ISSUE 36 - July | August  2012 

See the digital version of this issue of SABMag for more information on the winning projects including: longer versions of the articles, links to the jury videos, and links to the original submissions of the winning projects – plus a green roof retrofit case study.

Go to www.sabmagazine.com/digital

 

Interface

Cooper Lighting

Cement Association of Canada

 Velux

TrueFoam

Canadian Precast Concrete Institute

Williams Engineering

CR Laurence Canada

Tate

Guardian SunGuard

AIL Sound Walls

Inline Fiberglass
Western Archrib

 Strobic Air

Greenscreen

Molok
Dryvit Morrison Hershfield
ZCL Compositees Inc.
 WattStopper
BC Hydro
  CBR Products
Kisis Technologies
 Uponor
IIDEX/NEOCON Canada Forbo Flooring

SPECIAL ISSUE FOR THE 2012 SAB AWARDS WINNING PROJECTS

The 2012 SAB Awards Winning Projects:

Tallgrass Prairie Pavilion

Laneway House

Karis Place

Centre for Green Cities

Biological Science Centre

Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence

Bibliothèque Raymond-Lévesque

CEU ARTICLE

Retrofitting Existing Buildings with Geen Roofs

By Karen Liu, PhD

Canada’s building stock is relatively old. According to Statistics Canada’s 2000 Commercial and Institutional Building Energy Use Survey [CIBEUS], about 70% of the country’s commercial and institutional buildings were constructed before 1980. 1Since these older buildings consume more energy than their newer counterparts, retrofitting them with energy-efficient technologies can have significant impact on the building sector’s overall energy profile.   read more