Posts Tagged ‘natural ecosystems’
Friday, October 17th, 2008
Careful design delivers high quality work space on large scale
The building is arranged in two parallel, four-storey wings, offset from one another and oriented with their long sides facing due south to take maximum advantage of solar exposure.
by Dermot Sweeny
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This new 51,100 m2 head office building, located on a 9.9 hectare site, represents a major initiative in Loblaw’s ongoing commitment to the environment and its employees. The client’s objective was to provide a high quality work environment, one that would embody and reflect the company’s own philosophy of sourcing with integrity, making positive differences in the community and in the way we operate culturally, socially and environmentally at work and at home. (more…)
Tags: building placement, Camino Modular Systems, clerestory windows, continuous pressurized plenum, Dermot Sweeny, energy efficiency, external sunshades, Guardian Industries, high quality work environment, human comfort, individual control, indoor environmental quality, Lawrence-Paine & Associates Ltd, lightweight king post steel trusses, local construction materials, low-VOC emitting materials, manually adjustable diffusers, Manuel Jordao & Associates, Metalumen T5 flourescent, NAK Design Inc., natural ecosystems, natural light, naturalized retention pond, naturally lit atrium, Operable windows, Orlando Corporation, raised floor system, Read Jones Christoffersen, Richmond Hill, site selection, social heart, soft landscaping, solar exposure, solar heat gain, solar load, sustainable design, Sweeny Sterling Finlayson &Co Architects Inc., The Mitchell Partnership, water feature
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Products new and re-invented for healthier interiors
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Tags: Armstrong Marmorette, benign environmental, Boomerang, certified solid wood, closed loop manufacturing systems, Cradle to Cradle, crushed recycled glass, Dinoflex rubber, ecosystem health, EcoTimber, embodied energy, environmental chemistry, environmental issues, environmental legislation, environmentally benign, FELT studio, fly-ash, Forbo Marmoleum, formaldehyde-free MDF, green building, hard wax oil, health benefits, Healthy Building Network, Ice stone countertops, indoor environmental quality, InterfaceFLOR, Jason McLennan, Jim Taggart, Laurentide, Master Painters, McDonough Braungart, natural clay plaster, natural ecosystems, natural pigments, negative impact, non-toxic alternative, off-gassing, pollution, post-consumer recycled plastic, reclaimed post-consumer paints, recycled glass, recycled plastic sheeting, Red List, resource depletion, Safecoat, shredded recycled paper, Squak Mountain Stone, strawboard paneling, sustainable, Sustainable Carpet Assessment Standard, Tandus, taylors Recycled Plastic Products, toxicity, VOC, Whisper Wool, Woodland, WoodWorks, Yolo colorhouse
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Friday, January 4th, 2008
Net Zero Water
Sustainability performance at the building, neighbourhood and city scale
Emerging storm water management methods represent a key approach to sustainability of integrating ecosystems within our infrastructure. [NE Siskiyou Green Street, Portland, OR; Kevin Robert Perry, ASLA]
by Bud Fraser
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How water and waste infrastructure strategies at different scales, from the building to the city, can respond to sustainability and other challenges. (more…)
Tags: alternate servicing plans, aquatic ecosystems, Bud Fraser, combined processing, composting toilets, displacing fossil fuels, Ecological Sanitation, ecosystems, efficient irrigation systems, enhancing ecosystems, future forces, green building, Holland Barrs Planning Group, Infrastructure, infrastructure gap, Integrated infrastructure, integrated management, Klaus Reichardt, living buildings, local recovery, minimizing impacts, MSW, Municipal Solid Waste, natural cycle, natural ecosystems, reprocessing energy, resource management, Restorative design, self-cleansing system, self-sustaining, solid waste, source separation, stormwater management, summer watering restrictions, sustainability, sustainable water management net zero water, Vancouver, virgin materials, wastewater, water conservation, water quality concerns, water-wise landscaping, zero waste
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