rated (a tie) project of 2009.

CONSULTANT OF THE YEAR

Enermodal Engineering If you make a list of all the companies that had a hand in the projects achieving LEED certification in 2009, the name that comes up the most is Enermodal Engineering. In a way this can’t be that surprising, since Enermodal delivered the LEED 2009 Rating System, employees serve as LEED Faculty members, and president Stephen Carpenter was appointed chair of the Technical Advisory Committee. They are involved in a whopping 250 LEED projects across North America, and are responsible for 45 per cent of all LEED Canada certified buildings (including our Project of the Year, Fifth Town Artisan Cheese).

Developer of the Year

By Jonathan Westeinde

Thinking green making green The Currents in Ottawa is the third multi-residential project to garner a LEED Platinum rating for a young development company with truly lofty ambitions.

The Windmill Development Group was formed in 2003 with the intent to be a visionary real estate development and services group with expertise in brownfield redevelopment, green developments and environmental consulting services. The intent was to deliver a triple bottom line approach which ensured environmental, social and financial considerations are integrated in all Windmill projects.

With this objective in mind we had not heard of the LEED rating system when forming Windmill and it was our intent to simply design and develop projects based on a triple bottom line philosophy. That philosophy has not changed, but LEED has evolved as a very valuable rating system to bring market validation to the environmental elements of a triple bottom line development approach.

In October 2009 Windmill achieved a LEED Platinum rating on The Currents multi-residential project in Ottawa, which was a former brownfield site. This is the third LEED Platinum multiresidential building completed by Windmill and Windmill’s projects remain the only LEED Platinum multi-residential buildings in the world that we are aware of. Other Windmill LEED Platinum projects include the Vento in Calgary and we were the founding developer behind Dockside Green in Victoria, B.C. in partnership with Vancity. The only word to best describe how we achieved LEED Platinum on the various projects is “perseverance.”

Many established developers have challenges moving from the ‘traditional development model’ because their systems and relationships are so deeply embedded and the market-to-date has been providing little financial incentive to justify changing the status quo. We were committed to changing that paradigm,

demonstrating that triple bottom line projects could, at a minimum, match all financial metrics of traditional development but ideally outperform them while still providing strong social and environmental benefits. That required a lot more time invested up front in establishing and clearly defining unambiguous project objectives and goals prior to engaging any consultants.

Ultimately development is about building community, and community buy-in is an inherent part and cost of creating a successful development. As a result, all our projects started by engaging the local community and municipal authorities early to determine what elements they felt were important to be incorporated into our projects. Once we had the project scope well defined we then went out to select the best consultants to help us deliver on the plan. We engaged them on the condition that they are prepared to learn on the job and are committed to designing to various environmental and efficiency goals set versus simply meeting the required building codes.

Our final team consisted of Busby Perkins + Will Architects and Keen Engineering (since bought by Stantec) for all three projects, RJC Structural engineers on our Calgary and Victoria projects and Adjeleian Allen Rubeli Structural engineers for The Currents in Ottawa. Buildgreen Solutions (a Windmill Company) acted as our LEED consultants for Victoria and Calgary with some great help from Sustainability Solutions Group on our Ottawa project. The team was very effective in bringing new ideas to the table and finding great solutions to meeting our goals. The next challenge was to ensure the projects could be built at comparable costs to standard projects. building

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Previous page & far left: The Currents was built on a former brownfield, and the kitchens employ FSC-certified wood. Left: The mixed-use Dockside Green, co-owned by Windmill West and Vancity Credit Union, has Platinum ratings for both LEED-CS and Stage 2 LEED-ND.

Finding ‘green’ in green Achieving a viable financial model for these projects required tackling two key industry problems: inherent fear of the unknown priced into contractor pricing; and the lack of lifecycle costing consideration in traditional real estate finance models. The first was very time consuming to create supplier relationships that could meet our project objectives without dramatically increasing costs. As an example, we specified the first VOC-free kitchens in the market that were to be made from wheat board versus VOC-laden particleboard. We researched the fact that a four-foot by eight-foot sheet of wheat board could be purchased for the same price as a four-foot by eight-foot sheet of particleboard, so logic suggested there should not be a great price differential. The subcontractors returned with pricing twice as high — the main reason being fear of using an unknown material. After working with a few open minded suppliers, primarily Deslaurier Kitchens based in Ottawa, we were able to get our kitchens supplied for $100 more per kitchen than traditional — an acceptable premium.

Increasingly the development industry is becoming aware of the conflict of interest created between how we currently finance buildings and long term environmental performance or lifecycle costing. The traditional real estate finance model is broken down into two distinct silos: first, initial capital costs that are financed with short term construction financing which motivates the industry to build the buildings as cheaply as possible; and secondly, long term financing which is generally financed by various long term mortgage vehicles with the operating costs themselves generally being the burden of the building occupant with no real bearing on the initial developer or long term financer.

There are various reasons for this approach, but it provides little or no incentive for the various parties to spend a little more money up front to save a lot of money over time to maximize the life-cycle economics of the building. Windmill realized achieving a successful triple bottom line development would require as much design innovation as it would financial innovation. We approached all our projects on the basis that people are not prepared to pay more up front for a green development but they are prepared to pay for their improvements through life-cycle savings mechanisms. This resulted in all our projects having about a three per cent capital cost premium over the traditional approach, but with that cost premium having about a seven year payback with great long term returns to building owners and occupants.

To tackle this we introduced a life-cycle finance vehicle called

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the Green Loan which provided for a mechanism to pay back the three per cent capital cost premium as part of the operating cost budget of the new development. We were then able to syndicate these loans to private investors and exit our projects cost neutral to a traditional development approach. It also enabled our buyers to buy a much higher performing and healthier product at the same price as a traditional comparison while still benefiting from long term operating savings and in the middle a lender was able to make some money. We view this financial innovation a winwin-win-win for developer, buyer, lender and the environment.

The next steps In 2007/2008 I had the honour of chairing an expert advisory committee for a report entitled Green Buildings In North America: Challenges and Opportunities (www.cec.org/greenbuilding) with participants from Mexico, The United States and Canada on behalf of the Centre for Environmental Cooperation (the environmental governance body of the NAFTA accord). This comprehensive report made it abundantly clear that all the attention was being focused on new green high performance real estate projects but the real problem was the existing building stock. If every new project in North America going forward was built to a LEED Platinum standard it would make a very minor impact compared to the significant impact of bringing the existing building stock up to optimum performance. The report concluded, as verified by various similar reports by McKinsey Consulting, the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE), the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) and others, that the North American building sector has the potential to see annual greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions of up to 1,711 metric tons by 2030, nearly equivalent to the 1,756 metric tons of GHG emissions from the entire U.S. transportation sector in 2000, and this could be achieved profitably. It is now fully recognized today that one-third of global primary energy is used just to maintain existing building structures and keep them running.

