ISSUE 52 - Summer 2016
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Sustainable Forestry Initiative | |
Roxul | |
Euroline Windows | |
CEU Article
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Telus Garden, Best Practice for Commercial Building PerformanceThe TELUS Garden development, located in the heart of Downtown Vancouver, includes a 93,000m2 22-storey office tower at the corner of West Georgia Street and Seymour Street and a 53-storey residential tower [to be completed in June 2016] at the corner of Robson Street and Richards Street. Read more ... |
Rediscover Concrete Supplement: Mitigate and Adapt
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Building our Commnuities in the Age of
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2016 Canadian Green Building Awards: The winning projects
Ontario Regional Winner
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BILL FISCH FOREST STEWARDSHIP AND EDUCATION CENTRE
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Regional Quebec Winner |
GROUPE DYNAMITE ATRIUM Injecting life into a dead space between two large floor plate industrial buildings, this project achieves the greatest possible benefit to the company’s employees with the minimum possible intervention. Read more ... |
National Winner |
BUDZEY BUILDINGThis public sector project is a model for energy-efficient high-rise residential design. The 30% window-to-wall ratio, the high-performance envelope with thermal breaks, radiant in-slab heating and heat recovery ventilation in each suite are strategies all private sector developers should try to emulate. Read more ... |
National Winner |
JASPER PLACE LIBRARYThe bold sculptural form makes this library an enchanting focal point in an otherwise visually unremarkable suburban community. The transparent facade and overhanging roof are part of a passive design strategy, while at the same time blurring the distinction between the interior and exterior of the building. Read more ... |
National Winner |
OUR HOUSE
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National Winner |
SKYGARDEN HOUSEA renovation project that transforms a highly compartmented and energy intensive century old, single-family house into a bright, open and efficient residence. Organized around a central stair that also functions as a light well and ventilation chimney, the house achieves an impressive level of energy performance - close to Passive House standards. |
British Columbia Regional Winner |
FORT ST. JOHN PASSIVE HOUSEA highly commendable effort by a small and remote municipality to create a prototype residential building to the highest energy performance standards. Read more ... |
Atlantic Regional Winner |
DURA HOUSE
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National Winner |
GRANGE TRIPLE DOUBLE A flexible, multi-unit, multi-generational home that provides proof of concept for a new approach to urban intensification. |