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The Road to Resilience - World Green Building Council guide for climate change resilience in the built environment
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Among the resolutions that came out of the UN Biodiversity Conference held in Montreal in December 2022, was a landmark agreement (known as 30 x 30) that aims to reverse ecological destruction by protecting 30% of the planet’s land and water areas by 2030.
Three months on, we have something else to celebrate: the signing of the UN High Seas Treaty, described by Arlo Hemphill, senior oceans campaigner with Greenpeace USA as, “the largest conservation agreement in the history of the world’. The accord establishes a legal framework for the more than 60% of the world’s oceans that lie outside the 200 nautical mile zone over which coastal nations have jurisdiction.
The framework identifies four key initiatives and establishes appropriate methodologies for implementing them:
• establishing area-based management tools including marine protected areas
• sharing benefits of marine genetic resources (MGRs)
• capacity building and technology transfer
• conducting and reporting environmental impact assessments for activities generating potential impacts on the area.
Discussions began in the early 2000s, long before the conservation of global biodiversity was on the radar screens of national governments. What has finally emerged is an agreement acknowledging that the deep oceans are part of the shared inheritance of humankind and can not be appropriated by individual nations or commercial entities.
Not withstanding such acknowledgement, the agreement almost foundered on the reef that marks the boundary between corporate interest and common good. With near certainty that the research being conducted in the high seas by companies from the Global North will discover new and commercially valuable MGRs (such as medicines, foods and textiles), representatives from the Global South demanded assurances they would receive their fair share of the benefits. Thankfully, the hard-won consensus on MGRs finally guided the accord safely to port on March 4.
While there are ongoing discussions and much wordsmithing still to be done, the UN High Seas Treaty is a beacon of hope that we may indeed find the resolve to achieve that 30 x 30 goal.
Jim Taggart, FRAIC EditorThe Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) is committed to promoting equity and justice within the architectural community. To achieve this goal, the Promoting Equity and Justice Advisory Committee (PEJ-AC) was established in mid-2021. The seven members of the PEJAC are working to integrate equity and justice into the infrastructure, programs, and services of the organization. One of the committee's first actions was to create a Glossary of Terms and Resource Guide.
The Glossary of Terms is a foundational resource for discussions on equity and justice. It is a living document that can be amended as necessary.
The Resource Guide, which is open access and available on the RAIC website, will complement the Glossary of Terms. Both resources will help educate the architectural community.
The PEJ-AC has also initiated an environmental scan of architectural firms engaged in social issues and implementing actions into their practice. They have advised on the accessibility of content on the RAIC website, promoted genderneutral language use across all programs and services, and shared key awareness days with the community. The RAIC seeks to establish a high standard and create an inclusive environment that welcomes everyone, especially those from historically under-represented communities.
Architecture has the potential to be a transformative force in creating a more just and inclusive society. Buildings and spaces can shape our experiences and impact our social interactions. It is therefore critical that the architectural community actively promotes equity and justice. To learn more about the work of the PEJ-AC and the resources they have developed, visit raic.org/raic/promotingequity-and-justice-advisory-committee] (http://raic.org/raic/promoting-equityand-justice-advisory-committee.
If you would like to get involved or provide feedback, contact the committee at pej@raic.org.
The Canadian Green Building Council (CAGBC) has announced that Canada has ranked third globally on the annual list of Top 10 Countries and Regions for LEED in 2022. The global LEED ranking, released annually by the U.S.
Green Building Council (USGBC), highlights countries and regions outside the US that are making significant strides in healthy, sustainable and resilient building design, construction and operations. In 2022, Canada certified 248 projects, representing more than 5.3 million gross square meters (GSM) of LEED space.
Mainland China topped the list with more than 16 million GSM certified to LEED in 2022 and India raked second with more than 10 million GSM. Brazil and Sweden rounded out the top five.
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Ì 100 Queens Quay East, Toronto, ON, Menkes 55 Lakeshore Inc.
Ì 100 Sheppard Ave. East Recert., Toronto, ON, Manulife Investment Management
Ì 1255 Bay Street Recert., Toronto, ON, BentallGreenOak (Canada) LP
Ì 145 King Street West, Recert., Toronto, ON, QuadReal Property Group
Ì 16 York Street, Toronto, ON, The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Ltd.
Ì 1600 Carling Avenue, Recert., Ottawa, ON, Manulife Investment Management
Ì 200 King Street West, Recert., Toronto, ON, QuadReal Property Group
Ì 227 King Street South, Recert., Waterloo, ON, BentallGreenOak
Ì 270 Albert Street, Recert., Ottawa, ON, Blackwood Partners
Ì 1 Adelaide St. E (Dynamic Funds Tower), Recert., Toronto, ON, GWL Realty Advisors
Ì 10 Four Seasons Place, Etobicoke, ON, FANA Burnhamthorpe Square
Ì 1001 De Maisonneuve Ouest, Montréal, QC, Centre Manuvie
Ì 1100 Melville Street, Recert., Vancouver, BC, BentallGreenOak
Ì 1130 West Pender, Recert., Vancouver, BC, BentallGreenOak
Ì 1140 West Pender, Recert., Vancouver, BC, BentallGreenOak
Ì 1235 Bay St., Recert., Toronto, ON, BentallGreenOak
Ì 1577 North Service Road East, Recert., Oakville, ON, Manulife Investment Management
Ì 320 Front Street West Complex Recert., Toronto, ON, H&R REIT
Ì 600 Cochrane Dr., Recert., Markham, ON, Canadian Urban Limited
Ì 70 York Street, Recert., Toronto, ON, Canderel (Maple Tree Financial Management Canada Inc.)
Ì 7100 West Credit Ave, Recert., Mississauga, ON, Manulife Investment Management
Ì 77 Bloor St., Recert., Toronto, ON, Bay Bloor Equities & Morguard REIT
Ì ATB Place, Recert., Edmonton, AB, Triovest Realty Advisors Inc
Ì Commerce South Office Park Building B, 8657 51 Avenue, Edmonton, AB, BentallGreenOak
Ì Guinness Tower Recert., Vancouver BC, Oxford Properties Group
Ì Le 1500 & Centre Eaton de Montreal Est, Recert., Boul Robert-Bourassa, Montreal, QC, Ivanhoe Cambridge
Ì Le 3e Lieu, Longueuil, QC, Belvedair
Ì Maison 402, Longueuil, QC, Procontact
Ì Maison Manuvie, Montréal, QC, Ivanhoé Cambridge Inc.
Ì Maison Saint-Antoine, Montréal, QC
Ì Meadowvale Corporate Centre, Plaza One, Recert., Mississauga ON, QuadReal Property Group
Ì Minto Place, Recert., Ottawa, ON, Minto Properties Inc.
Ì MTS Call Centre, Recert., Winnipeg, MB, Artist REIT
Ì Nutrien, River Landing Fit-Up, 211 19th Street East, Saskatoon, SK, Nutrien
Ì One University Avenue, Recert., Toronto, ON, Oxford Properties
Ì QRC West, Recert., 134 Peter Street, Toronto, ON, Allied Properties REIT
Ì Résidence Berthiaume-Desbiens, Chambly, QC
Ì Résidence Delcensecerie, Rivière-du-Loup, QC, TERGOS
Architecture + Construction
Ì Roddan Lodge & Evelyne Saller Centre, Vancouver, BC, City of Vancouver
Ì Teknion Montréal, Montréal, QC, Teknion LLC
Ì Telus Garden Office, Recert., Vancouver, BC, Warrington PCi Management
Ì Vancouver Convention Centre West, Recert., Vancouver, BC, PavCo
Ì 160 Bloor Street East, Recert., Toronto, ON, Colliers International
Ì 17150 Yonge Street, Newmarket, ON, The Regional Municipality of York
Ì 175 Bloor St. East, Recert., Toronto, ON, Allied Properties REIT
Ì 3115 Harvester Road, Recert., Burlington, ON, Colliers International
Ì 3rd Avenue, Recert., (Golder Bldg), Calgary, AB, Epic Realty Partners
Ì 401 West Georgia Recert., Vancouver, BC, Oxford Properties Group
Ì 495 Beaumont, Montréal, QC, Group Montoni (9367-6815 Quebec inc)
Ì 500 Lakeshore Boulevard West, Toronto, ON, 500 LS Limited Partnership
Ì 5045 South Service Rd, Recert., Burlington, ON, Manulife Investment Management
Ì 5090 Explorer Drive, Recert., Mississauga, ON, Manulife Investment Management
Ì 5343 Dundas St. West, Recert., Etobicoke, ON, Manulife Real Estate
Ì 5353 Dundas St. West, Recert., Etobicoke, ON, Manulife Real Estate
Ì 585 Michigan Drive, Oakville, ON, Blackwood Partners Corporation
Ì 5995 Avebury Road, Recert., Mississauga, ON, Crown Property Management
Ì 60 Queen St., Recert., Ottawa, ON, Arnon Development Corporation
Limited
Ì 603 Michigan Drive, Oakville, ON, Blackwood Partners Corporation
Ì 6711 Mississauga Road North, Mississauga, ON, Recert., Manulife Investment Management
Ì 6775 Financial Drive, Recert., Mississauga, ON, QuadReal Property Group
Ì 720 King West, Recert., Toronto, ON, Triovest Realty Advisors Inc.
Ì 777 Hornby, Recert., Vancouver, BC, QuadReal Property Group
Ì 800 Chomedey, Recert., Laval, QC
Ì 8X ON THE PARK, Vancouver, BC, Brenhill Development
Ì Aaniin Community Centre & Library, Markham, ON, City of Markham
Ì Aleda Patterson K-12 School, Edmonton, AB, Edmonton Public School Board
Ì Alex Janvier K-12 School, Edmonton, AB, Edmonton Public School Board
Ì Aréna René-Masson, Montréal, QC, Ville de Montréal
Ì Arts Student Center at UBC, Vancouver, BC, UBC Properties Trust
Ì ATCO Centre, Recert., Edmonton, AB, Triovest Realty Advisors Inc
Ì Bibliothèque de Pierrefonds, Montréal, QC, Ville de Montréal
Ì Brighouse Fire Hall No. 1, Richmond, BC, City of Richmond, Capital Buildings Project Development
Ì Brookfield Place Calgary East, Recert., Calgary, AB, Brookfield Place (Calgary) LP
Ì Campagne en ville, Mont-Jacob, Jonquière, QC
Ì CBC Toronto Broadcast Centre, Toronto, ON, Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
Ì Cenovus Energy - Brookfield Place Calgary, Floors 29-56, Calgary, AB, Cenovus
Ì Centre Bell - Arena des Canadiens, Recert., Montreal, QC, Canadiens de Montréal, Centre Bell
Ì Centre de tri des matières recyclables (CTMR), Lachine, QC, Ville de Montréal, service de la gestion et planification immobilière
Ì Centre for Mental Health and Addictions, Coquitlam, BC, Provincial Health Care (IBI Group)
Ì Centrium Place-Recertification, Calgary, AB, c/o Triovest Realty Advisors Inc
Ì Chartwell Shopping Centre Building D, Scarborough, ON, First Capital Asset Management LP
Ì Cité Angus, Phase 1, Montréal, QC, Société de développement Angus
Ì Claystone Waste Administration Building, Ryley, AB, Beaver Municipal Solutions
Ì Collaborative Health Education Building (CHEB), Halifax, NS, Dalhousie University
Ì Commerce Court North, Recert., Toronto, ON, QuadReal Property Group
Ì Commerce Place, Recert., Vancouver, BC, QuadReal Property Group
Ì Complexe des sciences de l´Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Université de Montréal
Ì Curtiss A, Saint-Laurent, QC, Sotramon
Ì Deerfoot Atria - North Bldg. Recert., (2 locations) Calgary, AB, BentallGreenOak (Canada) LP
Ì Devonshire Mall Common Area, Windsor, ON, Primaris REIT
Ì Dockside Green CI-3, Victoria, BC, Acheson Sweeney Foley Sahota LLP
Ì Dr. Freda Miller School, Calgary, AB, Calgary Board of Education
Ì Duplex : 680 rue Frontenac, Berthierville, QC, Construction Guillaume Bond inc.