The energy embedded in the concrete, steel, processed wood, and other materials used in construction inflate this figure. According to several estimates, more than half of North America’s primary energy and 30 to 40 per cent of GHG emissions directly or indirectly are a result of buildings. Efficient green buildings have the potential to save around 70 to 90 per cent of traditional energy use, and often several per cent in capital cost, but they offer several more valuable economic benefits that enhance financial returns and asset marketability for a real estate owner.

LEED Canada - NC 1.0

The Currents - Residences

Green Building Rating System

CaGBC Project # 10168 September 18, 2009

Platinum Rating Achieved

53 Points Achieved

Certified 26-32 points

Silver 33-38 points

Gold 39-51 points

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Y Prereq 1 Erosion & Sedimentation Control Required 1 Credit 1 Site Selection 1 1 Credit 2 Development Density 1 1 Credit 3 Redevelopment of Contaminated Site 1 1 Credit 4.1 Alternative Transportation, Public Transportation Access 1 1 Credit 4.2 Alternative Transportation, Bicycle Storage & Changing Rooms 1 1 Credit 4.3 Alternative Transportation, Alternative Fuel Vehicles 1 1 Credit 4.4 Alternative Transportation, Parking Capacity 1 1 Credit 5.1 Reduced Site Disturbance, Protect or Restore Open Space 1 Credit 5.2 Reduced Site Disturbance, Development Footprint 1 Credit 6.1 Stormwater Management, Rate and Quantity 1 1 Credit 6.2 Stormwater Management, Treatment 1 1 Credit 7.1 Heat Island Effect, Non-Roof 1 Credit 7.2 Heat Island Effect, Roof 1 1 Credit 8 Light Pollution Reduction 1 5 Water Efficiency

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Platinum 52-70 points

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Storage & Collection of Recyclable Required Building Reuse: Maintain 75% of Existing Walls, Floors & Roof 1 Building Reuse: Maintain 95% of Existing Walls, Floors & Roof 1 Building Reuse: Maintain 50% of Interior Non-Structural Elements 1 Construction Waste Management: Divert 50% from landfill 1 Construction Waste Management: Divert 75% from landfill 1 Resource Reuse: 5% 1 Resource Reuse: 10% 1 Recycled Content: 7.5% post-consumer (+ ½ post-industrial) 1 Recycled Content: 15% post-consumer (+ ½ post-industrial) 1 Regional Materials: 10% Extracted & Manufactured Regionally 1 Regional Materials: 20% Extracted & Manufactured Regionally 1 Rapidly Renewable Materials 1 Certified Wood 1 Durable Building 1

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Fundamental Building Systems Commissioning Minimum Energy Performance CFC Reduction in HVAC&R Equipment Optimize Energy Performance Renewable Energy, 5% Renewable Energy, 10% Renewable Energy, 20% Best Practice Commissioning Ozone Protection Measurement & Verification Green Power

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Minimum IAQ Performance Required Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Control Required Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Monitoring 1 Ventilation Effectiveness 1 Construction IAQ Management Plan: During Construction 1 Construction IAQ Management Plan: Testing before Occupancy 1 Low-Emitting Materials: Adhesives & Sealants 1 Low-Emitting Materials: Paints & Coatings 1 Low-Emitting Materials: Carpet 1 Low-Emitting Materials: Composite Wood & Laminate Adhesives 1 Indoor Chemical & pollutant Source Control 1 Controllability of Systems: Perimeter Spaces 1 Controllability of Systems: Non-perimeter spaces 1 Thermal Comfort: Compliance with ASHRAE 55-2004 1 Thermal Comfort: Monitoring 1 Daylight & Views: Daylight 75% of Spaces 1 Daylight & Views: Views 90% of Spaces 1

5 Innovation & Design Process

While Windmill has some exciting planned new developments underway my focus has shifted to working with a new initiative centred on renewing the existing building stock. Given the enormity of the challenge, the market for existing green building retrofits is expected to grow by up to eight times over the coming decade — greatly overshadowing the annual volume of new construction. This has culminated in the launch of a new initiative called LedcorRenew driven by the Ledcor Group based in Vancouver.

Ledcor is a leading construction and infrastructure company across North America and has been committed to sustainable development and building practices for many years. Ledcor is a founding member of the CaGBC and have positioned themselves in a unique way with a platform of technologies, partnerships, services and in-depth understanding of building construction that will greatly simplify and reduce the risk and challenges existing building owners face in renewing their existing building stock.

Driving the new LedcorRenew initiative, I am looking forward to being part of the industry making great progress in realizing the building sectors’ potential of achieving up to 40 per cent

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Innovation in Design: Exceptional Performance: Water Use Reduction Innovation in Design: Exceptional Performance -Recycled Content Innovation in Design: Exceptional Performance - Regional Materials Innovation in Design: Green Houskeeping LEED Accredited Professional

of North America’s GHG reduction target over the next 20 to 50 years. This will not happen without the industry in general celebrating successes to date, throwing out the status quo and bringing a cycle of innovation to the sector comparable to that of the IT sector in the 1990s. Ultimately, the building industry is transforming from a technically sluggish manufacturing-type business to a knowledge industry. The result will not only renew the existing building stock but it will also tackle another significant sectoral problem of renewing the workforce with talented and ambitious new graduates. B Jonathan Westeinde is Managing Partner at Ottawa-based Windmill Development Group, Ltd. building

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Project of the Year

A different kind of green cheese The cheese itself may not be green in colour, but the new facility for Fifth Town Artisan Cheese is almost as ‘green’ as you can get. And they’ve got the LEED points to prove it.

Prince Edward County, approximately two hours east of Toronto and 45 minutes south of Belleville, Ont., is best-known for the giant sand dunes of Sandbanks Provincial Park. However the county has traditionally subsisted on its agricultural, shipping and fishing industries, and in the early 20th century the county boasted over 40 small-scale cheese factories. Today there remains only two: the Black River Cheese Cooperative (circa 1901); and Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Company (circa 2008).

In March of 2009, the Fifth Town Artisan Cheese factory became the first industrial building in Canada to achieve the much-lauded Platinum rating under the LEED green building rating system, achieving 53 points and losing only one targeted point during the review process. From start to finish the project took almost five years to complete, opening on Canada Day weekend in July 2008. The construction itself, stalled twice due to budget constraints, took just over 11 months to complete and was undertaken by Belleville-based K. Knudsen Construction Ltd., the first LEED project for that firm.

