Atlantic Canada’s best green buildings
by nithya_caleb | September 26, 2018 12:00 am
[1]Image courtesy East Port Properties
Atlantic Canada’s outstanding green building projects were recently honoured by the Canada Green Building Council[2] (CaGBC) with the 2018 CaGBC Atlantic Chapter Green Building Awards[3].
The Maple, a residential development in downtown Halifax by Southwest Properties[4], won in the category of Excellence in Green Building – New Construction. It is targeting Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification.
Metropolitan Place, owned by Choice Properties REIT[5] and only one of three EnergyStar[6] “First Certifications in Canada” from Atlantic Canada, won for Excellence in Green Building – Existing Building.
The Wilkinson Warehouses[7] in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and the only industrial multitenant project for the CaGBC’s Zero Carbon Building Standard[8] (ZCB), won in the Zero Carbon category.
- [Image]: https://www.constructioncanada.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/green.jpg
- Canada Green Building Council: https://www.cagbc.org/
- 2018 CaGBC Atlantic Chapter Green Building Awards: https://www.cagbc.org/CAGBC/Chapters/Atlantic/Atlantic_Leadership_and_Green_Building_Awards/CAGBC/Chapters/Atlantic/CaGBC_Atlantic_Leadership_and_Green_Building_Awards_2018.aspx?hkey=d67896a8-7a2a-4acf-bd20-232a89894c17
- Southwest Properties: https://southwest.ca/
- Choice Properties REIT: http://www.choicereit.ca/
- EnergyStar: https://www.energystar.gov/
- Wilkinson Warehouses: http://eastportproperties.ca/developments/the-wilkinson-project
- Zero Carbon Building Standard: https://www.cagbc.org/CAGBC/Zero_Carbon/CAGBC/Zero_Carbon/zero_carbon.aspx?hkey=958b46e1-50df-44e0-bca9-e384793d12dc
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