Ì Écohabitations boréales, (Multiple locations) Sainte-Marguerite-duLac-Masson, QC, Écohabitations boréales inc.
Ì École Templeton, Winnipeg, MB, Seven Oaks School Division
Ì Édifice Marly, Québec, QC, Industrielle Alliance Groupe financier
Ì Executive Place 2, Calgary, AB, Avison Young (Industrial Alliance Insurance and Finance)
Ì Explosive Ordinance Disposal Training Facility, Oromocto, NB, Department of National Defence Canada
Ì Father Michael Mireau Catholic School, Edmonton, AB, Alberta Infrastructure
Ì Four Winds Public School, Morinville, AB, Alberta Infrastructure, Learning Facilities
Ì Gatineau 2 - Library and Archives Canada, Gatineau, QC, Plenary Group
Ì General Dynamics Office Building, Recert., London, ON, General Dynamics Land Systems
Ì Harris Square (River City 4), Toronto, ON, Urban Capital Property Group
Ì Havergal College Limitless 2020 Additions, Toronto, ON, Havergal College
Ì HSBC Place, Edmonton, AB, Epic Investment Services
Ì Hydro Ottawa, Administration Building, Operations Building - East Campus, Operations BuildingSouth Campus, Ottawa, ON, Hydro Ottawa Ltd
Ì Jacobs Building, Recert., Calgary, AB, Epic Realty Partners
Ì KAÏA Maison de ville (Multiple locations), Candiac, QC, Évaluations
Ì Kinesiology Building, Fredericton, NB, University of New Brunswick
Ì Kingston Frontenac Public LibraryCentral Branch, Kingston, ON, City of Kingston, Facilities Management & Construction Services
Ì L/Avenue Commercial, Montréal, QC, BentallGreenOak
Ì Le Memph, Magog, QC, Gestion Éco Dev inc.
Ì Le Windsor (1170 Peel), Montréal, QC, BentallGreenOak (Immeuble Le Windsor S.E.C.)
Ì Liquor Mart , Thompson, MB, Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries
Ì Livingston Place, Recert., Calgary, AB, QuadReal Property Group
Ì Livmore High Park, Toronto, ON, GWL Realty Advisors Inc.
Ì Maison Mistouk, Alma, QC, Home Owner
Ì Maison modele Mont Loup-Garou (CRF-653), Sainte-Adele, QC, Les Constructions Raymond et Fils inc.
Ì Manulife Place, Recert., Ottawa, ON, Manulife Real Estate
Ì Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, St. Catharines, ON, Brock University
Ì Marine Building, Recert., Vancouver, BC, Oxford Properties Group
Ì Mastercard - Toronto Office, Toronto, ON, MasterCard Incorporated
Ì McCallumSather Offices, Hamilton, ON, McCallum Sather Architects Inc.
Ì Meadowvale Corporate Centre
Plaza Two, Mississauga, ON, Recert., QuadReal Property Group
Ì Meadowvale Corporate Centre Plaza Three, Recert., Mississauga, ON, QuadReal Property Group
Ì Miles Macdonell Collegiate Gymnasium, Winnipeg, MB, College
Miles Macdonell Collegiate
Ì Minto One80Five, Recert., Ottawa, ON, Minto Properties Inc.
Ì MNP Tower, Recert., Vancouver, BC, Oxford Properties Group
Ì Mulroney Hall, Antigonish, NS, St. Francis Xavier University
Ì Nichol Place, Surrey, BC, BC Housing
Ì Northern Lights School, Calgary, AB, Calgary Board of Education
Ì Oceana PARC, White Rock, BC, Pacific Arbour Five Residences Ltd
Ì Oceanic Plaza, Recert., Vancouver, BC, Oxford Properties Group
Ì Okanagan College Health Sciences Center, Kelowna, BC, Okanagan College
Ì ONE60 Elgin, Recert., Ottawa, ON, H&R REIT
Ì Orford 2020, Residence Collette et Gravel, Orford, QC, Propriétaire
Ì Parq Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Parq Vancouver
Ì Pine Ridge Elementary School, Winkler, MB, Garden Valley School Division
Ì Pivot, Toronto, ON, RioCan Real Estate Investment
Ì Résidence de Bullion, Montréal, QC, Home Owner
Ì Residence Hikspoors-Comtois, St-George-de-Clarenceville, QC, Belvedair Construction inc.
Ì Résidence Ladd + Turmel, Sainte-Marie, QC, Propriataires
Ì Résidence Val des Prés, Plessisville, QC, Home Owner
Ì River Landing - North Tower, Saskatoon, SK, Triovest Realty Advisors Inc.
Ì Search and Rescue Station, Old Perlican, NL, Real Property, Safety and Security Fisheries and Oceans Canada | Government of Canada
Ì Seneca CITE: Levels 04 & 05 Fit-Up, Toronto, ON, Seneca College
Ì Sibylla Kiddle School, Calgary, AB, Calgary Board of Education
Ì Student Association of MacEwan University (SAMU) Building, Edmonton, AB, MacEwan University
Ì Sun Life Financial Centre, Recert., Ottawa, ON, BentallGreenOak
Ì Tilley School, Tilley, AB, Grasslands Public School District
Ì Toyota Parts Distribution Centre, Clarington, ON, Toyota Canada Inc.
Ì True North Square, Winnipeg, MB, TN Square Inc. c/o BentallGreenOak (Canada) Limited Partnership
Ì 484 Spadina, Toronto, ON, Fitzrovia Real Estate Inc.
Ì 1055 RLE - bureaux de Retraite Québec, Montréal, QC, Le Groupe
Alfid
Ì 1652/1672 Tricont Avenue, Whitby, ON, Lasalle
Ì 180 Wellington Street West, Recert., Toronto, ON, Manulife
Ì 1900 & 1908 Ironoak Way, Oakville, ON, Upper Middle Road LP
Ì 7260, Saint-Urbain, Montréal, QC, Mondev Development (9595988 Canada inc.)
Ì 7685 Hurontario Street, Brampton, ON, Kallo Developments
Ì Aréna Fleury, Montréal Nord, QC, Ville de Montréal
Ì Aréna Roberto Luongo, Montreal, QC, Ville de Montréal, Arrondissement St-Léonard
Ì Transport and Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Building, Alouette, QC, DND DCC-MDN
CDC
Ì BDC Office at 81 Bay St., Toronto, ON, Business Development Bank of Canada
Ì Bibliothèque Donalda-Charron, Gatineau, QC, Ville de Gatineau
Ì Bloomfield Works Yard Addition, Ottawa, ON, City of Ottawa
Ì Bona Office (2 locations), Ottawa, ON, Bona Building & Management Company Limited
Ì Border Business Park - Bldg. P, Nisku, AB, ONE Properties
Ì Bureau de WSP, Laval, QC, WSP Canada inc.
Ì Bureaux du Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration, Montréal, QC, Ministère de l'Immigration, de la Francisation et de l'Intégration
Ì UBC Exchange Residence, Vancouver, BC, UBC Properties Trust
Ì Uplands - Building A, B, C, Nanaimo, BC, Starlight Investments
Ì Valleymede Towers, Richmond
Hill, ON, Times Group Corporation
Ì CAE COMOX Flight Training Center, Comox, BC, CAE
Ì Calgary Police Service, Spyhill Services Centre, Calgary, AB, Calgary Police Services
Ì Canadian Coast Guard Placentia MCTS Centre and Placentia Conservation & Protection Office, Placentia, NL, Government of Canada, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (RPSS)
Ì Carling Square, Recertif., Ottawa, ON, Arnon Development Corporation Limited
Ì Centre Étienne-Desmarteau, Montréal, QC, Service de gestion et de la planification immobilière, Ville de Montréal
Ì Chalet de montagne, Stoneham, QC, Propriataire
Ì Cooksville GO Transit Station, Mississauga, ON, EllisDon Infrastructure Transit
Ì Éco Entreprises Québec, Montreal, QC, Éco Entreprises Québec
Ì Écohabitations boréales - Lavoie, Morin-Heights, QC
Ì Écohabitations boréales - Prévost, Prevost, QC
Ì École Champs Vallée School, Beaumont, AB, Black Gold Regional Div. No.18
Ì École Waterford Springs School, Winnipeg, MB, Winnipeg School Division
Ì Ed Sackfield Arena Expansion, Richmond Hill, ON, Town of Richmond Hill
Ì EDC Office, Toronto, ON, Export Development Canada
Ì Édifice Louis-Philippe-Pigeon, Québec, QC, Industrielle Alliance, Assurance et services financiers inc.
Ì Enterprise Data Centre Borden, Recert., Borden, ON, BGIS Global Integrated Solutions (BGIS)
Ì Vancouver Firehall No.5 + Housing, Vancouver, BC, City of Vancouver
Ì Viridian, Vancouver, BC, Bentall Kennedy (Canada) LP
Ì Winnipeg Station, Winnipeg, MB, VIA Rail Canada
Ì Evanston K-6 School, Calgary, AB, Calgary Catholic School District
Ì Evolo X, Montréal, QC, Evolo X Condominiums inc
Ì Faubourg Cousineau (multiple locations), St-Hubert, QC, Habitations Lussier
Ì Garth Worthington School, Edmonton, AB, Edmonton Public School Board
Ì Groves Memorial Community Hospital, Fergus, ON, Groves Memorial Community Hospital
Ì Hawksbury OPP Detachment, Hawkesbury, ON, Infrastructure Ontario
Ì Hotel X, Toronto, ON, Princes Gates Hotel Limited Partnership
Ì Huron County OPP Detachment, Clinton, ON, Infrastructure Ontario
Ì Integrated Project Office - CBR, Ottawa, ON, PSPC
Ì Kevric - Consilium Place, Toronto, ON, Kevric Real Estate Corporation inc.