One of the most difficult points to achieve in a LEED project is credit MRc7 – Certified Wood. This credit requires that at least 50 per cent of the cost of all wood used in the building be Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified. The difficulty lies in two areas; the extra cost of FSC products, and the difficulty in sourcing them, especially sheet goods. In Fifth Town’s case, the General Contractor had to purchase much more plywood than necessary from a B.C. supplier in order to be able to receive a delivery and achieve the credit. Another problem lies in the need to ‘comfortably’ achieve the 50 per cent certified wood threshold without incurring unnecessary extra expenses for a project. Since

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Photos by Ben Rahn/ A-Frame

By Francis Lapointe

knowing what the costs of goods purchased are often lags one or two months behind the pace of construction, GC’s are forced to guess at the right quantity of FSC lumber versus traditional lessexpensive lumber to ensure the project gains the LEED credit.

The unusual structural system for this project also complicated its construction. The majority of the building is built of Durisol stay-in-place concrete wall forms systems manufactured from a slurry of concrete and waste wood chips and filled with 50 per cent slag concrete, both contributing greatly to the MRc4 Recycled Content credits. Due to the large quantity of re-bar in the narrow six-inch wall cavity, the GC elected to use Lafarge’s Agilia Concrete mix, which easily and quickly fills all voids. The problem was that the closest concrete plant capable of mixing this product was located on the mainland and more than an hour away from the site. Careful coordination of concrete mixes and deliveries where required in order to achieve the necessary design strength, which fortunately exceeded the minimum by 25 to 50 per cent.

Another important feature of the cheese factory is its underground cheese-aging caves, buried under four feet of dirt. A sloping concrete tunnel links the main building to the caves, which are located approximately 40 feet away. The caves are constructed of conventional cast-in-place concrete floors, walls and ceiling, but the interior finish had to be smoother and less porous than the norm. Some minimal grinding and polishing was necessary, as was rubbing with a burlap bag and cement slurry mix. The interior needed to remain unsealed, as the concrete is both a thermal mass and a sponge, regulating both moisture and temperature, a critical consideration for cheese aging.

Previous page, above & right: The Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Company aims to integrate traditional methods and craftsmanship with leading-edge sustainable technologies in a new 403-sq.-m. production building and retail outlet.

Cheese has needs Making cheese is an energy-intensive process, requiring vast amounts of energy to both heat and cool the raw ingredient (milk) and resulting product (cheese). In order to make the most efficient use of energy in this project, Enermodal Engineering (the base building M/E and prime LEED consultant) recommended a 12-ton geothermal heat exchanger combined with a horizontal ground loop comprised of 5,250 linear feet of PEX tubing buried five feet below grade, resting directly on the limestone bedrock. Construction on the geothermal field started in early December 2007, which meant that the excavated soil was frozen by the time it was ready to backfill.

The GC suggested we encase the PEX piping in six inches of lean concrete prior to backfill with native material. This solved two problems: it ensured that the piping would not be damaged by the frozen backfill but more importantly, it provided a ‘covering’ thermal mass sealed directly against the limestone bedrock, increasing thermal conductance between the two materials and the PEX piping.

The geothermal heat pump provides a majority of the heating and cooling for the base building as well as some of the process heat and all the refrigeration. Heat extracted from the watercooled underground cheese-aging caves as well as the walk-in and retail refrigerators is stored in a holding tank, where it pre-heats domestic hot water for washrooms and the sanitation of the factory. It is this exchange of heat from process to base building and back that resulted in such an increase in efficiency for this project. The careful design and installation of these systems allowed Fifth Town to achieve nine out of the possible 10 points for credit EAc1 - Optimized Energy Performance.

The rural setting of the Fifth Town Cheese factory also allowed the designers to implement a unique wastewater treatment system, know as a “constructed wetland.” After looking at several other options, Toronto-based Aqua Technologies was hired to design and supply an effluent treatment facility that could process (to tertiary levels) the chemically-unique waste streams typical in a cheese factory. Those three waste streams include sanitary waste, wash water (sometimes acidic) and whey, which is high in BOD (biochemical oxygen demand). The solution involves the careful balancing of the three waste streams to somewhat neutralize each other in a balance tank, prior to being pumped into a three-celled constructed wetland.

Getting the system to operate well proved to be difficult.

PROJECT TEAM Owner / Developer: Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Co. Architect: Lapointe Architects (Francis Lapointe, Paul Dolick, Kathy Kurtz. Michael del Puerto) Structural Engineer: Blackwell Bowick Partnership Limited Mechanical & Electrical Engineer: Enermodal Engineering Inc. Civil Engineer: The Greer Galloway Group Inc. Contractor: K. Knudsen Construction Ltd. Landscape Architect: Roger Todhunter Associates Storm Water Management: The Greer Galloway Group Inc. Other specialist consultants: Aqua Treatment Technologies Inc (constructed wetland) Mechanical Contractor: Adams Heating and Cooling Controls Contractor: Hamilton-Smith Ltd. Electrician: Greenbush Electric LEED & Energy Consultant / Commissioning Agent: Enermodal Engineering Inc.

Finding a mechanical contractor willing to take on the installation and commissioning of these complex systems also proved to be a difficult task. Due to ongoing process equipment design delays, the base building mechanical work was treated as a cash allowance during the tender process, which eventually proved to be substantially undersized. In the end, Adams Plumbing and Heating together with Belleville-based Hamilton Smith Ltd. (controls) agreed to take on the task of installing and commissioning the base building and some of the process equipment.

At the end of the project, it was estimated that the building contained over five miles of tubing, piping and wiring!

Not all created equal As insiders will attest, the LEED NC 1.0 rating system had some flaws, most of which have now been addressed in the recently revised version, LEED 2009. Under NC 1.0, one of the principle flaws was the lack of correlation between the value of a credit and its actual construction cost. In Fifth Town’s case, achieving SSc 4.4-Alternative Transportation: parking capacity required the installation of a single car-pooling sign and base, a $500 value. Compare that with the building

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LEED Canada - NC 1.0

Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Co.

Green Building Rating System

CaGBC Project # 10325 March 12, 2009

Platinum Rating Achieved

53 Points Achieved

Certified 26-32 points 8 Sustainable Sites Y 1

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$60,000 cost to install on-site renewable energy-producing devices such as the 1.6 kW photovoltaic panels and the 3.6 kW windmill, which combined resulted in only two LEED points for this project.

