Posts Tagged ‘solar heat gain’
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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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Passive and active measures a model for small scale design
The east elevation and main entrance
Ball’s Falls Conservation Area is part of the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority’s Nodal Park System - providing public education and awareness of the Niagara Escarpment. The new Centre for Conservation will serve as a public entry point to the 20 Valley World Biosphere Reserve and the preserved heritage settlement. (more…)
Tags: 20 Mile Creek, aboriginal archaeological sites, Balls family mill, Bruce Trail, building envelope, constructed wetland, dual flush toilets, Enermodal Engineering, environmental conservation, ground source heat exchanger, heat absorption, heat recovery ventilator, Honeywell building controls, insulated concrete slab, Lee Yung & Associates Inc., local stone; standing seam metal roof, locally-produced building materials, low-e argon, Macdonald Zuberec Ensslen Architects Inc., Merit Contractors Niagara, MTE, Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority, Niagara Protective Coatings, Nodal Park System, on-site waste water treatment, pigmented concrete block, prefinished wood siding, Sansin Enviro Stain, solar heat gain, stained concrete floors, stained glulam beams, structural insulated panels, sustainable design, thermally insulated windows, Thermapan, Valley World Biosphere Reserve, VicWest, water efficiency, waterless urinals, Waterloo Bio-filter Systems
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Bold form reflects site’s rugged terrain and environmental stewardship
View of the west elevation shows how the building perches on the rock ledge. An overhang at the south-west corner [right in photo] and interior sun shades mitigate solar heat gain
by Gordon Stratford
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Shifting, sloping and canting, the Killbear Provincial Park Visitor Centre pays homage to its site, a windswept outcropping of the Canadian Shield, its granite bedrock exposed by the glaciers at the end of the last ice age. (more…)
Tags: Blackwell Bowick Partnership Ltd., Canadian Shield, Cast-in-place concrete, celebrates nature, CGC gypsum, closed loop, energy-efficient, environmental footprint, environmental stewardship, exposed architectural concrete-block, filter storm runoff, food-grade glycol, Forbo, Gordon Stratford, granite bedrock, Great Lakes Heritage Coast, greenhouse gas emissions, high-performance window, HOK, indigenous plant species, innovative sustainable design strategies, Killbear Provincial Park, Lightolier, Low-maintenance, Low-maintenance plant, M.J. Dixon Construction, Marmoleum linoleum, Mulvey + Banani, natural features, natural light, Precambrian rock, recycled building materials, Schollen & Company, sealed concrete flooring, Sloan, Smith and Andersen Consulting Engineering, solar heat gain, stormwater management, Toronto, water source heat pumps, Zurn
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