Ì La Salle School Addition, La Salle, MB, Seine River School Division
Ì Lakehead University Athletic Centre, Thunder Bay, ON, Lakehead University
Ì Langley Memorial Hospital Emergency Dept. Addition, Langley, BC, Fraser Health Authority
Ì Little Current OPP Detachment, Little Current, ON, Infrastructure Ontario
Ì Manitoba Finance Office, Winnipeg, MB, 2700760 Manitoba Ltd
Ì MAPLE, Halifax, NS, Southwest Properties Limited
Ì Marathon OPP Detachment, Marathon, ON, Infrastructure Ontario
Ì York Major Medical Centre, Vaughan, ON, York Circle Holdings Inc c/o Metrus Construction
Ì Margaret's Landing Apartments (multiple locations), Kelowna, BC, Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society
Ì Michael Phair School, Edmonton, MB, Edmonton Public School Board
Ì Mississauga OPP Detachment, Mississauga, ON, Infrastructure Ontario
Ì Morningside Elementary School
(K-6), Airdrie, AB, Calgary Catholic School Division
Ì Niagara Region Police Station, St Catharines, ON, Niagara Region
Ì Niverville High School, Niverville, MB, Hanover School Division
Ì Orillia OPP Detachment, Orillia, ON, Infrastructure Ontario
Ì Oshawa GO Station Building, Oshawa, ON, Metrolinx - GO Transit
Ì Ottawa Art Gallery Expansion, Ottawa, ON, City of Ottawa
Ì Paradigm Condominiums, Burlington, ON, Molinaro Group
Ì Parry Sound OPP Detachment, Parry Sound, ON, Infrastructure Ontario
Ì Pavillon d’accueil de l’Assemblée nationale du Québec, Québec, QC, Assemblée nationale - Édifice
Pamphile-Le May
Ì Pavillon Donald E. Armstrong Building, Montréal, QC, Université McGill University
Ì Pavillon Robert-Middlemiss, Gatineau, QC, Ville de Gatineau
Ì Prologis Park 410 Distribution Centre 3, Caledon, ON, Prologis Inc.
Ì Queen Elizabeth II Planetarium, Edmonton, AB, City of Edmonton
Ì Rainy River District OPP Detachment, Rainy River, ON, Infrastructure Ontario
Ì Résidence de la Famille Drapeau, Lévis, QC, Tergos Gestion Inc
Ì Résidence Les Pionnières, Ville Saint-Laurent, QC, 9392-6137
Quebec inc. c/o Groupe Santé Sedna
Ì Riverside Neighbourhood, St. Albert, AB, Coventry Homes
Ì 2300 North Park Drive, Brampton, ON, LaSalle Investment Management
Ì 533 College, Toronto, ON, Akelius Canada Ltd.
Ì Allora Condominiums (multiple locations), Ottawa, ON, Urbandale Construction
Ì ArdoVLM HeadOffice, Dollarddes-Ormeaux, QC, Ardo VLM
Ì Blackburn (Lois Kemp) Arena Expansion, Gloucester, ON, City of Ottawa
Ì Brookside Intermediate School, Portugal Cove – St. Philip’s, NL, Newfoundland & Labrador English School District
Ì Sister Alphonse Academy K-9 Catholic School, St. Albert, AB, Greater St. Albert Catholic School
Ì Southfields Community Centre, Caledon, ON, Town of Caledon
Ì St. Lawrence College Historical Newcourt House, Kingston, ON, St. Lawrence College
Ì StoneGate D, Calgary, AB, ONE Properties
Ì Bureaux d’ONF / NFB, Montréal, QC, Groupe Montoni
Ì Centre de distribution Beloeil, Beloeil, QC, Exceldor coopérative
Ì Centre de données VantageQC11 Expansion, Ville St-Laurent, QC, Vantage Data Centers
Ì CHEP Canada, Mississauga, ON, CHEP Inc
Ì Écohabitations boréales, Terre et Lumière, Sainte-Adèle, QC, Écohabitations boréales inc.
Ì Gare fluviale de Saint-Ignace-deLoyola, Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola, QC, Société des traversiers du Québec
Ì Two Hills Mennonite School, Two Hills, AB, St. Paul Education Regional Division No.1
Ì Villa Cathay Care Home, Vancouver, BC, Villa Cathay Care Home
Ì Whispering Ridge Community School, Grande Prairie, AB, Peace Wapiti School Division No. 76
Ì Willow Park Armoury, Halifax, NS, Department of National Defence Canada
Ì Windsor Park Library, Winnipeg, MB, The City of Winnipeg
Ì ZAC 3 - maison en ville (multiple locations), Montréal, QC, Sotramont
Ì iPort Caledon Building F, Bolton, ON, Triovest Realty Advisors Inc.
Ì Jonxion 4 (LL Phase 3 SEC), Brossard, QC, Societe Galion inc.
Ì Maison Terra (multiple locations), Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Broccolini Construction Inc.
Ì MBQ Housing - 6 units, Deseronto, ON, Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte
Ì Minto Longbranch Phase 2 (Blocks 12 to 15), Etobicoke, ON, Minto Communities Canada
Ì Project Fire, Guelph, ON, Medline Industries, Inc. c/o Nexrock
Ì Albert Jackson Processing Centre, Scarborough, ON
Ì Amped Sports Lab, Ottawa, ON, Modern Niagara Group
Ì Banff Transit Storage Facility, Banff, AB, Town of Banff
Ì Carrville Community Centre, Library and District Park, Vaughan, ON, City of Vaughan
Ì Complexe Dompark, Montreal, QC, Gestion immobilière Quo Vadis
Ì Édifice Jacques-Parizeau, Montreal, QC, Ivanhoé Cambridge
Ì Endress+Hauser Customer Experience Centre, Burlington, ON, Endress+Hauser Canada Ltd.
Ì Granville Square, Vancouver, BC, The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited
Ì Le Phénix - Carbone Zéro 20202021, Montreal, QC,
Ì Lemay - Québec, Quebec, QC
Ì Maison Manuvie, Montreal, QC, Gestion de placements Manuvie
Ì Okanagan College Health Sciences Center, Kelowna, BC, Okanagan College
Ì PwC Place, Vancouver, BC, The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited
Ì Pyrrha, Vancouver, BC, Pyrrha
Ì Royal Centre Zero Carbon Certification, Vancouver, BC, Royal Centre (KREC) Inc.
Ì Royal Oakville Club (multiple locations), Oakville, ON, Fernbrook Homes Head Office
Ì SAQ, Centre Charlevoix, La Malbaie, QC, Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ)
Ì Sélection Gatineau, Gatineau, QC, Groupe Sélection
Ì Spruce Grove Stony Plain Protective Services Building, Spruce Grove, AB, City of Spruce Grove
Ì St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital, North Tower, St. Thomas, ON, St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital
Ì Scotia Plaza's 40 King St. West
Ì The Co-operators, Guelph, ON, 10952893 Canada Inc.
Ì The Stack, Vancouver, BC, Oxford Properties
Ì UFA Distribution Centre, Edmonton, AB, Fiera Real Estate
Ì Waterfront Centre, Vancouver, BC, The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited
Sustainability is embedded in the culture of the family-owned Teknion, empowering everyone from the plant floor through to our executive leadership to contribute to corporate responsibility. Its Montreal Showroom, Teknion’s only showroom to achieve both LEEDv4 Platinum, receiving 83 credits, and WELL Platinum represents its latest commitment to its culture of sustainability.
The Showroom achieved all 25 LEED Optimize Energy points, due primarily to the efficiency of the base building heating system and 30% lighting power density reduction. A 100% of the energy use is offset with Greenpower for a 10-year term and commitment to renewable energy.
Site selection is key for interior fit outs; both the building location and the base building itself. This helped significantly with both certifications by providing: • Access to public transportation
• Diverse neighbouring community amenities (grocery, restaurants, banks, museums, etc.) including adjacent access to green space. • A robust bicycle storage and showering facility.
• Premium MERV 13 filtration- Indoor Air Quality
• Storage and collection for recyclables. • Green Cleaning.
• The building itself has also achieved LEED Certification.
• Premium views to the outdoors- connections to biophilia with river and city views.
Teknion’s materials transparency and low-emitting materials for all of its products allowed for innovation. It used the material red list protocols for all the materials used on the project. Specific achievements include:
• Pilot Credit 112: Certified Multi-attribute Product and Materials. With the concentration of BIFMA e3 Level 3 certified products, Teknion was able to demonstrate that it met 31% by cost of the entire project.
• Exemplary Performance- Low Emitting Materials with 100% compliance in two product categories. Teknion products were, of course, one of those categories for product application.
• Exemplary Performance- BPDO, Environmental Product Declarations, containing LCA information and embodied carbon impacts, provided for the maximum number of products (20) – a difficult achievement in a small space.
• Pilot Credit 90: Social Equity within the Project team Option 2, Demonstrating social responsibility on a company level with Teknion’s JUST label.
• Bi-annual thermal comfort surveys to ensure employee satisfaction throughout the space.
• All of the products in the former Showroom location were decommissioned to various non-profits and dealer partners in the area. 100% of all existing furniture was diverted from landfill during the move from the prior location. Construction and demolition waste diversion rates completed at 76.44%
The University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Kinesiology had a grand vision to create a new facility that would wholly embody the philosophy of the science of kinesiology and personify the synthesis between wellness and sustainability. UNB and Architects Four Limited collaborated to create a facility which combines the seven wellness concepts of air, water, nourishment, light, mind, fitness and comfort, while achieving LEED® Gold certification.
As the second phase of the three-part “Healthy Living Village”, the facility parallels kinesiology’s broad cross-section of interdisciplinary studies and collaborative nature through its imitation of human anatomy. The interior circulation pathways are the backbone and the connective tissues; the Central Core, as vital organs, allows uninterrupted passage of light, air and people throughout; the Grand Stair, similar to a heart, provides vital access to all levels; and the Earth Tubes simulate the building’s breath. Combined with generous glazing on all levels, the interior is visually open and inviting with a natural ambience.
On track for WELL Certification, the building is designed with a special emphasis on natural features, transforming healthy learning environments and improving the wellness and wellbeing of its students, faculty, and staff studying the science of human movement and apply the latest evidence-based research to improve function, health and wellness to people in all settings and populations.
A biophilia plan outlines the way nature is incorporated through environmental elements, lighting, and space layout; as well as the way it incorporates nature’s patterns, and opportunities for human-nature interactions. At the project’s onset, local Indigenous representatives from traditional Wolastoqey territory blessed the site and the trees harvested for re-use in the building.