Other ‘easy’ credits included the green housekeeping program, which was already a mandate from the client and a necessity when treating waste in an on-site septic system. For cost saving reasons and to ensure another point, a majority of the exterior lighting was deleted from the project, ensuring that SSc8-Light Pollution Reduction would be achieved. Similarly, providing no potable water for irrigation (only harvested rain water supplemented by untreated well water is used) was a cost effective way to achieve WEc1 – Water Efficient Landscaping. For a company like Fifth Town, whose corporate philosophy is founded on the production of ‘green’ cheeses, implementing a green education program allowed it to achieve several objectives. Of course, while the LEED Innovation and Design point was welcomed, the education program itself makes up a large portion of the company’s marketing strategy. Cheese-makerfor-a-day and green building tours often concluded with a wine and

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Minimum IAQ Performance Required Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Control Required Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Monitoring 1 Ventilation Effectiveness 1 Construction IAQ Management Plan: During Construction 1 Construction IAQ Management Plan: Testing before Occupancy 1 Low-Emitting Materials: Adhesives & Sealants 1 Low-Emitting Materials: Paints & Coatings 1 Low-Emitting Materials: Carpet 1 Low-Emitting Materials: Composite Wood & Laminate Adhesives 1 Indoor Chemical & Pollutant Source Control 1 Controllability of Systems: Perimeter Spaces 1 Controllability of Systems: Non-perimeter spaces 1 Thermal Comfort: Compliance with ASHRAE 55-2004 1 Thermal Comfort: Monitoring 1 Daylight & Views: Daylight 75% of Spaces 1 Daylight & Views: Views 90% of Spaces 1

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Possible Points

Storage & Collection of Recyclable Required Building Reuse: Maintain 75% of Existing Walls, Floors & Roof 1 Building Reuse: Maintain 95% of Existing Walls, Floors & Roof 1 Building Reuse: Maintain 50% of Interior Non-Structural Elements 1 Construction Waste Management: Divert 50% from landfill 1 Construction Waste Management: Divert 75% from landfill 1 Resource Reuse: 5% 1 Resource Reuse: 10% 1 Recycled Content: 7.5% post-consumer (+ ½ post-industrial) 1 Recycled Content: 15% post-consumer (+ ½ post-industrial) 1 Regional Materials: 10% Extracted & Manufactured Regionally 1 Regional Materials: 20% Extracted & Manufactured Regionally 1 Rapidly Renewable Materials 1 Certified Wood 1 Durable Building 1

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Platinum 52-70 points

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Water Efficient Landscaping, Reduce by 50% Water Efficient Landscaping, No Potable Use or No Irrigation Innovative Wastewater Technologies Water Use Reduction, 20% Reduction Water Use Reduction, 30% Reduction

13 Energy & Atmosphere

Gold 39-51 points

Erosion & Sedimentation Control Required Site Selection 1 Development Density 1 Redevelopment of Contaminated Site 1 Alternative Transportation, Public Transportation Access 1 Alternative Transportation, Bicycle Storage & Changing Room 1 Alternative Transportation, Alternative Fuel Vehicles 1 Alternative Transportation, Parking Capacity 1 Reduced Site Disturbance, Protect or Restore Open Space 1 Reduced Site Disturbance, Development Footprint 1 Stormwater Management, Rate and Quantity 1 Stormwater Management, Treatment 1 Heat Island Effect, Non-Roof 1 Heat Island Effect, Roof 1 Light Pollution Reduction 1

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Silver 33-38 points

Possible Points 70

Possible Points

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Innovation in Design: Exceptional Performance: Water Use Reduction @ 61% 1 Innovation in Design: Exceptional Performance: Innovative Wastewater Technologies 1 Innovation in Design: Green Education Program Innovation in Design: Exceptional Performance: Regional Materials @ 33% LEED Accredited Professional

cheese tasting, a sold-out attraction during the warmer seasons.

There is no doubt that the project’s LEED designation has resulted in increased exposure for the artisan cheese producer, who’s product has earned several dozen national and international cheese awards over the past 18 months. The client accepted early in the design process that some green initiatives decisions would be treated primarily as marketing decisions, rather than energy consumption.

For example, the windmill and the roof-mounted photovoltaic panels both have extremely long payback periods and may prove to be economically unsustainable during their lifetime. Like cheese, LEED is not an exact science, but is getting closer. B Francis Lapointe, Dipl., Arch. Tech., B. Arch., M. Arch., OAA, MRAIC, LEED AP, is principal at Toronto-based Lapointe Architects.

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Consultant of the Year

Hard Target

How to capture those elusive last 10 points

By Stephen Carpenter

With the increasing prominence of the LEED rating system, getting LEED certification is no longer considered the rare achievement it was a couple of years ago. The higher levels of LEED Gold or Platinum are now the elite rating to achieve.

However, particularly with the Platinum rating, project teams soon realize that every point counts. And there are certain points that are harder to achieve than others.

is 13,800 square metres per hectare (essentially two-storey, downtown development).

The default location for new construction these days is suburbia, with its low land costs and easy access for occupants and construction vehicles. Unfortunately, this results in urban sprawl, the destruction of green space, and the emptying of the downtown core. By choosing an urban site, a building owner cannot only achieve this credit, but is given a leg up on achieving several Here are 10 of the most difficult points to achieve and what strat- others, such as alternative transportation. egies should be used to target them.

7. Ventilation Effectiveness - IEQc2 (1 point) The fact that only a quarter of all LEED certified projects achieve this credit belies its importance to occupant comfort. A common complaint among building occupants is stuffiness or dryness. And no wonder, considering so few buildings actually ventilate effectively! In conventional building design, ventilation air is brought in at the ceiling level where air merely moves along the ceiling and out another vent. In this system, most fresh air never reaches occupants.

The LEED credit for displacement ventilation addresses this by requiring that air is brought in to the occupant level and then naturally rises, “displacing” the warm air at the ceiling level (which leaves via a ceiling vent).

6. Development Density – SSc2 (1 point) This credit must be a priority from the very beginning of project conception, otherwise achievement is impossible.

This is because development density is all about site selection. According to LEED, the minimum development density

5. Renewable Energy – EAc2.1, 2.2, and 2.3 (3 points)

Rightly or wrongly, renewable energy is often viewed as synonymous with sustainable design in the minds of the public. Yet, less than 15 per cent of LEED certified buildings have achieved this credit, which requires five, 10, or 20 per cent of the building’s energy use be supplied by on-site solar. The obvious culprit for this credit’s unpopularity is cost. However, in Ontario, the recent adoption of the Green Energy Act and its Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) promises to make building-integrated solar more affordable.

FITs are 20-year contracts signed between a building owner and the Ontario Power Authority, an arm’s length agency. The Authority guarantees prices for each unit of renewable energy generated. For example, for roof-mounted or ground level solar systems less than 10 kW, the owner is guaranteed 80 cents per kWh generated.

Additionally, the new version of LEED – due out early this year – has created a point for renewable energy generation supplying just 2.5 per cent of all building energy use.

Photos by Enermodal Engineering Ltd.

