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In awarding the project ‘Bank of Canada Renewal’ in Ottawa by Perkins+Will the Existing Building Upgrade Award, in the 2019 SABMag Canadian Green Building Awards, the jury noted that, “This major rehabilitation and revitalization project has addressed the many inadequacies with aesthetic sensitivity and restraint.” One of the main interventions is a new “dynamic buffer zone” (a double skin created by adding an interior glazed wall around the perimeter of the building) and a radiant cooling system for principal heating and cooling needs, allowing ducts to be sized for ventilation only. The efficiency of interior space was partly improved by demountable wall systems from Teknion. More details here.
Image [from left to right]: Bank of Canada Renewal. On behalf of national sponsor the Canadian Precast Prestressed Concrete Institute, juror Ron Kato (right) presents the Existing Building Upgrade Award for the Bank of Canada Renewal to Zeina Elali (left) of Perkins+Will and Colleen Sullivan of the Bank of Canada.
A second Existing Building Upgrade Award was given to the Wellington Building Rehabilitation by NORR Architects and Engineers. Also in Ottawa, and near to the Bank of Canada, the project, “carefully and cleverly reconciles the competing challenges of seismic upgrading of the structure, updating of building services and infrastructure and the constraints of heritage conservation,” according to the jury.
A four Green Globes rating was achieved through the preservation of the building core and shell, connection to the district energy plant, solar panels for domestic water pre-heating, heat recovery units, reduced water requirements, a rainwater cistern, a green roof, and a sky-lit atrium which brings natural daylight into the upper floors. More details here.
Viessmann supplied solar hot water roof panels. The Nedlaw living wall biofilter removes VOCs from the atrium area, and Uponor radiant heating systems are used in selected perimeter floor areas.
Image [from left to right]: Welling Building Rehabilitation. On behalf of the Category Sponsor Enbridge Gas Inc., juror Ron Kato (right) presents the Existing Building Upgrade Award for the Wellington Building Rehabilitation to David Clusiau of NORR Architects and Engineers.
National Sponsors:
We thank our National Sponsors: Masonite Architectural and the Canadian Precast Prestressed Concrete Institute, and our Category Award Sponsors: Inline Fiberglass, Enbridge Gas Inc., and Mitsubishi Electric Sales Canada whose support makes the Canadian Green Building Awards possible. For further information: dgriffith@sabmagazine.comcarefully and cleverly reconciles the competing challenges of seismic upgrading of the structure, updating of building services and infrastructure and the constraints of heritage conservation,”
SABMag’s new 2019 Directory of Sustainable Products and Services for Sustainable, High-Performance Building is organized by Product Category and by LEED Category according to LEED v4. The Directory also offers a quick view of the structure of LEED v4, courtesy of our partner Ecospex, and is a quick reference for finding products. Examples of featured listings include:
Forbo releases Marmoleum Modular tile collection
Marmoleum Modular collection presents sustainable linoleum tiles in various sizes and designs that allows you to create stunning floor designs. The planks and tiles are created around visuals of wood, concrete, stone and marble and can be used to mix and match or on their own, both delivering a beautiful sustainable floor. Explore the Marmoleum Modular designs.
Forbo Flooring Systems is the global market leader in commercial floor covering solutions. Marmoleum, our flagship brand, owns a global linoleum market share of over 60%, while Flotex dominates the rapidly growing flocked flooring market with over 90% global market share. In addition to linoleum-based products, Forbo develops, manufactures and markets a diversity of high quality vinyl and textile floor coverings and Coral & Nuway entrance system solutions.
Precast concrete industry releases Wall Thermal Performance Calculator
The Canadian Precast Prestressed Concrete Institute (CPCI) has released its new web-based software, “Precast Concrete Wall Thermal Performance Calculator”, for designers that calculates effective R-values for common architectural single-wythe and double-wythe precast concrete wall systems. 
The software compares the calculated effective R-values with the requirements of various building codes, and provides an easy user-interface allowing for the selection of applicable code and system parameters including concrete thickness, insulation type and thickness, and includes graphical representation of the inputs and outputs that may be printed for the design team and Authorities Having Jurisdiction. The software can be accessed here.
Stockholm, Sweden, 26 August, 2019 — The 2019 Imagine H2O Urban Water Prize, founded by water tech innovator Bluewater and by 11th Hour Racing, was awarded to three prize winners from India, Colombia and Vietnam at an awards ceremony at the start of World Water Week in Stockholm, the Swedish capital, Monday evening. The winning entries are WaterTower (Vietnam); Indra (India); and Zilper Trenchless (Colombia). Additionally, the Challenge honored three startups as finalists – each of which received deployment award funding. Finalists include: SmarterHomes (India), StormSensor (USA) and Upepo (Kenya).
The 2019 Challenge attracted 226 startups from 38 countries. The winning startups will use Imagine H2O Urban Water Challenge funding to deploy solutions in cities in three continents.
September 30, BuildGreen Atlantic 2019, Halifax Convention Centre
October 7 to 9, Alberta Sustainable Building Symposium, Edmonton
October 7 to 11 Ecocity World Summit, Vancouver 2019
The longest-standing biennial international Summit that addresses building cities in balance with nature with over 1,000 delegates from around the world.
The theme of the conference is ‘Socially Just and Ecologically Sustainable Cities’.
Register by Sept. 3 to receive a discount rate. www.ecocity2019.com
October 8, 14th Green Building Festival, Building in a Changed Climate, Toronto
Purchase your Festival pass by Aug 31st to receive the discounted rate of $225.
October 17 to 18 Passive House Canada National Conference, Toronto
October 26 to 30 The 2019 RAIC Festival of Architecture
will be a not-to-be-missed five-day conference in Toronto.
New book an indispensable guide on solar electricityBC-based New Society Publishers will soon release the new book, Solar Electricity Basics, 2nd ed: Powering Your Home or Office with Solar Energy by Dan Chiras, Ph.D. a noted author of numerous books on renewable energy. The book offers a concise and up-to-date guide covering all the essentials, such as:
$19.95, taxes and shipping extra. Paperback (6”x9”), 240 pages.
Publisher: New Society Publishers
ISBN: 9780865719255
Click here for more details.
Public input leads to resilient construction, low operating costs
Built to replace the existing 2.5-acre site structure, the new 7,500 sq ft, civic/institutional facility consists of a single-storey fire truck apparatus bay and a two-storey fire hall. The project is built to LEED Silver equivalency and the Passive House standard (although not certified) using the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) software. Predicted thermal energy demand intensity is 13 kWh/m2/year. Predicted total energy utilization intensity is 60 kWh/m2/yr. The high-performance prefabrication wall and roof assemblies provide R values of: Roof – R55; walls – R38; and ground floor slab – R28. Read the full article.
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