The building is situated in a park-like setting on the UNB’s downtown Fredericton campus, gently integrated into the hillside between MacKay and Peter Kelly Drives. The steep sloped site provides the unique opportunity for street-side, barrier free entrances at each floor level.
An expansion to MacKay Drive Plaza at the roof level of the building, creates an outdoor space overlooking the building’s vegetated roof and extraordinary views of the City and the Saint John (Wolastoq) River. Drought resistant vegetation populates the roof, while the surrounding landscape design incorporates native and adaptive plant species.
Despite being set into the hillside, natural light graces most occupied spaces through large windows, rooftop monitors and borrowed light through interior glazing. Subterranean earth tubes supply naturally tempered fresh air to the mechanical ventilation system. The building also draws in fresh air from the operable windows, and past a 54m² living wall, before exhausting out rooftop monitors using stack effect.
Fossil fuel dependence is reduced by accommodating future photovoltaic integration and utilizing the campus’s district energy plant, that’s base loaded by locally sourced biomass. Furthermore, alternative modes of transportation are encouraged through the inclusion of solar powered bicycle shelters, electric vehicle charging stations and integration into the campus active transportation plan.
Learning spaces in the 6,275m², three-storey facility include research and teaching laboratories, High Performance Training Centre, teaching kitchen for university and community outreach, student learning commons, classrooms and lecture theatre.
The building educates occupants not only in the classroom, but also with sustainable design strategies on prominent display. On the exterior, Earth Tubes, grade-level access and the vegetated roof are visually significant elements that signal to the building’s sustainable aspirations.
On the interior, an electronic dashboard displays the energy usage, rainwater harvesting and wellbeing of the building and its occupants, windows provide visibility into the thermal tank storage room, and resource reduction is encouraged with water filling stations and recycling. These features raise awareness and expectations of building standards and inform occupants of future design potential.
Net-zero operations by 2030. That’s the goal. It’s one we haven’t been shy about sharing, and we’re excited to highlight the achievement of an important milestone in this journey. In 2022, all three facilities at our new Hydro Ottawa east and south campuses officially received LEED Gold Buildings certification. This means less greenhouse gasses released into the atmosphere, the preservation of natural resources, and significant reductions in waste.
LEED Gold certified buildings weren’t an afterthought. From day one, we worked to design and construct our new campuses so that they aligned with our commitment to being part of the solution.
Wherever possible, we constructed our new campuses with recycled content along with regional materials and products to lower transportation emissions. When net new materials were used, certified wood materials were chosen to ensure responsible forest management to limit our impact. Moreover, measures were taken to ensure that the indoor air quality of the new facilities met LEED Standard’s stringent requirements during construction and before occupancy.
Reaching our net-zero goal requires forethought. We knew the construction of these new campuses would produce waste However, through an elevated Construction Waste Management Plan, more than 78 percent of construction and demolition debris was diverted from landfills.
Our buildings are loaded with features and functionality that reduce their impact on the environment, and produce a 40 per cent energy cost-savings compared to Natural Resources Canada’s industry standards.
Right up to the roof tops, sustainability was key. ‘Cool roofs’ use a reflective roofing membrane that reduces the air conditioning needs in our office areas and improves indoor comfort in areas that are not air-conditioned, such as the garages.
Lights in buildings and parking lots are on motion-sensors, only turned on when someone is in the area. This occupancy lighting reduces energy waste and ensures we’re only using what we need.
We also make use of reusable resources where we can. Water collected by our rainwater harvesting system is used for flushing toilets and in low-flow fixtures in our Main Office. This repurposing system allows us to achieve more than 50 per cent reduction in municipal water use.
Both campuses are equipped with solar panels which produce power that helps offset our energy consumption by almost 20 per cent at our east campus, and by 100 per cent at our south campus.
Employees who have already made the switch to electric vehicles have access to 17 EV charging spots—with more on the way.
There’s also prioritized parking for employees that carpool, and covered bike racks to encourage sustainable, less impactful transportation.
Sustainable design also takes the work environment into consideration. The health and wellbeing of our employees is a top priority at Hydro Ottawa, so our LEED Gold buildings have modern HVAC systems that provide fresh makeup air, workspaces that are flexible and accessible, and floor plan layouts that result in approximately 95 per cent of all workspaces with direct views to the outdoors and plenty of natural light.
Wherever possible, we want to encourage and champion efforts to support a greener future. For more than a century, we’ve provided our customers with clean, safe, and reliable power, and we’ll continue to do so through innovative technologies and sustainable practices to reinforce our position as a leader in the future of smart energy.
Energizing our communities to protect the environment in sustainable ways is something we’re passionate about. Our moonshot of becoming the first municipally-owned Canadian utility to reach net-zero operations by 2030 may be bold, but bold is where change happens. Bold is how progress is made. Bold is what we aim for.
With construction well underway, Co-operators new head office in Guelph, ON has earned Zero Carbon Building –Design Standard certification from the Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC).
When it opens in the summer of 2024, the 226,000 sq. ft facility at 101 Cooper Drive in Guelph will feature an all-electric design that will eliminate direct carbon emissions from any onsite source, meaning no retrofits or decarbonization plan will be required as the organization progresses toward its net zero targets. The building will be highly energy-efficient and minimize indirect annual carbon emissions from electricity, offsetting any remaining emissions through high-quality carbon offsets or carbon-free renewable energy. In addition, ‘embodied carbon’ emissions resulting from construction, manufacturing, transportation and disposal of all building materials are also meaningfully reduced or offset.
According to the Canada Green Building Council, the building sector is Canada‘s third-largest emitter. Today, residential, commercial, and institutional buildings contribute 17% of Canada’s greenhouse gas (CGC) emissions and once building materials and construction are included, this level approaches 30%.
“Achieving the Zero Carbon Building – Design Standard certification for our national headquarters is a strong reflection of our values and vision to catalyze sustainability in our society,” said Shawn Fitzgerald, vice-president of real estate and workplace services at Co-operators. “This building is a compelling demonstration of the imagination and innovation that will be required as we build for a more sustainable future in Canada. We have an important role to play in mitigating the risks of climate change in a direct and meaningful way, helping move Canada and the world towards a net zero emissions future.”
“With this certification, Co-operators joins a growing list of forward-thinking organizations investing in the future through zero carbon buildings,” said Thomas Mueller, President and CEO of the Canada Green Building Council. “Our made-in-Canada and globally recognized Zero Carbon Building standards provide tangible ways for organizations like Co-operators to realize their sustainability targets. Paired with LEED and WELL, the Co-operators headquarters promises to be a marquee green building offering enduring value and resiliency for the company and a healthy and productive place to work for employees.”
Features of Co-operators new building include:
• 40% greater energy and greenhouse gas savings beyond the Ontario Building Code’s all-electric baseline
• 60% heating load reduction beyond the code-minimum for new office builds
• 282 kW rooftop solar array will generate approximately 9% of the total annual building energy consumption
• Automatic tinting windows will eliminate glare and reduce energy consumption
• Highly insulated and airtight building will conserve energy
• High-efficiency water source technology will recover and redistribute heat throughout the building
• LED lighting equipped with occupancy and daylight harvesting sensors only turn on when needed. In addition to Zero Carbon Building – Design Standard certification, the building is also targeting LEED Gold and WELL Platinum certifications.
York Major Medical Centre is a 50,000 ft2 high-performance green building that is also a leader in creating a healthy indoor environment for medical practices. The medical office is in the heart of the rapidly growing City of Vaughan, just north of Major Mackenzie Dr., within walking distance of stores, restaurants, businesses, public transportation and high-rise condominiums. Occupants of the building also have neighboring views of a majestic Eagles Nest Golf Club. York Major Holdings, the Owner of this project, set an early goal of developing a building that incorporated sustainable design practices in all aspects with the intent of creating a space that was healthy, highly efficient and that provided cost-savings.
The site was selected based on its dense surroundings, providing options for alternative transportation and connection with amenities for occupants, without impacting the land it would be built on.
Developer/Owner: York Major Holdings
Construction Manager: Metrus Construction Limited.
LEED Consultant: INVIRO Engineered Systems Ltd.
Architect: Baldassarra Architects Inc.
Structural Engineer: Peter Betka & Associates Ltd.
Mechanical Engineer: INVIRO Engineered Systems Ltd.
Electrical Engineer: Manual Jordao & Associates Ltd.
Energy Modeller: INVIRO Engineered Systems Ltd.
Environmental Consultant: Stantec Consulting Ltd.
Electric vehicle charging stations are provided and located outside of the building to encourage alternative means of transportation. In addition, the well thought out lighting design for the building’s exterior reduces the effects of light pollution by limiting the amount of light that trespasses beyond the property. To help restore habitat, the project donated 49 acres of nearby woodlot lands to local conservation authorities.
Plumbing fixtures and fittings selected reduce indoor potable water use by over 30%, which is an approximate savings of 743,800 L of water per year. Outdoor water savings of over 60% were achieved by selecting plant species based on their drought tolerance, hardiness and disease resistance requiring minimal maintenance requirements. Through a holistic lens of rainwater management, onsite rainwater runoff was reduced by replicating the site’s natural hydrology, supporting key regional features such as wetlands, headwater streams and groundwater aquifers. In addition, makeup water used for the cooling tower is conserved with makeup water meters, conductivity controls and overflow alarms.
Selecting low-carbon materials was a priority in the early design phases. Precast concrete hollow core slabs with recycled content were incorporated into the design to reduce raw material consumption and maintain durability. By performing a Building Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), the team was able to assess the environmental impacts of specific materials and products from extraction through manufacture, use, replace or repair to disposal and recycling, and demonstrate an overall embodied carbon reduction of 20%.
The project reduced its energy consumption by over 15% with an optimized design through a high-performance building envelope paired with efficient mechanical and electrical systems, including a hydronic system that provides heating and cooling, an energy recovery ventilator with demandcontrolled ventilation that delivers fresh air and efficient LED lighting with daylighting controls. The systems are monitored by a building automation system, fully automating the lighting levels and HVAC delivery specifically to coincide with tenant hours of operation that will adjust to seasonal changes in sunlight and temperature.
As a high priority for a medical centre, all finishes were selected based on their low-emitting/non-emitting criteria for volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Additionally, the ventilation system was designed to maximize fresh air intake while using high-efficiency filtration media to reduce indoor pollutants and particles.
Maison Manuvie presents a prominent architectural signature in the heart of Montreal’s business district. The 27-storey building is easily accessible by various modes of transport and advocates for the densification of the city centre.
The location of the AAA-class building is a key part of its success with a direct connection to the metro and a bike path out front on Boulevard Maisonneuve. Built between 2015 and 2017, Maison Manuvie was a joint venture between Manulife and Ivanhoé Cambridge. From the outset, both companies wanted the property to be a landmark distinct from all other properties.