Above & centre: The exterior of Enermodal Engineering’s new headquarters uses pre-purchased salvaged stone from the demolition of Calvary Pentecostal Church in Woodstock, Ont. Right: Fifth Town Artisan Cheese got two points for renewable energy: on-site wind and solar, which generates 10 per cent of its energy needs. building

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Photo by Mortlock Construction Inc.

One of the main ways a building’s material-use environmental impact can be decreased is by not harvesting virgin materials for construction. In recent years, increased interest in salvaged materials has created a more diverse market. However, using salvaged materials goes beyond the typical process of designing with certain materials in mind and then sourcing salvaged versions of those materials.

To successfully achieve this credit, design teams really have to find a few salvaged materials and then design the building around those materials. For example, at Enermodal’s new headquarters, A Grander View, Robertson Simmons Architects designed the exterior of the building around pre-purchased salvaged stone from a demolished local church.

Photo by Enermodal Engineering Ltd.

4. Resource Reuse - 3.1 and 3.2 (2 points)

Left: Port Hope Community Health Centre used 100 per cent FSC-certified wood.

Right: An Enermodal building performance monitoring specialist examines the readings from several energy and water meters to determine if actual building performance matches the predicted savings used for LEED certification.

3. Measurement and Verification – EAc5 (1 point) Only one in 10 LEED certified buildings have achieved this credit.

Fortunately for building owners targeting EAc5, the solution is simple — just hire a building performance monitoring specialist!

This specialist will install meters to monitor the energy and water loads in the building and provide periodic reports to the building owner for the first year of building operation. These reports come with indications of unusual energy loads and use as well as suggestions for operational and system improvements to lower energy and water use.

In fact, the Sisters of St. Joseph in London, Ont. found the M&V reports on their LEED Gold certified residence so useful they re-hired their building performance monitoring specialist for another year to continue to receive this information and suggestions. Another example is the LEED Gold certified Kingston Police headquarters which received an M&V report that identified simple fixes for problems that could result in $25,000 in utility bill savings per year.

The reason this credit is seldom pursued is that many owners do not see the benefit of hiring this additional consultant.

However, along with best practice commissioning, measurement and verification is one of the only ways to ensure occupant comfort, building system functionality, and that the energy savings — and consequently utility bill savings — promised by the LEED energy models are met in actuality. It is well worth the additional cost for this consultant.

2. Rapidly Renewable Materials – MRc6 (1 point) Although energy use is the most significant environment impact of buildings, material use — and the corresponding resource scarcity — is an issue as well. Many resources, such as wood, are slow to rebound after harvesting. An alternative is to use rapidly renewable materials.

Bamboo, for example, can grow up to one metre in 24 hours.

The challenge for project teams targeting this credit, which requires five per cent of building materials to be rapidly renewable, is that bamboo and linoleum are among the only compliant products. As soon as a building has carpet, hardwood floors, or wood millwork, this credit becomes very difficult to achieve.

1. Certified Wood - MRc7 (1 point) Only three per cent of all LEED certified projects achieve this credit, which requires that 50 per cent of all wood used in a building is Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified. The

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FSC only certifies wood that is from forests that are maintained and harvested to the highest environmental standards. From an environmental standpoint this is important because poor forest stewardship can lead to increased risk of forest fires and destruction of habitat for threatened wildlife.

Once upon a time, this credit was difficult to achieve due to the scarce availability of FSC certified wood. However, in part because of LEED, more wood suppliers offer FSC wood to meet any application. These days, there are two main challenges: cost and contractors.

As with many sustainable products there is a cost premium associated with certified wood. Besides owners being unwilling to shell out the additional money, many contractors do not want the extra cost associated with buying this material. Contractors must realize they need to submit a higher cost up front to cover the purchase of this high-end material.

The larger challenge is getting contractors to do more preconstruction planning and prioritizing the achievement of this credit. Since the typical building supply store does not carry all the FSC wood necessary for a project, the contractor must order all the FSC wood they will need in advance of construction to ensure there are no hold ups due to delivery dates.

Port Hope Community Health Centre is one of the few projects in Canada to achieve this credit and did so with flying colours: 100 per cent of the wood used in this Ontario facility is FSC certified. Designed by Peterborough, Ont.-based Lett Architects, this project includes a variety of wood throughout the building, including millwork, walls, and wood veneer ceiling panels. The achievement of this credit required a careful study of the design by Mortlock Construction Inc., also in Peterborough, Ont., to ensure some extra wood is ordered for all applications as construction can be held up by ordering more on the fly.

None of these 10 points are impossible to achieve and with each new edtion of LEED, the CaGBC is attempting to make sure every point is achievable with due diligence and best practice design and construction. As with any project, the owner must prioritize what aspects of green building design — from occupant comfort to energy savings to supporting the sustainable building material industry — are most important to them. B Stephen Carpenter, PEng, is president of Enermodal Engineering and the chair of the CaGBC’s Technical Advisory Committee.

Adding letters to your name How the LEED Canada Accredited Professional program landscape will be changing in 2010.

By Steve Dulmage

Since 2001, more than 100,000 buildRegistration ing professionals have earned the LEED Date open on Exam Workshop Available CaGBC Canada Accredited Professional (LEED AP) website designation by demonstrating their underLEED Green Associate LEED Core Concepts and Strategies Now Yes standing of environmentally sustainable building design, construction and operaLEED AP Operations + Operations & Maintenance – Now Yes tion. January 2010 will mark the beginning Maintenance The LEED Implementation Process of a new chapter in the evolution of the LEED AP Building Building Design & Construction – LEED credentials which will reflect the Q1 2010 No Design + Construction The LEED Implementation Process rapid advances in green building technology and practice in the marketplace. The LEED AP Homes LEED Canada for Homes Program Review Now Yes new three-tiered credentials will ensure that LEED AP Interior Interior Design & Construction – LEED professionals have the latest knowl2010 No Design + Construction The LEED Implementation Process edge and understanding of green building practice, that their proficiency is recognized LEED AP Neighbourhood TBD 2010 No and that their credentials are maintained Development due to a rigorous continuing education component.

The global administration of the new LEED AP credentialA third tier, the LEED AP Fellow, is a designation for an ing system will fall under the auspices of the Green Building elite class of professionals who are distinguished by their years of Certification Institute (GBCI). The GBCI is tasked with safe- experience, and a peer review of their project portfolio. Fellows guarding and enhancing the credibility of the LEED AP contribute to the standards of practice and body of knowledge credential by offering true third-party verification, development, for achieving continuous improvement in the green building analysis, and audit functions for LEED APs. field. Program requirements are currently in development for Through vigorous research and market analysis the GBCI identi- this select designation. fied three themes that regularly emerged in their discussions with CaGBC will continue to provide support to aspiring and current LEED APs. These included a LEED AP that stayed current, differ- LEED APs and LEED Green Associates through education, study entiated expertise among green building practitioners and specializa- and reference materials, and other resources. We will focus our tion within different sectors of the industry. The evolution of the resources on helping green building practitioners gain the undercredentialing system addresses these concerns and now includes: standing of LEED they will need to maintain their credentials, as • Multiple levels of excellence that improves upon the current well as offering support to those that have yet to achieve them.

