Posts Tagged ‘indoor environment’
Monday, June 21st, 2010
Tags: adhesives, ar, Carpet, ceramic, COMPOSITE WOODS, COUNTERTOPS AND CABINETRY, engineered flooring, hempseed oil, hight pressure laminates, Hugh Perry, indoor environment, Linoleum, MDF, milk paint, oleum, OSB, PAINTS AND COATINGS, particleboard, plywood, polished concrete, porcelain, soy-based stain, Synthetic rubber, terrazzo, VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS [VOCS], wax oils
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Friday, November 16th, 2007
Space efficiency and student ideas remake college
The gymnasium extension with reuse of an existing handicap ramp. The design maximizes space efficiency for the most minimal footprint – a basic of green building – and economized on the construction budget.
by Daniel Smith
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In 2003, the Collège Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes was both celebrating its 50th anniversary and facing major difficulties: its location between two highly competitive private schools, a series of problems related to poor building maintenance, bad use of space, and unattractive settings threatened its viability. In order to fulfill its mission, the college needed to attract a new clientele and increase its enrollment from 600 to 950. (more…)
Tags: athletic garden, box of feelings, building footprint, building reuse, climbing wall, Construction Yergeau Cart, day lighting, durable exterior, energy box, fissures, green building, Groupe Farley Inc., Groupe Rousseau Lefebvre, handicap ramp, indoor environment, Ipe wood siding, irrigation systems, Jean-Gilles Lemieux Architecte and Smith Vigeant Archit, low flow toilets, Low VOC, natural light, Nicolet Chartrand Knoll ltée, open space, Operable windows, place making, poured-in-place slabs, remain space, Solar Gard film, stainless steel clip system, water-based finish
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Saturday, July 28th, 2007
State-of-the-art training centre balances active and passive technologies
The East elevation where vehicle bays and bermed earth act as thermal buffers and reduce perimeter wall exposure
by Kasia Mychajlowycz
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When the Greater Toronto Airport Authority [GTAA] chose to pursue LEED™ Silver certification for the first time on its new Fire and Emergency Services Training Institute [FESTI], it signified a new sense of commitment to sustainable building technology and a willingness to be held accountable to the rigorous design guidelines and third-party certification of the LEED™ process. (more…)
Tags: aesthetic, annual heating costs, Aquicon Construction, bermed earth, black surface, building’s air handling system, CO2 emissions, conductive black finish, continuously monitored, double-wall stack effect, economic performance, exterior solar shades, Greater Toronto Airport Authority, green roof, Halsall Associates, heat recovery ventilator, heat reflective roofing, hollow core concrete slabs, in-situ concrete slab, indoor environment, inhabitable wall, Kalwall translucent glazings, Kleinfeldt Mychajlowycz Architects Inc, LEED Silver, Lexcan TPO reflective roofing, linoleum epoxy flooring, low-pressure system, Natural daylight, natural ventilation, P.T. Engineering, perforated siding, permeability, PPG Solar Ban 60 glazing, radiant effect, Solar radiation, Solar shading, solar wall, solar wind, spray-applied insulation, surrounding community, sustainable building, sustainable design, tankless water heaters, TermoDeck radiant slab system, thermal buffers, thermal mass, Translucent glazings, Trow Consulting Engineers Ltd., volumetric articulation, waterless urinals, \low-flow toiletsfixtures
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