Selection of the design and equipment favoured the latest advances in energy efficiency, including components such as heat recovery chillers. The design and construction team investigated LEED certification early on and collaborated to achieve LEED Gold certification for new construction in 2018.
Sustainable solutions focused on natural light, comfort and energy saving. An ambitious program and ‘no expense spared’ attitude was followed to meet stringent energy efficiency requirements. Taking advantage of the fact that it was new construction, the team included everything that had been planned such as:
- double glass envelope for better thermal performance
- artificial lighting from LED light sources
- a white roof to eliminate the heat island effect
- abundant natural light
- a hundred-space bicycle parking lot with changing rooms equipped with showers for cyclists
Moreover, Maison Manuvie has unparalleled connectivity which has earned it the first WiredScore Platinum certification in Quebec, as a building with the most reliable and secure Internet connection.
The building automation and control system with nearly 30,000 control points, along with the recovery of the energy generated by heating and air conditioning, ensures better comfort for occupants. The elevators are equipped with an improved destination management system that maximizes speed of service and considers the desired destination floors. Sanitary fixtures and low-flow faucets ensure minimal water consumption in restrooms and kitchens throughout the building.
Maison Manuvie is committed to maintaining exemplary and innovative environmental management which includes the willingness to transition towards more sustainable modes of energy. With that commitment in mind, Maison Manuvie has undertaken to use renewable natural gas (RNG) and to reducing its GHG emissions by 25% between 2019 and 2020. In 2021, it received the Net Zero Carbon certification; this was possible with the purchase of renewable gas and carbon offset credits.
Finally, artificial intelligence technologies are also in place to optimize building operations, such as the Coppertree technology which identifies potential modifications to the building automation system for the operators to analyze and implement, if applicable. Furthermore, the team at Maison Manuvie is in the process of conforming to ISO 50001, a standard for energy management systems, making it one of the few properties in Canada to receive this certification.
Other certifications and awards include BOMA Best Platinum, LEED E-BOM Platinum and BOMA Quebec’s 2021-22 Building of the Year (TOBY) award.
Yorkdale Shopping Centre (Yorkdale) is Canada’s ultimate retail destination, highest-performing shopping centre, and a beacon of sustainability in the retail space. Yorkdale achieved LEED Gold certification under the Existing Buildings 4.1 rating system. The first enclosed retail shopping centre over 1M sq ft.
Over the past decade, the mall has continued to set the pace as it pertains to sustainability and occupant comfort through various initiatives such as LED retrofits, solar photovoltaic (PV) installations and rainwater harvesting projects. All these and more equate to almost 850,000 kWh of diverted energy on an annual basis.
Covering almost 2,000,000 gross square feet in retail space, Yorkdale shopping center consists of over 270 stores and services, including the largest collection of luxury brands in the country. The shopping centre attracts over 18 million visitors per year and is also one of North York’s largest employers. Yorkdale is co-owned by Alberta Investment Management Corporation and Ontario Municipal Employee’s Retirement System, through its subsidiary Oxford Properties Group (Oxford), and is managed by Oxford, a leader in the North American commercial real estate industry.
Green building certifications greatly benefit our business because they:
• Protect the value of our assets in the face of changing regulatory, market and customer demand.
• Offer globally recognized symbols of sustainability and leadership—top performance against key environmental and social indicators.
• Signal our buildings save money via improved resource efficiency, produce lower carbon emissions and ultimately, create healthier places for people.
Scotia Plaza’s 40 King St. W. is the largest Zero Carbon Certified Building in Canada, and the first to certify under Zero Carbon Building – Performance v2 Standard. 40 King St. W. is also recognized as one of the first major office towers in Canada to achieve LEED Platinum certification.
As an all-electric building, it features 68 storeys of above-grade AAA Class commercial office, and below grade, one level of retail and four levels of parking, with over 36 electric vehicle chargers. The building is a concrete frame, clad with distinctive granite claddings and punched window openings with double-glazed, aluminum-framed windows that make the building stand out in the Toronto skyline.
Thanks to the building’s original design, reliance on limited combustion-based systems, and diligent ongoing performance monitoring, this 68-storey building had a total carbon footprint of only 1,418 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent. A carbon emissions intensity of 0.71 kgCO2e/sf, which gets offset through carbon credits purchased from Gold Standard as part of its ZCB-Performance certification.
Scotia Plaza’s 100 Yonge Street in downtown Toronto is the most recent building in KingSett’s portfolio to achieve the Zero Carbon Building - Performance Standard. This marks a major milestone in KingSett Capital’s Three-Phase Decarbonization Strategy as we work towards our decarbonization goal of 35% of carbon emissions across our CREIF portfolio by 2027.
100 Yonge is a Class “A” office building with 250k sf of space and is the second building in our portfolio after 40 King Street W. to receive this certification. 100 Yonge has also achieved LEED Gold certified under the Operations and Maintenance pathway.
KingSett’s Decarbonization Strategy has included replacing end-of-life boilers and chillers, upgrading air handlers with heat recovery, and installing air source heat pumps to replace the existing heating plant.
Thanks to these efforts, 100 Yonge will eliminate 549 tonnes of carbon emissions annually – a 76% reduction – equivalent to removing 118 passenger vehicles from the road.
These results far exceed the Carbon Risk Real Estate Monitor (CRREM) guidelines for Canadian office building emissions by 2050, which are aligned with the Paris Climate Agreement and Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi).
“The transition to a net-zero carbon future requires thoughtful long-term planning. We are making investments today that will have a positive impact on climate change now, and in the future, such as pursing the Zero Carbon Building Standard.”
- Bill Logar, Chief Asset Management Officer, KingSett Capital
Canada Post’s new Albert Jackson Processing Centre in northeast Toronto is the company’s largest and greenest parcel sorting facility. Covering 585,000 square feet, or roughly the size of six Canadian football fields, this leading-edge, zero-carbon building is a critical hub for our entire national network. It will help us improve service, reduce our environmental footprint and meet the evolving needs of Canadians.
This state-of-the-art facility, which became operational in spring 2023, is our first zero-carbon building and also the largest industrial project in Canada with the Zero Carbon Building - Design Standard certification. Approximately 2,800 rooftop solar panels generate clean, renewable energy onsite. There are 10 electric vehicle charging stations for employees, with infrastructure to support the future electrification of our five-ton fleet. The facility’s highly efficient HVAC system uses refrigerant with low global warming potential, and there’s sensor-controlled lighting that dims based on occupancy and daylight.
Sustainability was also a key consideration during construction – we diverted more than 90 per cent of the waste generated away from landfills.
The Albert Jackson Processing Centre is built to handle the continued growth in parcels and online shopping over the next decade and beyond. It will be able to process more than one million packages a day at full capacity – that’s over 60,000 packages per hour.
As one of Canada’s largest companies – with a presence in communities from coast to coast to coast – Canada Post is committed to delivering more for the greener good. We are investing $1 billion to green our buildings and electrify our fleet on our journey to net-zero emissions by 2050.
While the Albert Jackson Processing Centre will help transform Canada Post for the future, its name pays respect to the past – and reflects a strong commitment to equity and inclusion. Regarded as a civil rights hero, Albert Jackson is also considered to be the first Black letter carrier in Canada. His remarkable story is an important part of our company’s history and we’re proud to honour him.
The facility is located on the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples. We honour their legacy and the legacy of all Indigenous Peoples.
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The City of Kingston have set an ambitious goal to design and construct all new municipal buildings to Net-Zero Energy standards. The Kingston Fire Maintenance Garage, designed by CSV Architects, is the City of Kingston’s first municipal building that produces as much energy as it consumes. CSV Architects was selected to design the new facility due to their experience with emergency service buildings and expertise in high performance buildings.
Located in Kingston’s Fire Training Complex, the building acts as the fleet maintenance garage for Kingston Fire & Rescue. The facility contains three drive through truck bays capable of housing six full-size vehicles and a crew area for the maintenance staff.
The vision for the project was to design a new building that could act as a model for the construction of future municipal buildings in Kingston. Utilizing a lower cost, pre-engineered structure and simple building systems allowed savings in capital cost to be redirected to the installation of on-site renewable energy.
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The target was to design a building that would generate its electrical needs within its own 730 m2 footprint, allowing the building to act as a template that could be replicated on other properties with rooftop solar panels. The building’s leading-edge design employs solutions to reduce energy consumption while minimizing additional cost and complexity.
To meet the Net Zero Energy targets, part of the savings on the capital cost were directed toward the installation of a Solar Field. Preliminary data indicates the Solar Field produces 102% of the energy projected to be used, according to the energy model.
The solar array will have a useful operating life of over 30 years and is expected to pay itself off with the reduction in utility bills after 15 years. The surface area of the array is only 666m2 fitting within the building footprint and exceeding the project objective. The result was a successful prototype for future sustainable development in the City of Kingston.
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Deep green retrofits represent a critical component of the building industry’s response to climate change. Mobilization across the public and private sectors is necessary to meet national targets for carbon reduction. This project represents a visionary and scalable model for how private buildings can be retrofitted to save energy, reduce carbon, and increase community wellbeing through healthy building strategies and public realm enhancements.
HSBC Bank Place occupies a prominent corner in downtown Edmonton at 103rd Avenue and 101st Street. The building was originally constructed in 1980. By 2017, although the tower still demonstrated some excellent qualities, including excellent urban connectivity and a structure that was built to last, the property was ready for re-investment.
During the initial planning and investigation phases, it was determined that the property was a great candidate for a revitalization and deep green retrofit. Integrated workshops and collaboration between owner, developer, contractor and the design team revealed that an ambitious project scope including re-cladding, replacement of major building systems, and the integration of ‘smart’ building controls could save substantial energy and carbon while materially increasing the property’s attractiveness to tenants.
Across Canada and globally, the need to rapidly reduce GHG emissions creates a strong imperative to decarbonize the buildings sector. This project provides a unique and inspirational model for how this can be accomplished in a commercial context, demonstrating that there is a business case for healthy, low-carbon, and intelligent ‘smart’ buildings.
The revitalization project included a complete re-cladding of the tower with the installation of a new, thermally broken triple-glazed curtainwall system and associated upgrades to other building envelope sections. This envelope replacement dramatically improved thermal insulation values, reduced air leakage, increased occupant comfort, and reduced heating and cooling loads.
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OWNER Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo)
ASSET MANAGER AND PROPERTY MANAGER Epic Investment Services
DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT Cushman Wakefield Asset Services ARCHITECT, INTERIOR DESIGNER, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTING, BUILDING PERFORMANCE
GENERAL CONTRACTOR PCL Construction Management Inc.