LEED Accreditation system by providing a mechanism to distinTo maintain the integrity of the LEED credentialing program, guish between practitioners with basic, advanced, and extraordi- a continuing education component has been incorporated into the new structure. The Credentialing Maintenance Program (CMP) nary levels of knowledge; will require LEED Green Associates to achieve 15 continuing • Each exam level will have strict eligibility requirements and; • Credentialing maintenance requirements that ensures that education credits during a two year continuing education cycle, LEED APs have the latest knowledge and understanding of green and LEED APs with specialization will require 30 continuing education credits. Existing LEED APs will be required to ‘opt building practices.

A LEED professional will begin their credentialing with the into’ the credentialing in order to update their existing LEED AP LEED Green Associate exam. This credential attests to demon- credential to either the LEED Green Associate or the LEED AP strated knowledge and skill in understanding and supporting with Specialization. Further information about this process will emerge over the coming months as it becomes available. green design, construction and operations.

With respect to meeting your continuing education needs, the The LEED AP with Specialty credential signifies an extraordinary depth of knowledge in green building practices and specialization in CaGBC will begin developing opportunities for education credits a particular field: commercial building design and construction, throughout 2010 by expanding its education program. B commercial operations and maintenance, commercial interiors, residential design and construction, and neighbourhood development. Steve Dulmage is the Director of Education and Training with the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC). For more information visit www.cagbc.org Specialty exams for each field will eventually be available. building

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The LEED 2009 Inventory OUTDOOR GEAR CANADA OFFICE & WAREHOUSE St-Laurent, Que. LEED Canada-NC Silver Certified: 16-Jan-09 Area (m2): 9,655 Building type: Industrial / Manufacturing Owner type: Commercial

Photo courtesy of Outdoor Gear Canada

MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES HEADQUARTERS Alymer, Ont. LEED Canada-NC Silver Certified: 21-Jan-09 Area (m2): 1,734 Building type: Office Building Owner type: Commercial

HOME OFFICE TENANT IMPROVEMENTS FLOORS 17, 16 AND 15 (B.C. HOUSING) Burnaby, B.C. LEED Canada-CI Gold Certified: 9-Feb-09 Area (m2): 2,980 Building type: Office Building Owner type: Government - Local

WELLAND CALLOWAY CENTRE Welland, Ont. LEED-CS v2 Silver Certified: 23-Jan-09 Area (m2): 2,323 Building type: Retail Owner type: Commercial

PINE CREEK OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE & ADMINISTRATION BUILDING Calgary, Alta.

LEED Canada-NC Gold Certified: 9-Feb-09 Area (m2): 3,220 Building type: Mixed Use Owner type: Government - Local

WESTNEY HEIGHTS - SHERWIN WILLIAMS Ajax, Ont. LEED Canada-NC Certified Certified: 5-Feb-09 Area (m2): 348 Building type: Retail Owner type: Commercial

ÉCOLE VICTOR BRODEUR Victoria, B.C. LEED Canada-NC Silver Certified: 21-Jan-09 Area (m2): 7,556 Building type: K-9 School Owner type: School Board

801 BRENNAN, CENTRE ADMINISTRATIF Montréal, Que. LEED Canada-CI Silver Certified: 3-Feb-09 Area (m2): 29,647 Building type: Office Building Owner type: Government - Local

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UPPER RIVER VALLEY HOSPITAL Waterville, N.B. LEED Canada-NC Silver Certified: 3-Feb-09 Area (m2): 17,510 Building type: Hospital / Clinic Owner type: Public Health

Photo by Ivan Hunter Photography

ECTS ED PROJ E L L A T 63 TO

AGBC JECTS (C O R P A D NA LEED CA 53 TOTAL

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certified)

MINTO SOUTH MERIVALE BUSINESS PARK - PHASE ONE Ottawa, Ont. LEED Canada-NC Certified Certified: 9-Feb-09 Area (m2): 14,148 Building type: Office Building Owner type: Commercial CONDOMINIUM CORPORATION NO. 101100609 - O/A CENTURY PLAZA Regina, Sask.

LEED Canada-NC Silver Certified: 18-Feb-09 Area (m2): 12,270 Building type: Office Building Owner type: Commercial MOTION CAPTURE STUDIO (ELECTRONIC ARTS (CANADA) INC.) Burnaby, B.C. LEED Canada-NC Silver Certified: 18-Feb-09 Area (m2): 3,477 Building type: Other Owner type: Commercial PHASE 2 STUDIO BUILDING (ELECTRONIC ARTS (CANADA) INC.) Burnaby, B.C. LEED Canada-NC Certified Certified: 18-Feb-09 Area (m2): 16,272 Building type: Office Building Owner type: Commercial

Rating System RENOVATIONS TO SOUTH BOND BUILDING (AT RYERSON UNIVERSITY) Toronto, Ont. LEED Canada-CI Gold Certified: 20-Feb-09 Area (m2): 4,494 Building type: Mixed Use Owner type: University / College OXFORD COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING Woodstock, Ont. LEED Canada-NC Silver Certified: 26-Feb-09 Area (m2): 7,806 Building type: Office Building Owner type: Government - Local VULCAN PRAIRIEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Vulcan, Alta.

LEED Canada-NC Silver Certified: 10-Mar-09 Area (m2): 3,286 Building type: K-9 School Owner type: School Board FIFTH TOWN ARTISAN CHEESE PROJECT Picton, Ont. LEED Canada-NC Platinum Certified: 12-Mar-09 Area (m2): 403 Building type: Industrial / Manufacturing Owner type: Commercial

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LEED - Existing Buildings (EB) v. 2 (through USGBC)

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12

LEED Canada Commercial Interiors (CI)

GREY BRUCE PUBLIC HEALTH WESTNEY HEIGHTS, UNIT 23 Owen Sound, Ont. Ajax, Ont. LEED Canada-NC Gold LEED Canada-CS Certified Certified: 21-Apr-09 Certified: 13-May-09 Area (m2): 5,574 Area (m2): 465 Building type: OfficeRating BuildingSystem Building type: Retail Owner type: Public Health Owner type: Commercial 39 LEED Canada - New Construction (NC)

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LEED Canada - Commercial Interiors (CI) – SMITH LEED Canada – Core &SC3 Shell (CS) CARTER ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS HEAD OFFICE LEED-CS v. 2 (through USGBC) Winnipeg, Man. LEED - Existing Buildings (EB) v. 2 (through USGBC)

Photo by Salter Pilon Architecture Inc. / Lett Architects Inc. Photo by Ben Rahn/ A-Frame

BELL TRINITY SQUARE Toronto, Ont. LEED-EB v2 Gold Certified: 25-Mar-09 Area (m2): 99,741 Building type: Mixed Use Owner type: Commercial WRITING-ON-STONE PROVINCIAL PARK VISITOR CENTRE Milk River, Alta.

