The Vancouver Island University’s [VIU] Deep Bay Marine Field Station is a new 1,200 m2 facility located on a three hectare unserviced waterfront site at the south end of scenic Bayne’s Sound, 65 km north of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. As an extension of VIU Centre for Shellfish Research Nanaimo Campus, the new Field Station will accommodate research and educational programs devoted to the development of a sustainable shellfish aquaculture industry on Vancouver Island. The new facility will also support the public educational objectives set by the Centre.

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Simplicity of design and execution make a winner

The north elevation. All windows are operable for natural ventilation

In cross-section, this two storey, 1,115 sq.m office building is a simple flat roofed rectangle, the upper level being a partial mezzanine leaving double height spaces to promote stratification of warm air. In plan the building is elongated in the east-west direction, maximizing the benefits of north and south exposure for day-lighting and passive solar heating. (more…)

Integrated design delivers Ontario’s first LEED Platinum

The north elevation. All windows are operable for natural ventilation.

The new Restoration Services Centre is located on the Toronto Conservation Authority’s ‘Living City Campus’ in Vaughan ON, home of the newly created secretariat of the World Green Building Council. The new structure symbolizes the TCRA’s commitment to energy efficiency and excellence in environmental design, within its broader mandate of environmental restoration and conservation in the Toronto region. (more…)

Historic Green Building - Interior fit-up treads lightly on historic space

The Toronto Allsteel showroom was designed according to the Canada Green Building Council [CaGBC] LEED® for Commercial Interiors Rating System [Silver level]. Low VOC paint, carpet tile and millwork were used

Ask most sustainability professionals and they’ll tell you that the greenest building is the one that you don’t build. But the reality is that we need places to live, work and play and the availability of commercial space, in particular, is limited, especially in urban centres. (more…)