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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, White Rock, BC

The City of White Rock Operations Buildings, in White Rock, British Columbia, is built on the site of the original operations building in a predominantly single-family residential neighborhood. An abandoned wastewater treatment plant's concrete clarifiers and pump house are used as a foundation for the facility.

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6272 Marine Dr, West Vancouver, BC

Key Sustainability Features 

• Emissions reductions: 64% reduction of nitrous oxide; 21% reduction of carbon dioxide
• Land conservation: no need to build a large energy plant in the community; mini-plants are very compatible with dense urban environment
• Flexibility: designed to use a variety of fuels, including emissions-free, alternative energies 
• Renewable energy source: currently 120 solar hot water panels installed on the library roof

The City of North Vancouver created the Lonsdale Energy Corporation (LEC) to provide a district energy service for the Lower Lonsdale and Shipyard precincts. These two areas comprise a large, dense redevelopment of residential, commercial and cultural/institutional buildings. The project is BC’s first major redevelopment project to be integrated with a community energy plan. The City is providing the domestic hot water heating needs for 300,000 square metres of buildings without having to construct a large central energy plant.

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6476 North West Marine Dr (UBC), Vancouver, BC

The Liu Institute for the Study of Global Issues was the second green building to be built at the University of British Columbia's Point Grey Campus. It houses a one-storey seminar wing with conference rooms and reception area and a three-storey research wing with private offices, library and board rooms. The design process involved a daylong 'project alignment' workshop during which the design team identified 60 sustainable targets for the project.

The Liu Institute was designed to be 55% more efficient than the Model National Energy Code. Passive ventilation and cooling, a high-performance building envelope, and energy modeling helped to attain this energy reduction goal. Effective daylight strategies, occupancy sensors and photosensors reduce lighting loads. In order to reduce site disturbance the Liu was built on the footprint of a decommissioned student residence (Pan-Hellenic House) and its former parking lot. Low flow plumbing fixtures reduce water consumption and native plant landscaping eliminates irrigation requirements.

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141 West 14th St, City of North Vancouver, BC

Key Sustainability Features

•    Emissions reductions: 64% reduction of nitrous oxide; 21% reduction of carbon dioxide
•    Land conservation: no need to build a large energy plant in the community; mini-plants are very compatible with dense urban environments
•    Flexibility: designed to use a variety of fuels, including emissions-free, alternative energies
•    Renewable energy source: currently 120 solar hot water panels installed on the library roof

Last edited by ibudke over 2 years ago

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A LEED Silver complex consists of a library, retail space, professional offices, restaurants and plaza located at the intersection of Lynn Valley Road and Mountain Highway in the District of North Vancouver.

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4329 Main Street, Whistler, British Columbia

KEY SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES

• Green roof: made from local, sustainable wood
• Passive design: 45-50% reduction in energy use
• Geothermal heat pump: meets approximately 70% of heating and cooling needs
• Waste diversion: 98% of construction waste diverted from landfill
• Locally sourced materials: approximately 33%
• Recycled materials: approximately 18%

The Whistler Public Library was the first major project to be built following the Municipality’s adoption of the Natural Step approach/ the Whistler 2020 initiative. As such, the building was intended to showcase sustainable design principles in a visually apparent manner. The green roof, fabricated from local second growth hemlock, demonstrates an aesthetically pleasing and sustainable use of “value added” wood, which is harvested, milled and prefabricated in British Columbia.

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