LEED Canada-NC Silver Certified: 30-Mar-09 Area (m2): 542 Building type: Conservation Centre Owner type: Government - Provincial

Photo by Randy Neufeld Photographics

LEED Canada-NC Platinum Certified: 21-May-09 Area (m2): 4,552 Building type: Office Building Owner type: Commercial

VF OUTDOOR CANADA HEAD OFFICE Ville Saint Laurent, Que. LEED Canada-CI Silver Certified: 22-Apr-09 Area (m2): 2,647 Building type: Office Building Owner type: Commercial

OLIVA Delta, B.C. LEED Canada-NC Silver Certified: 22-May-09 Area (m2): 6,595 Building type: Mixed Use Owner type: Commercial

MINTOMIDTOWN Toronto, Ont. LEED Canada-NC Gold Certified: 8-May-09 Area (m2): 86,976 Building type: High-Rise Multi-Unit Residential (>10 Storeys) Owner type: Commercial

TRIFFO HALL Edmonton, Alta.

LEED Canada-NC Gold Certified: 26-May-09 Area (m2): 2,368 Building type: Office Building Owner type: University / College FIRST CAPITAL - STARBUCKS BEAUPORT Beauport, Que. LEED-CS v2 Silver Certified: 1-Jun-09 Area (m2): 193 Building type: Retail Owner type: Commercial

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FIRST CAPITAL - RBC BEACONSFIELD Beaconsfield, Que. LEED-CS v2 Silver Certified: 15-Jun-09 Area (m2): 355 Building type: Bank / Credit Union Owner type: Commercial ONTARIO INVESTMENT AND TRADE CENTRE Toronto, Ont. LEED Canada-CI Silver Certified: 15-Jun-09 Area (m2): 2,224 Building type: Office Building Owner type: Government - Provincial RED DEER RECREATION CENTRE MAJOR RENOVATION Red Deer, Alta.

LEED Canada-NC Silver Certified: 15-Jun-09 Area (m2): 4,484 Building type: Sports Facility Owner type: Government - Local ELEMENTARY TEACHERS’ FEDERATION OF ONTARIO WATERLOO TEACHER LOCAL OFFICE Kitchener, Ont. LEED Canada-NC Gold Certified: 30-Jun-09 Area (m2): 620 Building type: Office Building Owner type: Other

ÉDIFICE NORMAND-MAURICE - THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA ECOLOGICAL BUILDING Montréal, Que. LEED Canada-NC Gold Certified: 3-Jul-09 Area (m2): 15,500 Building type: Office Building Owner type: Government - Federal IMMEUBLE CSD DE VICTORIAVILLE Victoriaville, Que. LEED Canada-NC Certified Certified: 6-Jul-09 Area (m2): 271 Building type: Office Building Owner type: Commercial CENTRE CDP CAPITAL

Photo by Atelier 4e Niveau - Jacky Deschênes Architecte

ALLSTEEL-GUNLOCKE TORONTO RESOURCE CENTRE Toronto, Ont. LEED Canada-CI Gold Certified: 13-Jul-09 Area (m2): 739 Building type: Retail Owner type: Commercial RANDY HERMAN CENTRE FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY Maple Ridge, B.C. LEED Canada-CI Silver Certified: 14-Jul-09 Area (m2): 2,334 Building type: Public Safety (Fire hall, Police Station) Owner type: Government - Local CFB GAGETOWN - 1ST TRAINING QUARTERS ACCOMMODATIONS Oromocto, N.B. LEED Canada-NC Silver Certified: 27-Jul-09 Area (m2): 12,572 Building type: Mid-rise multi-unit residential (>3<10 storeys) Owner type: Government - Federal

Montréal, Que. LEED-EB v2 Gold Certified: 7-Jul-09 Area (m2): 31,706 Building type: Office Building Owner type: Commercial LIVINGSTON PLACE 8TH FLOOR (SHELL CANADA) Calgary, Alta.

LEED Canada-CI Certified Certified: 9-Jul-09 Area (m2): 1,713 Building type: Office Building Owner type: Commercial

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ACTIVA SPORTSPLEX Kitchener, Ont. LEED Canada-NC Gold Certified: 30-Jul-09 Area (m2): 10,250 Building type: Sports Facility Owner type: Government - Local

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BANKERS COURT Calgary, Alta.

LEED-CS v2 Gold Certified: 30-Jul-09 Area (m2): 29,993 Building type: Office Building Owner type: Commercial CANADIAN TIRE, WELLAND ONTARIO Welland, Ont. LEED Canada-NC Silver Certified: 30-Jul-09 Area (m2): 10,485 Building type: Retail Owner type: Commercial

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MUNDY’S BAY PUBLIC SCHOOL Midland, Ont. LEED Canada-NC Gold Certified: 17-Sep-09 Area (m2): 4,792 Building type: K-9 School Owner type: School Board

British Columbia

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THE CURRENTS RESIDENCES Ottawa, Ont. LEED Canada-NC Platinum Certified: 18-Sep-09 Area (m2): 5,300 Building type: Mid-rise multi-unit residential (>3<10 storeys) Owner type: Commercial

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7150 DERRYCREST DRIVE Mississauga, Ont. LEED-CS v2 Gold Certified: 5-Aug-09 Area (m2): 5,221 Building type: Office Building Owner type: Commercial

WESTMINSTER CENTRE New Westminster, B.C. LEED-CS v2 Gold Certified: 6-Sep-09 Area (m2): 3,902 Building type: Mixed Use Owner type: Commercial

1253 MCGILL COLLEGE Montréal, Que. LEED-EB v2 Certified Certified: 12-Aug-09 Area (m2): 16,215 Building type: Office Building Owner type: Commercial

TORONTO POLICE COLLEGE Toronto, Ont. LEED Canada-NC Silver Certified: 9-Sep-09 Area (m2): 28,125 Building type: Public Safety (Fire hall, Police Station) Owner type: Government - Local