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING RJC Engineers
MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Smith + Andersen
COMMISSIONING & BUILDING ENVELOPE Morrison Hershfield
HVAC systems were completely replaced, with an old inefficient overhead VAV system giving way to a new dedicated outdoor air system connected to local fan coil units with demand-controlled ventilation. Lighting was replaced with new high-efficiency, all-LED fixtures connected to advanced controls for occupancy and daylight modulation.
Technology also plays an important part in the strategy for repositioning, revitalization, and targeting of deep reductions in energy, GHG, and utility expenditure. Systems that are typically separated, including HVAC, lighting, access control, building management, intercom, and video, were connected to an integrated backbone and delivered as one single solution. The result is a highly intelligent building with smart systems for security, communications, tenant experience, and energy tracking. Tenants can access amenities such as parking and the wellness centre using only their cell phones. In 2020, the project was awarded a WiredScore Platinum certification.
The project scope also included a renewal of the streetscape and landscaping, replacing the aged exterior and minimal public realm with planters, furniture, and space dedicated to socialization and relaxation. The specific context, opportunities, options, and outcomes for the project were evaluated through a lens of community wellbeing, seeking goals and measures that could provide impact outside of the project site area and contribute to the rejuvenation of the downtown.
The result is a property that is completely revitalized and repositioned in the local marketplace. Higher ceilings, more daylight, improved temperature control, and better ventilation air quality contribute to a healthier work environment and position the property to compete with new, modern office towers in downtown Edmonton.
The property has been awarded a WELL Gold certification for measurable improvements that provide a better environment and support occupant health and wellness, and LEED Gold certification for performance across a broad array of sustainability outcomes.
Post-retrofit, the building is predicted to operate at an energy use intensity (EUI) of 196 ekWh/m2/year, of which approximately 50 kWh/m2/year is attributed to on-site data centres and associated systems. The retrofit project is estimated to save over 60% energy consumption vs. pre-retrofit data, and over 40% of operating GHG emissions (exclusive of tenantoperated data centres). Monitoring-based commissioning is being pursued to track actual energy consumption and target additional savings in the post-occupancy phase.
The comprehensive retrofit scope at HSBC Place has repositioned the property to modern Class AA standards, effectively creating a new office property at this central, connected, and desirable location. By maintaining the existing structure, the project was able to save thousands of tonnes of concrete, steel, and other materials from landfill and avoid about 10,700 tonnes of embodied carbon emissions.
The repositioning of the property within the market, along with LEED, WELL, and Wiredscore certifications, created the business case for investment in deep retrofit measures such as the envelope and HVAC upgrades. Further, the full retrofit was completed 14 months earlier than a calculated for a scenario where the building was demolished and replaced. The schedule savings was critical to creating the business case for the deep retrofit scenario.
Setting block for triple glazed units 6.35 x 44.5 x 102mm black silicone
Mineral wool insulation,102mm 20 ga. galvanized steel back pan
Shop applied frame joinery / backpans
Structural glazing
1/4" x 1/4" glazing gasket black silicone
Spandrel adaptor
10mm dia. Vent hole at bottom of spandrel cavity
SPU: 25mm double glazed insulating spandrel glass unit exterior; 6mm heat strengthened - vre-38 #2 airspace - 12mm vtstm, argon fill w/ dow 982 black (3/4" sightline) (spandrel) interior - 6mm heat strengthened - viraspan v901lf (drk grey) #4
146mm
System Depth 196.4mm
Section, Facade detail.
Canada is committed to be net-zero GHG emissions by 2050, with an interim target to achieve an over 40% reduction from 2019 levels by 2030. Deep green retrofits represent an essential tool for the real estate industry to meet this challenge. There is a very exciting second life for buildings that can simultaneously add value for owner and tenants while saving energy, reducing carbon emissions, and improving health and wellbeing for occupants and the community. Now that’s ‘smart’ building.
THE AUTHORS, CHARLES MARSHALL, P.ENG. MBA LEED AP BD+C ENGINEER, PARTNER; GERRY DOERING, PARTNER, ARCHITECT AAA, LEED® AP; AND BAHAA AL NEAMA, PROJECT ARCHITECT, AAA, LEED (BD+C), LFA ARE WITH DIALOG.
Hamilton Convention Centre | Hamilton, ON | May 8-10, 2023
Join Passive House Canada May 8 through 10 in person in Hamilton, Ontario, or live online as we throw a spotlight on the ways in which the building sector is driving investment and collaborations that target decarbonizing buildings, improves climate change resilience and advances the health and safety of residents.
Showcasing the creativity and innovation of our remarkable Passive House community through projects and expertise, we will also look at governments, environmental and building sector stakeholders that are adopting Passive House or equivalent green building standards to address a generation-defining crunch for more affordable housing in the face of a global climate crisis.
SNEAK PEEK: CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
MAY 8
UNECE High Performance Buildings Initiative: Partnership for Global Consensus and Local Adaptation of Energy Efficiency Standards in Buildings
- Dario Luigi, Director, Sustainable Energy Division, United Nations Economic Commission of Europe (UNECE)
In the face of Electrification: Opportunities and Challenges
- Lisa DeMarco, Senior Partner and CEO, Resilient LLP
Special Panel: Community Impact, Building Action and Inaction
- Corey Diamond, Executive Director, Efficiency Canada
- Blair Feltmate, Professor and Head, Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation
- Julia Langer, CEO, The Atmospheric Fund
- Marc Soberano, Founder and CEO, Building Up
Special Panel: Getting to the Goal Post: High Performance Building in Hamilton
- Trevor Imhoff, Senior Project Manager, City of Hamilton
- Sean Botham, Manager of Development, CityHousing
Hamilton
- Medora Uppal, Chief Executive Officer, YWCA Hamilton
- Henry Schilthuis, President, Schilthuis Construction
Special Panel: Global Standards for Buildings and Outcomes they Demand
- Jerome Bilodeau, Director, Office of Energy Efficiency, Natural Resources Canada
- Dario Luigi, Director, Sustainable Energy Division, United Nations Economic Commission of Europe (UNECE)
- Bronwyn Barry, Passive House Network
Upscaling Delivery to Large, Complex Passive House Projects: Lessons Learned From One of the First Large-Scale Buildings in Ontario
- David Stanton, Marine Sanchez, RDH Building Science, Inc.
May 10
Policy Pathways to Building Decarbonization
- Kevin Lockhart, Research Manager, Efficiency Canada
Meeting Passive House Standards with Masonry
- Mark Hagel, Alberta Masonry Council
As well as a Passive House project tour, featuring: Putman Family YWCA Mixed-Use Affordable Housing
- James North Baptist
- Ken Soble Tower
- Coronation Park Apartments
- King William Modular Housing (Tentative)
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Simple Life Homes
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In the fall of 2022, the World Green Building Council published its guide for Climate Change Resilience in the Built Environment, outlining the principles for adaptation to a changing climate, applicable at the scale of cities, communities and buildings. This article is a collection of excerpts from the WGBC guide.
The consequences of climate change such as more frequent and worsening droughts, flooding and heat waves are already posing an existential threat worldwide.
This is felt acutely in our largest cities. Cities are important in this regard, not only because it is where most people live, but also where the most impactful solutions could be implemented.
Applying adaptation solutions to our cities will ensure that the built environment continues to protect, provide for, and connect urban citizens, despite a changing climate. Proactive climate adaptation can also deliver transformative health, societal and economic benefits. Most adaptation investments serve multiple purposes and quickly provide everyday benefits for better functioning cities and resilient communities.
For instance, strengthened river embankments can be used as pedestrian walkways, cycle lanes or parks; nature-based or ‘green’ adaptation solutions that use vegetation to reduce heat, drought and flood risk also help to improve air quality, environmental conservation, and citizens’ wellbeing, as well as absorbing greenhouse gases.
Reducing the risks of disasters also improves political security and helps reduce civil unrest, hunger, and disease, contributing to a stable environment for social and economic development.
These benefits outweigh the costs of potential losses by a factor of four, on average. Some leading cities are already taking innovative action. Wuhan is promoting ecologically-friendly alternatives to traditional flood defences and drainage systems city-wide called sponge city features. These features will not only work on principles of nature-based solutions to flooding (70% of flood water retention), but also bring multiple benefits to the city including creating cooler environments and creating amenity spaces.
The 15-minutes city concept (in which all a resident’s daily needs can be met within a 15-minute walking radius) is being applied through urban planning globally, from Bogota to Paris. This is not only due to its positive impacts to local economy and life, but also improving resilience to climate shocks. Cities are also implementing various local solutions to tackle increasing Urban Heat Island (UHI) effects. Los Angeles is installing cool paving; Medellin is creating a network of Corridores Verdes (green corridors); Melbourne and Adelaide are planting urban forests; and Cape Town is introducing water sprays in public parks.
Adaptation is needed in cities now. Policy makers, industry and wider stakeholders can ensure a safe and healthy future in cities by taking firm steps, adaptation is embedded in how we plan new and retrofit existing cities. This needs better planning, improved political will and financing adaptation solutions that can make our society more resilient to climate change.
We need to put people and nature first in pursuit of a world resilient to climate change - where we don’t just survive climate shocks and stresses, but thrive in spite of them.
The following sections present principles of built environment management for changes to weather- related climate change impacts such as: storms, high winds, droughts, floods, severe temperature change, and wildfires.
These principles are focused on measures of mitigation and damage protection from continual or gradual climate impacts and in some cases, extreme weather events.
In the words of Sachin Bhoite, Director of Climate Resilience, Climate Solutions and Networks at C-40 Cities, “Applying adaptation solutions to our cities will ensure that the built environment continues to protect, provide for and connect urban citizens, despite our changing climate.“
• Assess and protect natural capital and resources with investment infrastructure
- e.g. Prioritize greening of infrastructure in the urban area, including wildlife corridors. Integrate blue and green infrastructure into municipal urban planning. Manage water operations to avoid the depletion of available freshwater from building wastewater, including maintenance of existing water infrastructure.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary and public entities, enabling faster and more efficient resilience and adaptation activities across the community and neighbourhood.
• Put in place early warning systems - command and control spaces - and emergency response plans for extreme climate events.
• Adopt sustainable strategies and frameworks that focus on community-scale planning, such as adopting natural capital based financial reporting to encourage nature-based solutions.
• Conduct detailed assessment of ecological health in the area to keep an eye on climate risks.
• Integrate indigenous knowledge and resources to help monitor key components of biodiversity, support sustainable use of environmental resources, and enforce conservation management through indigenous value system.
• Invest in maintenance and enhancing existing systems to prevent avoidable damage from small - medium scale weather events, for example, implementing sustainable infrastructure drainage and storm-water runoff solutions at city scale, maintaining sewerage and water systems and improving river catchment management to prevent flooding. Build infrastructure, pavements and roads with materials that are durable and withstand temperature change.
