West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia

Key Sustainability Features

• Net annual power generator: all building energy requirements supplied from on-site sustainable and renewable energy sources
• Waste heat recovery and geo-exchange provides 100% of space heating and cooling
• 40 kW solar hot water system provides approximately 60% of domestic hot water needs
• Energy efficiency: targeting 75 kWh/m2/year (best commercial building performance in North America)
• Building envelope: 25 kW array of building integrated photovoltaic panels (BIPV), operable windows, solar shading panels, natural daylighting system
• Rainwater collection and use: provides 100% of potable water requirements
• Wastewater collection, treatment, and reuse: all wastewater will be collected and treated on-site
• Stormwater management: control, reuse and discharge of 100% of rainwater on-site
• Performance monitoring: sensing, monitoring and control technologies include: LED technologies; day-lighting sensing and dimming controls; ventilation effectiveness monitoring systems; comfort, air flow, occupancy and lighting controls; and water and wastewater quality testing
• Public education: dissemination of sustainable design practices, knowledge, experience and technology 
• Use of sustainably harvested wood

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120 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, BC

The new City of North Vancouver Public Library will be a state-of-the-art building with more than double the capacity of the existing library. With 3 Levels of collections and admin space at 3395 square meters and 2 levels of underground parking at 3370 square meters, for a total of 6765 square meters; this library will be a landmark building for its vibrant community of 46,000 citizens.

The project also includes a new civic plaza that extends from Lonsdale street to the city hall, connecting the library to the busy shopping district. A café has been incorporated into the south facade of the building to provide an opportunity for plaza users and library users to interact.

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373 Tyee Road, Victoria, BC

Dockside Green is a 1.3 million sf, mixed-use development on a former brownfield site in the heart of Victoria, BC. The first phase, Synergy, includes four buildings constructed over a common underground parking structure. The program for Synergy includes a nine-story residential tower with commercial units on the ground floors; a two-story townhouse building; a six-story building with commercial units on the ground floor and a four-story residential building. The site is bound by roads on the west and north sides; a greenway and creek on the east side; and future development on the south side.

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, Fort Collins, CO

Fossil Ridge High School was designed to accommodate 1,800 students. Each of the school's three Learning Communities contains administrative offices, student work areas, computer labs, and student locker areas for 600 students. Core subjects such as mathematics, social studies, language arts, and special education are taught within each community. Special subjects such as science, business, language, music, culinary arts, and other electives are housed separately. Athletic and performing arts facilities are also housed separately.

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1300 Robson Street, Vancouver , BC

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, Golden, CO

NREL's Solar Energy Research Facility (SERF) is a research facility used to develop technologies for converting sunlight into electricity. Completed in October 1993, SERF houses approximately 190 employees in 42 laboratories, conducting research on photovoltaic (PV) technology, solar electricity, superconductivity, and related material and basic sciences.

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, Skokie, IL

Pharmacia Building Q is a Discovery chemistry laboratory focused on research in metabolism, toxicology, medicinal chemistry, genomics, and process development. The research is targeted toward the treatment of arthritis and cardiovascular diseases.

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, Quispamsis, New Brunswick

The qplex [Quispamsis Conference and Recreation Complex] will be a 7,000 square metre facility to be located within a larger context of nature trails, soccer fields, tennis courts, running track & baseball diamond in the heart of this growing community within the Kennebecasis Valley in Southern New Brunswick.

This new facility will contain a year-round NHL size ice surface, outdoor pool, indoor walking track, YMCA, administrative offices, conference centre with trade show capabilities as well as upgrades the area's vast outdoor trail system.

Sustainable features include the use of a Geothermal heat recovery system which will heat the arena and pool, a storm water management pond, several water-conserving measures, measuring and providing a means of verifying energy performance. The building will be designed selecting sustainable building materials and environmentally preferred technologies and will seek to provide daylight to the main arena space.

This project represents the town's commitment to minimizing their impact of the new facility & its subsequent operations on the environment of New Brunswick and its residents.

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1890 Spyglass Place, Vancouver, BC

The Neighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU) is an environmentally-friendly community energy system that provides space heating and domestic hot water to all new buildings in Southeast False Creek (SEFC).

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Southeast False Creek, Vancouver, BC

Key Sustainability Features

• Passive design: enhanced building envelope, including triple-pane windows; innovative vertical ventilation system with air expelled by passive rather than mechanical means
• Energy efficiency and enhanced thermal comfort: capillary mat radiant heating systems and heat recovery system
• Renewable energy production: solar thermal array system
• Occupant awareness and engagement: energy display system in each suite allows for monitoring and adjustment of energy and water consumption
• Energy efficiency: 68% reduction of energy consumption anticipated

The Southeast False Creek (SEFC) Net Zero building, located in Southeast False Creek, is Canada’s first net zero multi-unit residential building. The goal of net zero buildings is to produce as much energy as they consume on an annual basis. It is an eight-story affordable seniors residence with 67 units, including six street-level townhouses. 

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1291 Rankin Street, Windsor, Ontario

The Now House™ is a 60-year-old wartime house in an established neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario. The house was retrofitted with the latest healthy, energy-efficient and sustainable features and technologies. READ MORE

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, Ithaca, NY

This project consists of a new 9,900 ft2 (920 m2) animal adoption center for the Tompkins County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), a minimally renovated 4,000 ft2 (370 m2) building as an animal intake and evaluation area, and a bridge connecting the two spaces.

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, South Royalton, VT

Vermont Law School's James L. and Evelena S. Oakes Hall is the law school's primary classroom facility. The building is set on the banks of the White River and houses eight classrooms, a courtroom, a student lounge, and an outdoor deck.

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, Gay Head, MA

The Wampanoag Tribal Multi-Purpose Building serves as an administrative, educational, and social center for the Wampanoag tribe, which has inhabited Martha's Vineyard for hundreds of years.

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, Frederick, MD

The directors and staff of Way Station think of their building as a "clubhouse" — a place where "members" with long-term mental illnesses voluntarily come for clinical treatment and rehabilitation, and to take advantage of opportunities to work and socialize with other members and staff. The building is located in the heart of the Frederick Historic District, and is designed to complement the neighborhood. It is organized around a central light court with a large garden where the primary building circulation occurs.

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