MORNINGSIDE CROSSING - PHASE 1 Scarborough, Ont. LEED Canada-CS Certified Certified: 19-Aug-09 Area (m2): 2,485 Building type: Retail Owner type: Commercial WATERLOO REGIONAL POLICE SERVICE INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES BUILDING Cambridge, Ont. LEED Canada-NC Gold Certified: 19-Aug-09 Area (m2): 4,148 Building type: Public Safety (Fire hall, Police Station) Owner type: Government - Local

ABBOTSFORD REGIONAL HOSPITAL AND CANCER CENTRE Abbotsford, B.C. LEED Canada-NC Gold Certified: 10-Sep-09 Area (m2): 60,000 Building type: Hospital/ clinic Owner type: Public Health SOMERSET SQUARE Saint John, N.B. LEED-CS v2 Gold Certified: 11-Sep-09 Area (m2): 2,323 Building type: Mixed Use Owner type: Commercial

UNION GAS BURLINGTON SERVICE CENTRE Burlington, Ont. LEED Canada-NC Gold Certified: 18-Sep-09 Area (m2): 2,088 Building type: Mixed-use Owner type: Commercial NUVO AT ESSEX PHASE 2 Toronto, Ont. LEED Canada-NC Silver Certified: 5-Oct-09 Area (m2): 30,475 Building type: High-rise multi-unit residential (>10 storeys) Owner type: Commercial KNOLL SHOWROOM, TORONTO Toronto, Ont. LEED Canada-CI Platinum Certified: 20-Oct-09 Area (m2): 853 Building type: Office Building Owner type: Commercial 1ST CHOICE SAVINGS CENTER FOR SPORT & WELLNESS Lethbridge, Alta.

LEED Canada-NC Silver Certified: 22-Oct-09 Area (m2): 17,250 Building type: Sports Facility Owner type: University / College

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GROUPE STAGELINE, BÂTIMENT INDUSTRIEL HAUTE PERFORMANCE ÉNERGÉTIQUE L’Assomption, Que. LEED Canada-NC Certified Certified: 6-Nov-09 Area (m2): 3,760 Building type: Industrial / Manufacturing Owner type: Commercial

HALCROW YOLLES TORONTO OFFICE EXPANSION Toronto, Ont. LEED Canada-CI Silver Certified: 30-Nov-09 Area (m2): 2,000 Building type: Office Building Owner type: Commercial

POSTE DE LA SÛRETÉ DU QUÉBEC À VICTORIAVILLE Victoriaville, Que. LEED Canada-NC Certified Certified: 6-Nov-09 Area (m2): 1,603 Building type: Public Safety (Fire hall, Police Station) Owner type: Government - Provincial

BURNSIDE GORGE COMMUNITY CENTRE Victoria, B.C. LEED Canada-NC Gold Certified: 7-Dec-09 Area (m2): 1,404 Building type: Community Centre Owner type: Government - Local

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BOREAL CENTRE FOR BIRD CONSERVATION Slave Lake, Alta.

LEED Canada-NC Gold Certified: 13-Nov-09 Area (m2): 776 Building type: Conservation Centre Owner type: Nonprofit HALSALL TORONTO 22ND FLOOR OFFICE SPACE Toronto, Ont. LEED Canada-CI Gold Certified: 13-Nov-09 Area (m2): 462 Building type: Office Building Owner type: Commercial

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LES BUREAUX D’ARCHITECTES GKC GKC ARCHITECTS OFFICES Montréal, Que. LEED Canada-CI Certified Certified: 13-Nov-09 Area (m2): 743 Building type: Office Building Owner type: Commercial

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Other

Public Health

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ABORIGINAL HOUSE (UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA) Winnipeg, Man. LEED Canada-NC Gold Certified: 26-Nov-09 Area (m2): 1,204 Building type: Office building Owner type: University / College

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Source: Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC). Note: CaGBC certifies all projects noted under LEED Canada (NC, CI, or CS) and LEED-BC. Projects labeled LEED-NC v2, LEED-CI, LEED-CS and LEED-EB projects are certified under US Green Building Council (USGBC), due to the fact that until CaGBC releases a Owner Type rating system under which specific project types can certify, Canadian projects are welcome to certify under USGBC. Once CaGBC releases an equivalent rating 36 typeCommercial system under which thesebuilding projects can certify, all new Canadian projects of that project are required to register and certify under CaGBC.

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Futuristic Solutions for the Greening of Apartment Buildings

Studies show that commercial and residential buildings consume about 40 per cent of our total energy and 70 per cent of our electricity, while accounting for approximately 30 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions and millions of tons of construction and demolition waste. But as the green revolution makes major inroads in the apartment industry, new building modeling technology ensures energy savings that are easier, less expensive, and measurably more effective, which benefits everyone in ways that promise to be financially rewarding and environmentally sustainable over time.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology gives apartment building owners, architects, engineers, contractors, and fabricators affordable access to a full range of interactive tools for refitting of buildings for enhanced energy conservation. Utilizing sophisticated parametric change technology, BIM software enables energy savings assessments for every conceivable aspect of a project -- from floor plan designs to high-tech thermal imaging analysis.

Explore multiple design alternatives -- both green and conventional -- before committing to bricks and mortar. Look at an entire spectrum of sustainable design options with varying levels of LEED certification. Toggle various options on and off in the model for visualization, quantification, and analysis. Figure out how much of the building’s materials can be recycled or reused. Monitor the impact of lighting on energy consumption as well as the comfort of residents. Factor in natural as well as artificial light, for instance, and the impact of shade trees or reflections of sunlight bouncing off of a glass building next door.

Set a benchmark with the model and then configure changes; run a case study to see how those changes influence performance, and get the results of the test without paying for outside services or experiencing costly delays. Edit the HVAC system or alter the building’s R-values using BIM, for example, or look at “what-if” comparisons between new construction and renovations. Choose those that deliver the least environmental impact at the most competitive price point.

Plus with BIM every drawing, view, enhancement, and modification is preserved within one single digital file that can be emailed or wirelessly accessed for accurate tracking, scheduling, and communication. The person making window blinds can, for instance, look at the BIM data and know to use denser material for windows that get more sunlight -- but use less expensive blinds on windows that are always shaded by trees.

Conventional modeling systems scatter building information across multiple files and require tedious, error-prone user interventions to update information. Resources that are not accurately matched to the “as-built” final product are wasted, and so is the cost of buying them, transporting them to the site, and then removing them when they are not used. Whether the impact is computed as lost revenues or in terms of energy consumption and a larger carbon footprint, precious energy is squandered -- and that defeats the purpose of green planning. But BIM solves this problem at its root to help the industry comply with energy standards while capturing more apartment building value. B Michael Laurie, P.Eng., is president of PLANiT Measuring (www.planitmeasuring. com), a Building Information Models (BIM) firm, and can be reached at 1-800-9335136 or mike@plantimeasuring.com

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