• Provide guidance to retrofit existing building stock to encourage populations to make manageable changes to their properties, such as passive shading, additional insulation, or storm proofing.
• Build transport routes that will allow a rapid response from the supply chain to transport critical goods and components in emergency situations.
• Protect and invest in natural resources, such as protecting ponds, lakes, and rivers nearby from over extraction and pollution, and investing in water storage for emergency situations. Sustainable drainage solutions and green infrastructure techniques, such as planting moisture-loving plants and trees and installing permeable hard surfacing to absorb excess water that can support resource management, for example by allowing infiltration to support groundwater levels.
• Consider community scale-built asset upgrades and retrofit to improve resilience of community assets in case of severe climate events, such as community level master-planning to implement passive shading techniques, including narrow streets to create shade, expanding urban tree cover to combat urban heat island effects and fire breaks to act as a buffer between natural and residential zones.
• Increase availability of vegetation that is resilient to climate change effects to allow for nature-based co-benefits, such as temperature-durable trees to provide shading and reduce urban heat island effect, as well as deep rooted trees resistant to floods and storms.
• Plan community emergency hubs that will provide access to safe space and services during extreme weather events, and prioritiseestablishing community protocols and maintaining evacuation pathways.
• Utilise resilience-based measurement frameworks and reporting standards, calling for users to assess climate risk and adopt resilient and adaptive business strategies based on future scenario modelling of likely climate impacts.
• Select materials for appropriateness to likely future weather events, prioritising circularity and low embodied carbon materials.
• Adopt backup strategies at building scale in case of extreme weather events such as off-grid, decentralised and resilient energy supply.
• Prepare to undertake adaptation measures to changing environmental conditions, by ensuring awareness of passive and active retrofit measures for buildings of all typologies to a range of climate impacts.
• Be aware of sustainable sources of investment and financing to invest in building upgrades and retrofits for increased resilience and durability against climate impacts and severe weather conditions.
• Assess the risk of climate change on physical assets, infrastructure and system stressors through future scenario modelling and risk assessments that consider the lifespan of an asset, including risk of stranded assets.
• Design to protect, collect and efficiently utilise natural resources, such as rainwater collection apparatus (e.g. water wells and tanks, accurately sized to provide enough storage space in drought periods), greywater reuse systems, low-flow amenities and water-saving devices, building green and blue roofs, or installing rain gardens to manage rainwater runoff with adaptive and native vegetation.
• Implement passive design and retrofit techniques - to mitigate extreme heatnortherly orientations, building or adding semi-permanent shading devices, deciduous tree shading, shutters, light colour roofs, overhangs and utilising thermal mass, and avoid large volumes of glazing (on south or north-facing aspects and facades depending on the global north or south regions), or to mitigate extreme cold - capture residual heat with thermoelectric generators and heat exchangers, install passive systems including roof lights and reflective surfaces to increase solar gain, or increase air tightness or wall cladding and glazing insulation and quality to reduce heat loss.
• Design for durability, disassembly and maintenance, such as planning for climate appropriate structures and urban layouts to prevent damage, considering techniques in which the building can withstand floods, fire, storms, heat waves, and other climate change events.
• Guide environmentally-conscious user behaviour, such as prevention of litter overflow to avoid clogging of storm water systems, placing low retaining walls made from stones or logs to avoid erosion and topsoil, utilise vegetation as windbreaks to avoid topsoil erosion, or install fans instead of air conditioning systems for low-energy cooling. Protect, collect and efficiently utilise natural resources is key to a resilient, sustainable built asset.
However, it must be recognized that large scale natural disasters from extreme weather events are outside the opportunity window for design or policy interventions. Most sudden and extreme weather events cannot be mitigated or lessened in severity with even the most conscientious design or planning interventions. Ultimately, building in areas with known risk of extreme weather events should be avoided at all costs, such as flood plains or locations at high risk of wildfire. Unfortunately, as millions of people worldwide live in high-risk locations, measures of safety (such as evacuation of population during dangerous weather events) and efficient bounce-back and recovery after periods of damage must also be understood as important climate resilience considerations.
As noted, the effects of climate change and damage from extreme and gradual weather events will occur at building, community, city and even national scale, therefore measures to mitigate damage and ensure recoverability must be implemented at a systemic level.
As Christina Gamboa, CEO of the World Green Building Council notes in her foreword to the guide:
“It’s time to enable the capacity of the built environment to deliver social value and ensure the resilient solutions we need are implemented in our disrupted world. It's time to get resourceful and listen, learn, and respond to the needs of our communities. And it's time for impactful policy responses from local and regional leaders, to enable this much needed transformation.”
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The West 5 Office Building and parking structure is a Net-Zero energy and Net-Zero carbon project that forms an integral part of the West 5 development, Ontario’s first Net-Zero community.
The four-storey, 4180m2 Class A office and commercial building and adjacent two-storey parking structure connect with surrounding existing buildings to create a self sufficient energy network. The building utilizes 876 solar panels mounted to the façade and roof, which generate more than 89 percent of the building’s required energy. The remaining energy comes from the 1,116-panel solar canopy mounted above the 164-space parking structure. Together, these panels generate 350 mWh of on-site electricity annually. The surplus energy from the solar canopy, which is more than 100 mWh, is fed directly back into the surrounding buildings, helping to offset their energy consumption.
The vertically mounted PV panels on the east, south and west façades of the office building maximize the amount of solar energy harvested, avoiding the snow build-up that compromises the performance of angled panels.
Panels are strategically placed between windows to preserve light and views to the outside and ensure a comfortable environment for building users. The roof-mounted equipment is also screened by carefully placed vertically mounted PV panels.
The parking structure is integrated into the sloping site and utilizes the existing grade change to provide access to both levels of the garage. The upper level supports the solar canopy which is designed without perimeter columns to create the illusion that the canopy is floating.
The use of bifacial solar modules permit natural light to pass through the panels, illuminating the garage below, while simultaneously capturing reflected light to produce solar power from the underside.
To reduce overall demand to the level where net-zero energy is achievable, the West 5 Office Building employs passive design strategies and high efficiency mechanical and electrical systems to maximize energy conservation.
LED fixtures are provided throughout for the base building, and have become the standard for tenant fit outs. The lighting system features occupancy sensing and dimming capabilities. The energy consumption for the lighting was modelled at 16.6 KWhr/m2/year.
For ventilation, the building features a dedicated outside air system, which distributes treated and filtered air to each tenant space directly. The 100 percent outside air is pretreated through a heat recovery enthalpy wheel to reduce annual energy demand. Energy is recovered from both sanitary exhaust and general exhaust to ensure maximum heat recovery.
The mechanical system is an air source Variable Refrigerant Flow system, which heats and cools the building through condensers located on the roof with distributed evaporators in the tenant spaces. The ambient air is the heat sink or the heat source throughout the year.
Thermal comfort is enhanced by providing multiple control zones throughout each floor space and also within tenant areas.
South
Glass
Vertical
Low slope rooftop solar panels
Vertical facade mounted solar panels
Continuous horizontal glazing
Further reductions are achieved through the use of carbon dioxide sensing in each suite, so ventilation rates respond to occupant demand rather than outdoor conditions. These rates are calibrated to meet the applicable ASHRAE 62.1 ventilation standards.
PROJECT PERFORMANCE
Energy intensity (building and process energy) = 92 KWhr/m2/year
Energy intensity reduction relative to reference building under ASHRAE 90.1 = 38 %
Water consumption from municipal sources = 4,051 litres/occupant/ year
Reduction in water consumption relative to reference building under LEED = 55%
Construction waste diverted from landfill = 98%
PROJECT CREDITS
ARCHITECT Tillmann Ruth Robinson Inc
OWNER/DEVELOPER Sifton Properties Limited
GENERAL CONTRACTOR D. Grant Construction Limited
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Ron Koudys Landscape Architect
CIVIL ENGINEER Stantec
ELECTRICAL/MECHANICAL ENGINEER Smith + Andersen
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER VanBoxmeer & Stranges
ALCOTEX FACADE INSTALLER Ontario Panelization
PHOTOS Ginzel Photography
Metal siding
PV panel rail with bolted connection to steel outrigger
Steel plate outrigger
75 mm spray insulation
6 mm rubber gasket betweensteel outrigger and suspended steel framing
Through wall flashing
75mm rigid insulation
Perforated metal closure plate
Metal flashing
Curtain wall system
Perimeter zones have dedicated heating and cooling units to provide the thermal comfort levels desired, independently from cooling dominant interior zones. Temperature adjustment is also provided at the local terminal unit temperature control panel so the occupants have a degree of control over their own conditions.
The only greenhouse gas generation associated with this site is the power consumed from the Ontario power generation grid, less the surplus onsite power generated through the PV panels mounted on the building facades and parking structure.
Perforated metal siding
PV panel
Metal siding
Air/vapour barrier transition membrane
75mm spray insulation
13mm sheathing
Solar panel rail
6mm rubber gasket between steel framing and outrigger plate
Steel plate outrigger
Vertical steel framing Gypsum
The West 5 Office Building and its surrounding structures demonstrate that the quantitative aspirations of Net Zero Energy and Net Zero Carbon can now be met within the financial parameters of private sector development.
Equally important, the planning and design of the West 5 community as a whole brings residential, retail and commercial uses together, making active, low energy forms of transportation viable for daily activities. Careful consideration of the relationship between buildings and the surrounding public realm creates opportunities for greater social interaction between residents, adding to the overall quality of community life.
This article came out of a standard request we made to Reimagine Architects (REIMAGINE) for construction details that could enhance our coverage of their award winning Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) Student Residence project. In this digital age, I had not expected to receive hand-drawn sketches, so I asked principal of REIMAGINE Vedran Škopac how and why they were used.
In my experience, it is not so much the choice of procurement model that determines the success of a project, but the rela tionship between the client, the consultants, the contractor and the sub-contractors who together work towards the common goal. The main selling point for an Integrated Project Delivery (IDP) model, is that collaboration can identify and resolve prob lems at the design stage, minimizing disruption and delays dur ing construction. With the preconstruction cost to the owner amounting to 10% of total project cost and construction as much as 90%, if there’s no redesign and construction process is lean, it can have a proportionate impact.
Our original intention on the façade of RDP Student Residence project was to pay homage to the adjacent Arts Centre by Arthur Erickson, which is built in red brick with some inspiring patterns and detailing. We contemplated a black brick struc ture with our own version of patterns, which is now visible in the main floor façade. Mid way through the Validation Phase of the IPD process, it became clear that masonry cladding (because of its weight) had implications beyond the price of the material itself, specifically on the dimensions and cost of the glulam structure.
With the requirement to stay within the agreed budget, we investigated alternative cladding options, including metal pan els, none of which were deemed appropriate for the Residence by our IPD Team. At the same time, we were working with the Polytechnic on another project on campus – Alternative Energy Lab – which was part of a larger, 6-Megawatt PV array install to improve overall campus energy performance. Having worked previously with building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) arrays on exterior walls, we suggested that the two concurrent projects could benefit from each other by using the façade of the Residence as a vertical PV-array by way of integrating PVs into the envelope in lieu of metal cladding and, coincidentally, avoiding the unnecessary cost of cladding. RDP Residence is now fully PV-clad on all three sides exposed to sun, east, west and south, in all floors above the ground floor. Our estimates were that the installed 161-kiloWatt PV array is offsetting over 40% of overall building energy consumption.
Red Deer Polytechnic Student Residence, a winning project in the 2022 SABMag Canadian Green Building Awards
At the point of deciding to integrate PV modules into the envelope, we had already laid out the building and developed the BIM model. The structural grid was optimized for the dimensions of student rooms, more specifically to their typical width, which was studied for months and tested in a full-scale mock-up built on campus and reviewed many times by students and faculty staff. Due to the fixed dimensions of a standard PV module, the fenestration became governed by the PV grid, which was in a different logic from the structural grid.
Our team studied the implications of the overlap between the two grids and engaged our IPD partner that was in-charge of the millwork production and install to figure out the optimal student room layout which will maximise student ergonomics and space efficiency, while the window is in a slightly different location in each room. Amazingly enough, it turned out that student rooms benefited from this unexpected condition by increasing the variety of student room types without making any design modifications, and simply by having a different interaction between the bed, the window bench, the work desk, and the window.
While the sophistication of a BIM model makes it an invaluable tool, it has its limitations. The process of producing building details in CAD from a BIM model can be cumbersome, even counterproductive. When you cut, for example, a section at a particular point in the building, the initial drawing contains a lot of extraneous elements, such as material textures and non-essential lines that an architect must analyze and edit out to ensure the drawing conveys the required information clearly and concisely. This can be a long, tedious, reductive and somewhat unreliable process, that can detach the individual from the naturally creative process of architectural detailing.
Before producing building details, we explored the critical aspects of thermal resistance, moisture and vapour control. To verify with our own team what the detailing needs to achieve, we sketched all the details by hand, in scale and in different colours denoting structure from thermal treatment, from vapour treatment and from finish materials. Unlike many other projects, RDP Residence was under tight time constraints, so we decided to lean up our own process by eliminating one entire step in our production of building details – the CAD.
We haven’t had a single Request For Information (RFI) and neither had we to modify any of the hand-drawn details. The building was constructed exactly as intended.
The lessons here are perhaps less about the choice of the project delivery method, and more about the relationship between the various members of the project team. Team culture is always the key, because it underpins mutual trust and respect; as well as adaptability and flexibility and it can produce creative and innovative solutions to unanticipated challenges. Lastly, it should be remembered that the tools we use to design buildings are exactly that – tools; and understanding the value and limitations of each in a given situation can also contribute to the success of a project.
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This new infill project includes the densification of four contiguous properties on Hinton Avenue in Ottawa’s Wellington West neighbourhood. The 21 existing housing units were demolished in three phases, ultimately making way for 134 new units. The proximity to a major transit hub, together with the credits offered by the City, reduced the parking requirement to 12 stalls.
The new building consists of three separate towers that are linked, with horizontal and vertical setbacks articulating the massing, to better reflect the scale of the neighbourhood and enliven the pedestrian experience. The material palette and construction details, which include brick veneer, precast concrete stone sills, cement board cladding, metal and glass canopies and balcony railings, respect the character of the existing neighbourhood.
The sustainable design strategies address energy efficiency, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, resiliency and adaptability in the face of climate change. This becomes more critical with our changing demographic and the increasing numbers of elderly and vulnerable people in our communities.
Passive design strategies include a simple form, an optimal window-to-wall ratio; and high-performance building envelope assemblies. The four buildings are aligned in the north-south direction, with their front elevations facing east and their rear elevations facing west. The building setbacks maximize solar penetration and reduce the requirement for heating energy in winter.
With a window-to-wall ratio of 19.3%, there was no need for trade-offs or energy modelling to demonstrate compliance with the applicable codes and standards.
Nonetheless, in developing the design, we applied techniques we had used and tested on previous buildings of similar type, scale and occupancy. In doing so, we were able to certify that the performance of this project would meet and likely exceed the requirements of ASHRAE 90.1-2010, provided the contractor built to the exact specifications in the approved contract documentation.
The main HVAC system is hydronic and uses water-source heat pumps. The heating for the building is generated by gas-fired boilers and then distributed to the water-source heat pump terminal units in all interior spaces. This is a closed loop system with heat transferred by conduction through a liquid which is more efficient than a forced air system. The benefits are a more stable temperature and a healthier, dust free indoor environment.
This same loop is used for heat rejection so that in the cooling season the heat from the terminal unit heat pumps is rejected to the water loop and then rejected to the outside via the rooftop fluid coolers.
The roofs are light in colour to reflect heat and reduce the urban heat island effect, Canopies and planting provide shading to the roof membrane and help to improve the performance of the heat pumps when running in cooling mode.
After the building was enclosed, a follow-up energy performance model confirmed an energy use intensity 20% better than the current NECB 2017/ requirement, with commensurate reductions in GHG emissions.
Additional energy efficiency measures are planned post-completion, including:
• Fine tuning of the building automation system as a low cost or no cost measure.
• Building envelope upgrades such as the addition of window blinds.
• Installation of rooftop PV modules for pre-heating domestic hot water
• Additional lighting controls and retrofits in all common areas.
Face of concrete below 1/2" air space Z bar Dens glass gold sheathing
Insulation
R 22.5 comfort batt
6" steel stud Double studs at control joints locations 6 mil poly vapour barrier
Plan view, cladding material transition
PROJECT PERFORMANCE
At the time of printing, the project is still going through final occupancy. Post occupancy evaluation and full commissioning will be carried out over the next 12 months.
PROJECT CREDITS
OWNER/DEVELOPER Smart Living Properties
ARCHITECT Dextor A. Edwards Architect Inc.
GENERAL CONTRACTOR Smart Living Properties
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT James B Lennox & Associates Inc.
CIVIL ENGINEER Kollard Associates Inc.
ELECTRICAL/MECHANICAL ENGINEER LRL Associates Ltd.
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER Strik Baldinelli Moniz Ltd.
COMMISSIONING AGENT TBD
ENERGY MODELLING EVNA Engineering
PHOTOS Dextor A Edwards
The exterior walls are constructed using a panelized system of wind bearing/load bearing steel studs, and an ISPAN and a proprietary steel floor system, consisting of steel joist and deck composite panels with concrete topping. This system was preferred over the more common stick-built stud infill in a steel framed super-structure and was chosen for its lower carbon footprint and shorter construction time.
The cladding systems; which are a combination of painted or galvanized metal and cementitious panels, are designed and installed in a manner consistent with the energy efficiency design requirements of Supplementary Standard SB-10. (for Part 3 buildings) of the Ontario Building Code.
Installation tolerances were carefully considered to ensure ease of erection and improved productivity on site.
Through this and our other projects, we aim to make a small contribution to the reduction of GHG emissions in the province of Ontario, through transit-oriented urban densification, the application of passive design strategies to buildings, and the use of efficient clean energy systems, such as hydro, wind, solar and geothermal. It is our responsibility as designers to challenge ourselves so that we can help clients achieve these goals.
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1. Why did the cement and concrete industry decide to release an action plan to net-zero by 2050?
Concrete is the most used building material in the world. Our homes and communities need concrete, as do many sectors of the economy. It’s also the second largest industrial carbon emitter. The cement and concrete industry represents about 7 per cent of CO2 emissions globally, and almost 1.5 per cent in Canada. As a large emitter, we are committed to leadership in reducing emissions and offering solutions to climate change. A net-zero world will, literally and figuratively, rest on concrete.
2. What levers will be most crucial in reaching net-zero by 2050?
There is no one magic solution that will get us to net-zero. It is going to take many actions. Our Action Plan focuses on what can be done today using existing technologies and through collaboration with government, the construction sector and others on, for example, lower carbon and materially efficient design and construction. Research and development will continue to play an important role in accelerating new technologies and approaches, such as carbon utilization technologies.
3. What actions is the industry taking to reduce emissions before 2050?
Our industry is focusing on five main actions or areas to reduce carbon emissions to reach net-zero by 2050. We refer to the five areas as the 5 C’s: Clinker, Cement, Concrete, Construction, and Carbon Uptake. For each C we are taking a range of actions to reduce their respective emissions. As an example, to reduce clinker emissions we are replacing fossil fuels used as a fuel source in manufacturing with lower carbon fuels, using less clinker, and investing in carbon capture. For example, this past April, Heidelberg Materials North America partnered with the Government of Canada on a carbon capture and storage project that will be North America’s first full-scale capture facility at a cement plant and will produce the world’s first net-zero cement without the purchase of offsets.
4. How is the cement and concrete industry coordinating its efforts with the architecture, engineering, and construction industries?
This is an incredibly important question, as we cannot reach netzero alone. We need the users of concrete - i.e. specifiers, architects, developers, engineers, etc. - to work with us on everything from optimized low-carbon concrete mixes to new approaches to low-carbon, materially efficient, and climate resilient design and construction as well as to reduce waste through circular economy practices.
5. What work has been done to ensure the data in the action plan is accurate and achievable?
All cement facilities in Canada meet consistent national regulatory reporting requirements and all grey cement producers also voluntarily report production and emissions data to the Global Cement and Concrete Association ‘Getting the Numbers Right’ database. At the same time, the availability of data across the cement, concrete and construction value chain has many constraints, which we will work to improve over time. Our Action Plan shares the best data and modelling available to us and shows our commitment to transparency.
Our modelling was developed thoughtfully with input from our members and allies across the cement and concrete value chain and represents a consensus on the solutions available to drive our sector toward net-zero. It also represents a shared commitment to continue our internal collaboration to improve continuously the quality and scope of our data to further refine our modelling and support continuous improvement in transparency and reporting.
As a demonstration of this commitment, Canada’s concrete industry is the first (and only) construction material to have published regionally specific Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) as a way of quantifying and confirming industry improvements in carbon reduction.
Watch for the Summer issue of SABMag in June containing profiles of the 10 winning projects of the 2023 SABMag Canadian Green Building Awards. The projects represent some of the best examples of sustainable, high-performance building design in Canada.
Our jury
Roxanne Gauthier OAQ, Assoc.. Éco. LEED Green Assoc., Associate Director of EVOQ, Montreal
Vedran Škopac Dipl.Ing.Arch., M.Arch., Principal, Reimagine Architects, Edmonton
Kendall S. Taylor, NSAA, MRAIC, LEED AP BD+C, Principal, root Architecture, Dartmouth
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